I don't know woods. I think some of the early Singer cabinets were available in oak as well as some other woods. Actually, at
Cleaning and Reviving furniture(Sewing cabinets) Glenn says to only use 0000 steel wool on hard to clean areas, You might try his method, as he suggests, with old denim jeans.
From what I've been able to tell the equivalents for the UK for Glenn's cleaning solutions are:
White vinegar = distilled white vinegar? available on amazon.uk?? or Polish supermarket?
Mineral Spirits = White spirit, Varsol, Stoddard solvent
Denatured Alcohol = methylated spirit or denatured rectified spirit
Household Ammonia = actually just a few drops are called for and I think could easily be omitted
Boiled Linseed Oil = I think is the same
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.