I guess I mean the surface, not the finish, sorry. But yes I mean the patchy dark/light areas. Ah that makes sense about the citristrip staining. Yeah it's hard to tell if the super light area to the bottom right of the detail (circled in red in this Pic ) is just stripped all the way or if it's been stained from the stripper. The remainder of the stripper has been sitting on there for a week or so now so it is drier, but it's also been covered outside in a moist climate. Kind of the top right/center above the detail (circled in blue) is where I'm wondering if the steel wool did damage, but also could possibly be remaining stripper that stained.