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So I'm busy re-stacking my wood to make space for the newly arrived Ed Dicks order (couple of Engelmann tops, 2 cuban mahogany sets, 2 Pau Ferro and a Coco set..), and I notice a few little black spots/streaks on the plain-jane madagascar rosewood set I have. Most just look kinda 'dirty' and black, fairly small, and don't seem to want to sand off very easily. This set's pretty much the only one I don't have good detailed photos of on arrival, unfortunately, so I can't tell if it was already there, but it all just 'darkened' (it was thickness sanded for me before shipping, so the colour's been changing gradually). I suspect it's just resin/burning from the sanding in this case, because it seems to follow a few grain lines.
However, I've got a few black spots, more mold-like, of staining on some of the African mahogany neck blanks I've got, and I think it might well be tiny amounts of mold. And I really don't much like that idea, and don't want it spreading anywhere if it is.
See, I've had mold issues in this room before, but they're sorted out now, thanks to some aggressive anti-mold treatments on the paintjobs (and successivle flaking thereof) and increased air circulation/me paying attention to the relative humidity situation, which mostly stays between about 43 and 60 percent. I've read something about a 5% solution of household bleach sprayed onto the wood, left for 5 minutes, and then..neutralized with something? Vinegar? How much? How effective is this amount of bleach likely to be, and more importantly, how seriously would it affect the wood colour? Not too deep to sand off?
All my tops are perfectly, ditto all of the other wood I've got (I rotate it around every once in a while, give it a good looking over), and I want to keep it that way.
Any other tips to help keep the mold out? Plastic tarp, or is that just asking for trouble by reducing air circulation? Anything else other than environmental control? Air filtration?
I can try to get a few photos in later, if that'd be helpful.
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