Added to question below. I have a built in entertainment center of cherry veneered plywood that I began building last February in my non conditioned shop. I use a bullet style propane heater for heat and have come to understand that this is where I may have introduced mold spores into my project. Rapidly heating moist Georgia air did cause condensation on my tools but I did not anticipate it causing mold issues with my project. We had an extremely hot and humid summer (60 plus days of 90 degree heat) so I was not motivated to work much in the shop and put the project on hold. When I returned in September this project and all of my hardwood stock had a fine film of green mold growing. I can use bleach and mill my hardwood to salvage those boards but how do I salvage my veneered cherry casework? I’ve bleached a test piece of scrap plywood (with “Mold Away” a product from Home Depot) and it completely lost its salmon red look. I can’t sand it out of 1/64th
veneer. Any suggestions on how to proceed.
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You could use a fine-bristle wire brush like the kind used on grills. It'll sand out easily if you're gentle with it.
Good luck,
Mikaol
I ended up using the Mold Away product and this caused my project to become the uniform gray color I anticipated. I proceeded to sand with 120 grit and the project is now unacceptably blotched. Plan B is to re-treat with Mold Away lightly sand the raised grain and apply a clear finish with a product that (if I’m not satisfied)I can paint over with Sherwin Williams oil base.
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