Mike Baker 2
09-01-2017, 9:33 AM
I have been building my first work bench. It is going to be an outdoor bench. Threads here http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?254745-Outdoor-bench-questions&highlight=
and here http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?255556-First-Bench-Build-A-Video-Documentary-Thread.
It rained yesterday and day before. This is not the first time this has happened during the build. I cover it with a tarp to keep the rain off of it. Yesterday morning I went outside and pulled the tarp off, which is a habit of mine. I don't want that tarp to stay on there and hold in moisture, trying to avoid this kind of problem. When I pulled tha tarp, there is black mold all over the top of the bench, and on top of the jaws of my new vise.
I washed it down with dish soap and bleach water, and for good measure, followed that with straight bleach.
I will let that dry, and then go back out with a palm sander and try to sand all of the spots I can see off of the top.
Anyone have any other suggestions?
I plan to seal the whole thing with Thompson's water seal, as soon as it is dry enough. But it is supposed to rain most of the day tomorrow, and will take at least a couple of days for it to dry before I can seal it with Thompson's.
Does anyone know if I seal it with waterseal, that it will stop the mold, or that the mold won't come through that? I am planning to begin an acoustic guitar build, and don't want to risk getting mold on the wood, or bring mold spores into my home and contaminate all of my good wood stock for instrument building.
and here http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?255556-First-Bench-Build-A-Video-Documentary-Thread.
It rained yesterday and day before. This is not the first time this has happened during the build. I cover it with a tarp to keep the rain off of it. Yesterday morning I went outside and pulled the tarp off, which is a habit of mine. I don't want that tarp to stay on there and hold in moisture, trying to avoid this kind of problem. When I pulled tha tarp, there is black mold all over the top of the bench, and on top of the jaws of my new vise.
I washed it down with dish soap and bleach water, and for good measure, followed that with straight bleach.
I will let that dry, and then go back out with a palm sander and try to sand all of the spots I can see off of the top.
Anyone have any other suggestions?
I plan to seal the whole thing with Thompson's water seal, as soon as it is dry enough. But it is supposed to rain most of the day tomorrow, and will take at least a couple of days for it to dry before I can seal it with Thompson's.
Does anyone know if I seal it with waterseal, that it will stop the mold, or that the mold won't come through that? I am planning to begin an acoustic guitar build, and don't want to risk getting mold on the wood, or bring mold spores into my home and contaminate all of my good wood stock for instrument building.