I have heard time and again that this type furniture, the kind with rusted
metal trim and worn out latches and hinges is finished with a concoction
that would probably cause cancer in California. More than once I have heard
that the finish is usually a combination of used motor oil and gasoline.
This is hard to believe but the results support the possibility.
I can assure you that this combination will attract dust.





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Hi

Im hope someone here can help...Ive scoured the internet but have come
up with nothing...

I own a number of pieces of Mexican pine (the heavy/solid stuff). It
is in a room with other 'non mexican type' furniture also but around
evert few days there is a layer of 'dust' that seems to appear on the
Mexican pieces but NOT anything else (ie not on the dado, skirting,
windows other furniture)

It gets dusted, and it goes...but then a few days later comes back...

The dust (or whatever it is!) seems to follow the grain in the chairs
of the dining table and weirdly only seems to appear on the vertical
surfaces (and not table tops etc)

Ive tried 'fiddies' waxing the pieces to see if that helps, but it
doesnt seem to

One thing I have noticed is that about this time of year a couple of
our solid wood doors start to stick slightly, which I think is high
humidity in the house (its about 65-70% at the moment) - the dust
problem seems to get worse when this happens??

Has anyone any idea what it is?

Im not trying to get out of dusting! - But you can tell in this room
there is a 'dusty' smell until the items are cleaned...!

Thanks

hw