help with re-oiling rosewood table  

thanks all,
i guess that i'll strip back, bleach and dye...seems to be the best solution.
really appreciate all of your comments which will help greatly. i will hopefully come back with some better images once the work is done 🙂
best,
jon

After it has been stripped with the good stuff, you could at least wet the table top, say with acetone, which will give you a very decent idea of what it would look like with oil. You might just discover the light areas around the edge are gone.

It needs more sanding on the dark areas or as already said some experimental staining on the paler areas, be careful sanding as it's easy to go through the veneer. If you want it perfect I'd advise getting a professional to do it. Another thing is if you haven't stripped all the old finish properly then any new stain may not be penetrating the wood, go over it with some good quality paint stripper and 00 steel wool working with the grain then wipe down with some white spirit to remove and neutralise any stripper residue. Let it dry then rub down with some fine sandpaper to get a nice silky finish, you can then wipe it over with a damp cloth and you'll be able to see what the colour looks like before you put any oil or stain on.
Also, it's Teak not Rosewood.

hi SoModerne,
thanks for your comment, it's much appreciated.
i'll be careful when sanding and be sure to use a top quality paint stripper when re-cleaning. i am pretty sure that this was done correctly the first time and that the staining is due to bleaching as mentioned in other posts but it is definitely something that i will bear in mind.
concerning the question of the wood, though you can't see from the pictures, the grain of the wood is pitted in areas along the grain, which is something i've only ever seen in rosewood and never in teak ... though i am willing to be convinced otherwise 🙂
cheers,
jon
p.s. if you have a product in mind for the stripping i would appreciate it if you let me know which one. thx again !

hey again everyone,
after all your help i stripped the table and am ready to take the next step. attached are two pics of one side of the table stripped and sanded dry and the same pic with acetone on to bring out the colour. my questions are the following:
1) in your opinion does the wood a) require bleaching b) require staining and clear danish oil finish, or c) require a coloured danish oil finish?
2) is the veneer rosewood or teak ?
your advice has proved invaluable so far and any and all help is very much appreciated !
cheers,
jon

Well, the lighter colored ring around the perimeter persists. It seams fairly even in width, too, which makes me think that it is UV damage. As if the table had some sort of round cloth covering the central area for a long time. If this is the case, and you really want to further even out the top, the choices are to either color the lighter area or bleach the darker center. Tough call. You've already put a lot of work into the project and it has improved the table's appearance, but... as one of my favorite painting instructors once told me, "Sometimes, true genius is simply a matter of knowing when to stop."

hi all,
just wanted to come back to all of you that helped with your advice and give you an update on the table. it's now finished and attached are a couple of pics.
i stripped back the table and re-oiled using a teak stained oil followed by a wax finish.
thanks again to all of you for your help, it really gave me all that i needed to get the job done.
cheers all !
jon

Wow! Great job! It looks gorgeous.

Very nice job!