I'm kind of leaning that way myself. It would be very easy to make things much worse. Cure worse than the disease!
Oxalic acid is good to lighten wood color. Readily available at Home Depot.
removed cabinets. Thoroughly dried out at home. very fine sandpaper to remove varnish. On bare wood used oxalic acid, thoroughly drying to slowly bring the wood back to what bare teak looked like. I had previously taken wood to Benjamin Moore store in Spokane with piece of good existing teak, and some bare wood, asking for a match. They spent a lot of time and ended up with what almost look like an orange stain. I still have it. The can says Benood Interior wood finishes WOOD CONDITIONER 236 00. on the top of the can it says "Tint 4105". Very gingerly applied the "stain". When it seemed like a good match, let it dry a few days, then slowly put on 3 coats of Epifanes rubbed effect varnish. The back light colored wood was easier. Since it's solid wood, I could sand down to bare wood and varnish. At the foot of the V berth I bought a new piece of teak and used the Benjamin moore product and varnished. (the top panel in the V berth was fine, but the bottom was separated, so only had to do the bottom piece in pic)) There was a little damage to the bulkhead and sanded/bleached, stained and varnished. (this was Hurricane Francis damage form ft Pierce). I replaced the LonCoin flooring in the galley, as it was stained. I did the re-wiring and in instrument replacements myself, but did have the outside done professionally. By doing all the wood, upholstery and wiring myself, saved over 11 k, which I used to Wa. That was all done in 2004-05, and when I sold her in 2022 to get the Helmsman, she still looked brand new.
