This is the same cabinet it's necchi who know's what they use for a finish, I just hop is not from those jo jo cats, they use for making coffee
here I did nothing more than scrape off the top coat, leaving the under coat, not sure what you can see here, most all furiture is done in coats using a different product as a top coating... at the time, now we have a little more advance products than 40 to 50 yrs ago... this area was no where near as bad as the top, but still flaking away or lifting, to the touch it felt much sand paper, so top coat removed, color sanded ( wet sanding ) and it's as good as the top .
this is sanded with 800 grit wet/ dry paper ( black paper) that takes it to a stain look, if you want a hi gloss, go to a 1200 then 2000 grit paper, which you can find at a auto paint store, most building supply's only carry 600 to 800
