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ELI5:Why do essential oils dissolve paint?

I put a drop of lemongrass essential oil on my wood, painted bedroom vanity to freshen up the room and returned to it a few hours later only to find out that the paint was nearly completely dissolved! WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS ??? D:
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Paint is a liquid when you apply it and after a bit becomes a solid. What is happening is that the paint is dissolved in a solvent, which evaporates off as it is applied, allowing it to solidify. If you were to apply another solvent capable of dissolving the paint again, it will redissolve. The lemongrass essential oil was able to redissolve the paint.