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I haven't found anything that doesn't darken the wood so I'm bleaching it first and then plan to use the liquid beeswax in the hope that it ends up more or less the same colour it started. I've only done the bleach stage so far so I can't tell you if works yet.

I honestly didn't swear! Apostrophe s followed by the word hit has offended an automatic censoring filter or something, sorry about that!

Great, thanks for the suggestion, I'll give it a try. I also now have some oxalic acid to use first aswel, my testing chair won't know what's hit it!

Thanks for the warning foxhole, I'm not very observant at the best of times! Thanks John, I think you're probably right about all treatments having a slight darkening effect. I'm guessing beeswax paste will have the same effect as the liquid beeswax which is also rather pleasant to use. I...

Thanks for that, I'll give it a try.

Hope noone minds me joining up just to ask one question, I really need some advice from someone who knows what they're doing. Is there any treatment I can put on oak that won't change the colour at all? I've got a collection of 1930s oak dining chairs that I've just had professionally...