My parents have a wooden sideboard that dates from the 1960s. I’m not sure what sort of wood; it may be teak.
The inside of the cupboards has a distinctive “sharp” smell, very hard to describe but I assume it’s something actually coming out of the wood, as any glasses left in there for any length of time become coated with a greasy/oily film and need washing.
This has happened for as long as they can remember and they’ve just put it down to a quirk of the wood, but they want to get rid of it and I might take it - but only if I can stop this problem.
Any ideas of the cause and/or a solution?