inside box odour

Try putting a piece of charcoal inside for a day or two. Works on refridgerators.

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Use a different finish.

-- Bondo Gaposis

I don’t build boxes, but I only use shellac, or nothing, on the insides of drawers, for the same reason.

-- Tim-- http://www.tmuli.com

I agree don’t use long drying oil finishes for inside of boxes . try wiping the inside down with Naphtha let dry then place a heat lamp over it for a day or two making sure it’s not close enough to anything as to start a fire.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Just a quick coat of Zinsser Seal Coat shellac thinned 50/50 with denatured alcohol.
Bill

-- bill@magraphics.us

Thanks to you all. Tim, I will try shellac as I don’t like to leave the wood bare.

Bill, do you mean to put the thinned shellac over the oil to cover it and get rid of the odour or to use it on future boxes?

Reid

-- diamondpony

You can put a coat of shellac over the oil based finish and it will stop the smell. I experimented with shellac over Blo to see how soon I could cover it. I applied BLO, rubbed until it felt reasonably dry and applied shellac immediately. Much to my suprise it worked just fine! I just used the Zinsser shellac (not the dewaxed Seal Coat).

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