RE: [A/S] wood interior drying out

["Oliver Filippi" <ofilippi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob,

I don't understand what you mean by drying out.  There shouldn't be excess
moisture inside your trailer (Unless you keep it sealed up after staying in
the swamp for an extended period of time).

There is nothing inside which needs extra moisture to function.  If, for
some reason, there was too much moisture in the wood when it was finished
(the moisture was sealed into the wood under the finish) whoever did that
made a BIG mistake.  The finish should be applied to dry wood and should
keep the moisture OUT of the wood!

Since your trailer is a '64, it sounds like someone refinished the interior
in a high humidity area and sealed the moisture in.

If so, the only real fix is to get the moisture out, and then refinish the
DRY wood.  This may require stripping the old finish, letting the wood dry
out in the desert, and then applying a new finish to the dry substrate.  Two
wrongs will not make a right. Any finish you put on over the current one is
likely to blister from the vapor pressure of the moisture expanding and
trying to escape.

Oliver Filippi
Retired cabinetmaker