How to take the stupid stuff off my book case?  

Won't your apartment maint. people pay to have your bookshelf repaired? LOL....yah right. Worst case is finding out if the paint they use is latex/water based, or oil based. Any paint store (or Home Depot) will have something that should remove it, and the sooner the better. Paint will generally become harder to remove the longer it sits, or cures. To really get it off, you might have to strip the area where the paint is, but there are kits for correcting that too. Goo Be Gone probably didn't do anything except remove wax build up, and Pledge wouldn't do much of anything. It might be ok for water stains, but not paint. If it's a really small spot, and not too visible, you could try nail polish remover, or acetone for latex paint. Your landlord probably even has that, since they remove stains on linoleum with it. Let me know how you make out, ok? How are you feeling? Enjoying the cooler weather?

Not saying this will work but I use liguid lighter fluid for everything. If you have a sticky piece of tape or whatever I hear everyone uses fingernail polish remover, that never works for ol' granny here. I use good old fashioned lighter fluid and I even removed finger nail polish off my bedroom carpet. I don't smoke anymore and I gave my old lighters away but I will always have a tin of lighter fliud. Good Luck my dear friend.

I htink that I would use a little paint thinner to get it out. But do it gently and then you may have to get a small container of colour to stain over the area. I don't know of anything else but I am sure that other friends wil have better ideas then me. I am not much of a handy person around the house. Blessings and have a wonderful day.

If it's a water-based paint eg. emulsion, WD-40 will do the trick... ^_^

Gotta go with evilslayer on this one. I'd go to a wood shop or a store that carries wood furniture and ask them. Or... you could just google it. No telling what you might come up with.

Hi Ambie, please be very careful about putting anything on it. u are liable to take some of the original finish off. the old antiquer is coming out in me now, lol. U don't need to be scraping it u will also scratch the finish. Do u know anyone who refinishes furniture? if u do call them, if u don't find u one in the phone book & talk to them & see what they recoomend. maybe there will be one on mylot that will answer your question but just be sure they know what they are talking about. maybe u could get more than one opinion & then decide what to do. try googling it to. hope u get a solution.

Wish I knew more about home maintenance kind of stuff.

When we moved into this place, there were two big holes
in the kitchen floor, about a foot wide that led under
the trailer.

I ended up taping a big chunk of wood over both holes
to keep anyone from falling though.

It's holding so far, only cause no one runs over it.

I'm just not a very home maintenance kind of person.

If your bookcase is in light color, you can use organic solvent like ethanol to remove it, because paint can be dissolved in organic solvent, but if your bookcase is in dark color, cause organic solvent may also affect the appearance of your bookcase.

You might want to try steel wool. I know that sounds a little harsh, but it really isn't. It is softer than the finest of sandpaper, yet it seems to break up layers. Of course, you will first want to try it on a similar product and see if it seems like it will do the trick for you. I know people who have used this product on cars, so it is really gentle.

Good luck to you in getting your bookshelf back to original. Have a great day!

Well when my granddaughter got paint on her new pants I used oxyclean spray for laundry and it melted the paint right out of the material....but the stuff is spendy. Have you tried using a bit of baking soda on a rag? It might just have enough abrasive to lightly sand the paint off....hope you find something that works! I know how frustrating it is!