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I've been through this with a lot of wood over the last year or so.. Two Zenith consoles, a really cool old bar, and a 30's dining room set...

Start with Murphy's oil soap and water. Scrub well with a rag. If you have any paint splatters or rough varnish, CAREFULLY and LIGHTLY with 0000 steel wool and the oil soap. ripe dry.

Next day, go over it with Howard's Restore-A-Finish. Get a color that matches the finish on this. Follow the directions on the can.

Then rub in plenty of Howard's Wax-N-Feed. Let soak as needed and buff out by hand to a nice gloss finish.

Spartanmanor has seen the pieces I've done, but unfortunately, not the before. I have gotten stuff that looks like that to look very nice with the above way.

I've got a Victrola waiting now for some nice loving rubbing. It does take a lot of elbow grease.

If you search some of my really old posts, yu can find the two old Zeniths I did with the above steps. I have before and after pictures attached to the threads.