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5 days ago@lettruthout Scrape it off. Bahco 665 is my favourite tool for that. Be careful not to dig in the corners or grind them off first. Sometimes a hot air gun can help.
Then you can optionally use a card scraper to make it real nice and then revarnish it. I love using LeTonkinois but any other boiled liness/tung oil varnish should do and gives great results. Five coats minimum and patience, it’s one coat per day.
Why not in drawers?! No stinky chemicals in traditional varnish, only smells good :)
@lettruthout Boiled linseed oil is a basic varnish (drying oil).
Scraping is inevitable. Sanding will not work as it will just clog the paper. There are chemical strippers but they tend to make an epic mess.
Just scrape with feeling. That’s why this particular scraper is good, it has the second handle to apply measured downpressure. Any small scratches you can then sand off or clean up with the card scraper.