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Thanks for the comments. The cabinet had 3 gashes and 1 bad cigarette burn that I was a little concerned about. I thought I would have to do some wood restoration. After I did some testing around, it was clear that it was covered with about 15(?) coats of shellac so I quickly did a rub down with denatured alcohol to disrupt the surface a little then I just went through a series of sand paper routines to remove about half the surface finish. The gashes and the burn disappeared completely. So, I put 2 new coats of shellac on it and voila! I was surprised how simple that ended up being and I hardly had to disturb the original surface.
That may be a lesson to me when making furniture... many, many coats of shellac are great for preservation and restoration.
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