Success!

I opted for the alcohol and lemon juice to get the light stain off my table.

I let it soak and then used a toothbrush on it.

That really didn't help much.

 So I got out  my secret weapon...

A steel bristled brush!

 I scrubbed and scrubbed and scrubbed 

until I started seeing little pieces of wood.

Then I thought I better stop! :-)

I put one coat of stain on.

So far, it looks like this something was successful.

I want to put another coat of stain on and then several coats of poly.

That might be a problem since it is 34 degrees outside and snowing!
(It was 60 degrees and sunny when I started this project this afternoon!)