it is a small closet with double doors in a home that was built in the 70s I put my nose right up to the wood and got no fragrance
2006-10-13 14:03:37 · 9 answers · asked by Pamela C 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
just a light sanding will do the job
2006-10-13 18:17:08 · answer #1 · answered by big jack 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cedar scent is created by cedar oils evaporating from the millions of pores in the cedar wood. I bet your old cedar closet has lost it reddish color. Most of the surface oils have already evaporated out of the surface over the years and there also probably is a fine layer of dust on it.
To bring back the cedar aroma, vacuum closet walls. Lightly sand the walls with medium sandpaper to open new cedar pores and to allow the cedar oils to start to evaporate again. Never, never finish a cedar closet with varnish, urethane or any sealer. This coating will block the cedar scent.
If your old closet still does not have a strong enough cedar scent to satisfy you, you can treat the wood with natural cedar oils. These oil are available from Giles & Kendall (800-225-6738) and Cedar Fresh (800-763-9500).
Cedar Fresh also makes cedar moth balls, bags filled with cedar shavings, cedar shoe trees and cedar-lined storage bags. Columbia Forest Products (800) 237-2428 also manufacturers aromatic cedar veneer plywood and has local distributors throughout the country.
2006-10-13 23:17:18 · answer #2 · answered by Nessa005 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Possibly an applique cedar photograph?
The scent of cedar is of volatile oils in the wood. Over time the volatile oils evaporate until there is little, if any, left.
You could line the existing closet walls with new cedar or tear out the existing and install new. In any event, quite expensive, but worth it if you want all your clothes to smell like cedar.
Tres chic!
2006-10-13 21:15:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sanding the wood is the right idea, using steel wool gives a smoother finish. Cedar will give off it's odor for more than a hundred years.
2006-10-13 21:25:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
go to the hardware shop and get some cedar oil and rub it into the timber, only the surfaces that nothing will be put on or there is an oil for furniture that doesn't come off on to clothing, it too comes in cedar.
2006-10-13 23:15:41 · answer #5 · answered by maggie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Over time cedar glazes over. Use sand paper to remove the surface glaze and you will have the cedar smell back.
2006-10-13 21:10:26 · answer #6 · answered by green star 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It may be because dust and humidity have clogged the wood pores. Try sanding the surface with a coarse grit sander. It may help.
2006-10-13 21:11:18 · answer #7 · answered by Newt 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
that smell can get annoying after awhile.
but to get the smell back.. try placeing in some ceder balls you can buy is stores. that should soak into the wood and your smell should return
2006-10-13 21:06:54 · answer #8 · answered by Jas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get some cedar chips or shavings.
2006-10-13 21:05:47 · answer #9 · answered by Jack 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋