I have a whole lot of heart pine flooring which was kiln dried a few years ago. The company we bought it from is now out of business. Unfortunately, the wood was stored in a a dark warehouse for over 2 years. When we were finally ready to clean it and use it, we discovered it had a very musty odor. My wife cleaned some of the boards with a bleach solution and let them dry in the sun. They still had a musty odor. She did research and read that shellac would seal in the odor. Since we are using the wood on the walls, that seemed like a fine solution. I cleaned and shellacked a lot of boards and then moved them upstairs to put them on the walls.
We then noticed that the musty smell was still alive in most of the boards. Some have had 3 coats of shellac and still smell musty. My addition has been built with 3/4 inch spacing in the window frames and door frames and we have all this gorgeous wood. How do we get rid of the mildew (and odor)? Most of the boards have not gone through any of the cleaning/shellacking process.
We then noticed that the musty smell was still alive in most of the boards. Some have had 3 coats of shellac and still smell musty. My addition has been built with 3/4 inch spacing in the window frames and door frames and we have all this gorgeous wood. How do we get rid of the mildew (and odor)? Most of the boards have not gone through any of the cleaning/shellacking process.