Furniture, Wood and Cabinetry Finishing - Staining help

I stained a raised panel door with a minwax stain but it came out a couple of shades too dark. I was wondering if there might be an alternative to doing a lot of sanding so i can re stain it in a lighter color. Perhaps some solvent is available that will lift some of the color out of it.

thanks,
phil

Moved to wood finishing.

Rundog,

Wipe it down with lacquer thinner using a T-shirt type rag. You will be able to rub out a decent amount of the color.

if your final grit of sand paper is 100 then the wood will "take" more stain.

if you want the wood to "take" less stain and also give yourself more time
to work on the piece while staining, then finish sand to a higher grit. the
higher grit you sand to, the longer you have to manipulate the stain.

for instance, my picnic table i sand with 100 grit and then i oil it with
new motor oil. i let it dry over a period of two-three days then sand it
with 220 for feel, and oil it again.

i could just use poly except that i know that in a couple of years i
would have to sand the poly off and do it again. i just oil every spring
and fall.