Nail varnish remover ruined lacquered table

[siucra]

Hello,

I bought my DD a lovely Habitat desk, thinking it would last forever. However, today she has spilt nail varnish remover on to it and it has removed an area of the finish. Is there anything I can do? Or just suck it up and wish I’d bought a cheap IKEA one? Thank you.

When we were teenagers we did our homework on the nice French polished dining room table. One day Tippex got spilled. Fearing a bollocking we carefully applied nail varnish remover to get the Tippex off. It soon became apparent that this was not an ideal remedy. We both reached for the bottle to take it away...and knocked it over. All over the table.

Turns out it costs quite a bit to have a table professionally stripped and re-varnished. There is still a slight colour difference too- a lighter patch, though it was quite dark wood to start with.

Maybe used the nail varnish remover to strip the rest of the finish, sand down and revarnish?

*use not used. My typing is atrocious tonight!

no hope but to sand and refinish. i did this as a teen to my mom's end table...remember its shape and location to this day 50+ years later.

My sister did the same to our mums french polished coffee table, never got repaired

I did this. Insurance said it was too big of a b'ig' to fix, do they replaced ours with a new one.

Surely this is a job for

Thank you all! I’ve decided to learn to live with it! Happy Easter xxx