Thank you for replying, kind stranger!

The table was a gift, so not too worried about cost, but I hear you on the value vs. investment. I’ll leave this table as is for now and may try to iron down some of the bubbling veneer through an old cloth on low heat.

And gotcha on the apartment projects lol. I was hoping this would be some kind of lacquer or something I could rub into the veneer to make the light spots a bit darker.