My wife bought a small table for me to refinish. It is maple with a shellac finish, probably from the 1950s. Problem is that they covered the top with contact paper which pulled off easy enough. But it left behind a sticky glue residue. I do not want to try alcohol since that may just mix with the glue and make it harder to get off. Would paint thinner be safe and leave the shellac more or less intact?
Or should I just use alcohol and keep flooding it with wet rags to soak up the glue.
I did try the alcohol in a small area and it seems to have removed the glue but maybe it spread the glue into the pores and shellac may or may not stick in that area.
Bill D.