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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1471568, member: 112"]Really ? I find that strange. When you open a cedar chest, or a cedar lined closet, do you not smell the cedar ? What do you suppose that smell is ? It is the gasses being put off by the wood. And no, the wood is not being heated.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or go the lumber yard, pick up any piece of wood, of any kind, you want. Smell it. What you smell are the gasses being put off by the wood. And no, it is not being heated.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And some people will tell you that they have scrubbed coins for years with tooth brushes, steel wool, and every other thing you can think of - and the coins look great ! </p><p><br /></p><p>Detecto, they used wood coin cabinets for centuries, worldwide, for the storage of coins. But very few people use them anymore. And the few people who still like to use wood coin cabinets, and the people who build those coins cabinets, will all tell you the same thing. Use no wood for a coin cabinet other than mahogany. Do you know why ? Because mahogany puts off fewer harmful gasses than any other wood. But even mahogany still puts off harmful gasses. Just less of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are facts, not opinions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1471568, member: 112"]Really ? I find that strange. When you open a cedar chest, or a cedar lined closet, do you not smell the cedar ? What do you suppose that smell is ? It is the gasses being put off by the wood. And no, the wood is not being heated. Or go the lumber yard, pick up any piece of wood, of any kind, you want. Smell it. What you smell are the gasses being put off by the wood. And no, it is not being heated. And some people will tell you that they have scrubbed coins for years with tooth brushes, steel wool, and every other thing you can think of - and the coins look great ! Detecto, they used wood coin cabinets for centuries, worldwide, for the storage of coins. But very few people use them anymore. And the few people who still like to use wood coin cabinets, and the people who build those coins cabinets, will all tell you the same thing. Use no wood for a coin cabinet other than mahogany. Do you know why ? Because mahogany puts off fewer harmful gasses than any other wood. But even mahogany still puts off harmful gasses. Just less of them. These are facts, not opinions.[/QUOTE]
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