How To Cedar Line Your Closet

[Pale Rider]

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/how-...187465,00.html

[manu1959]

i have done this to every closet in my house......i love it.....

[glockmail]

Does it lose its smell after a while?

[manu1959]

every year or two you hit it with some sand paper and it comes back to life.....

[glockmail]

Like, 150 grit? Or coarser?

[manu1959]

nah....i just use 200 and only in the places i can get to without moving anything......don't want dust all over everything.....actually the first year it is kind of overpowering....and if you do it wear a good mask.....the dust is brutal

[Pale Rider]

i have done this to every closet in my house......i love it.....

Very cool! I plan on doing this in the house I'm buying in Montana. Wondered about the smell too, thanks. Either way, I think it looks awesome.

[glockmail]

I think I'll just run a band between the upper and lower shelves. That way I won't have to take anything off the walls. It will save a lot of trim work too.

[manu1959]

I think I'll just run a band between the upper and lower shelves. That way I won't have to take anything off the walls. It will save a lot of trim work too.

i just did the walls there was "plenty" of smell......oh And my great grand mother taught me how to reactivate here cedar lined chest......each spring she would take everything out and use emrey cloth to activate the chest....

[Pale Rider]

i just did the walls there was "plenty" of smell......oh And my great grand mother taught me how to reactivate here cedar lined chest......each spring she would take everything out and use emrey cloth to activate the chest....

I wonder how that works... just a little sanding. Is the odor only millimeters deep?