Friends,

I seek advice, guidance, experience or failing that, opinions, before I 
do something I may come to regret.

I have some European (English) beech moulding planes, boxwood slipped, 
which have been oiled within an inch of their life and then apparently 
stored in the back of a chimney.  Dark doesn't begin to describe them.  
I doubt that they will ever be returned to the warm honey brown of 
patinated beech, but I'd like to lighten the colour if that can be done 
short of using paint stripper.  I looked at Tony Seo's Galoot Formula #1 
page, but reading the cautions I doubt that adding more linseed oil and 
wax to the existing coat will improve the situation.

Any suggestions as to how to go about doing this would be appreciated.

Thanks and Regards,

Tony B
Hobart, Tasmania