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Howard wax/orange

It's basically snake oil. It's purported use is furniture polish that "feeds" and cleans the wood to prevent it from cracking and preserve the finish. Furniture doesn't really need to be "fed" nor polished, although it might not be a bad idea to occasionally clean or dust it.

I'm sure that the stuff didn't soak very far into the wood so if you can still mount the piece on the lathe you could try some light shear scraping or other "one last cut" to remove the polish/wax/snake oil/manure mixture. Another possible option is to soak the piece in lacquer thinner or naphtha or acetone to dissolve most of the mixture.
 
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