Thread: Mildew on my rifles. Damp rid seems to do nothing

Originally Posted by Old_School

Yes its appearing on all my wooden stocks.
I had gone over them with linseed oil, it helped for a little while but then it comes back.



My idea was if it was sealed, it would be easier for the damp rid or other moisture absorber to do its job.



Anyway, I have installed a 25w incandescent light bulb inside the safe to run a test.
I want to see if I can find a lower wattage bulb, say around 15W, this would be closer to the wattage of a dampchaser.
One of the rifle stocks was close to the bulb and felt warm, but not too hot to worry about, but I will monitor this.
We have alot of rain and damp air this week so it should be a good test for it, as it appears within only a few days.

Been there done that.....firstly I used an un-shielded 7w LED bulb and it took the colour from a wooden stock adjacent to it. Be very careful with LED it seems to have some detrimental light wave lengths . Shielded it with lead and it is now working as planned. The idea is to provide air circulation from the low heat generated by the bulb. Warm air will retain more moisture than cool air so heating can be counter productive unless the heat moves the air ie mounting the heat source low so warm air is constantly rising to provide some air movement. Do some more research on archives and storage thereof.....!