Joe,
Beautiful job. Hard to believe considering what you started out with. I remember reading that post.
So much good advice. Looks like I will be sanding. Just talked w/the Restor a Shine people. It won't work for this. It needs to have a finish. The burned part doesn't have a finish. If I sand just the top, then restain, that should work. I've never used shellac, just poly (water and oil based), tung oil, and lacquer. I put together a reproduction 1790 Philadelphia Piecrust table and used Tung Oil on it. It's gorgeous, just not old. Does anyone have any experience w/Tung Oil or should I just stick w/shellac like the original finish.
Thanks again for all of the advice.