Seriously, @amyc22, what if it starts catching our good habits too?

My buddy Mark built a whole dresser with vertical grain before learning that lesson.

Honestly that sounds like the solvent mix is pulling up old wax or polish. Tbh a 1:1 ratio is pretty strong for a first test on old wood. You might have better luck starting with way more turpentine, like a 4:1 mix, to go slower. That gray ghost is probably gunk that soaked in over the decades.

Dude, same thing happened with my old rain jacket! That thing was totally delaminated and I kept it as a backup for years. Pulled it out on a soggy hike last fall and it still kept me dry for a few hours. Sometimes gear just refuses to die, even when it looks like trash. I've learned not to judge a piece by its looks alone if it's still doing its job.

My friend Alex spent a whole weekend trying to fix a harsh cloud line in Procreate. He kept using the smudge tool and it just looked smeared. I finally told him to pick a sky color and use a soft airbrush at 15% flow on a new layer. He painted tiny wisps outward from the cloud. The change was instant, like the cloud just breathed out into the sky. He texted me a picture of his screen with the word "magic" typed over it. What's the hardest type of cloud for you to paint?