# How to get musty smell out of wood furniture

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 1, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-musty-smell-out-of-wood-furniture/926878 "2020-12-01T01:21:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-musty-smell-out-of-wood-furniture/926878/21 "2020-12-03T17:48:38Z")

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Thanks. I’ll post photos after they’re done. But it may take a while to determine that mold is not going to come back.

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**Author:** ![GMANCANADA](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gmancanada/32/2837_2.png) [@GMANCANADA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GMANCANADA)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-musty-smell-out-of-wood-furniture/926878/22 "2020-12-06T14:30:18Z")

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FYI – this popped up on my YouTube feed today.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/J71IH2jO1Ng/maxresdefault.jpg "restoring a wood tool box") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J71IH2jO1Ng)

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**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-musty-smell-out-of-wood-furniture/926878/23 "2020-12-06T16:41:49Z")

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Interesting, thanks. I am not going to be re-finishing mine, just touching up the color and restoring it with a good polish. I want it to look its age, just not filthy.

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