bleaching

I saw a stunning pen done in bleached black palm. I am wondering the best way to bleach the wood. I am planning on turning the pen to slightly oversize then bleaching for the right color. Then rinse and dry thoroughly. Anybody have any lessons learned on this topic? Thanks.

On another forum I saw a blurb about soaking wenge, but there were no details. Yesterday I had a guitar maker tell me that after turning wenge, if I would soak it in chlorox for about 30 minutes, some of the grain would bleach creating a really cool look. Should wenge also be soaked before...