> On Wed, Oct 5, 2022 at 10:41 AM John M. Johnston 
> wrote:
>
> > Gentles,
> > I need to clean (NOT refinish) a 1920s oak barrister's bookcase. It’s been
> > indoors all its life and is just dark and dingy. Suggestions for
> > cleaning??  Thank you.

Those bookcases are old enough, so they were probably sitting in a
room where people smoked.
All. The. Time.
The suggestion of Murphy's Oil Soap is a good one.


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