Unfinished Pine Wood Platform Bedframe Offgassing

January 11, 2011, by Debra Lynn Dadd

Question from ybm_green

Hi, Debra, Just bought your book Home Safe Home from amazon.com and started to read it.

We bought unfinished pine wood platform bedframe from online, and find it smells strong (wood smell).

In your book, you mentioned that pine wood offgassing pestcide. Regret did not find your book earlier. What kind of option do I have now? It is very hard to return since we brough it online and shipping back is not easy. Looking forward to you opinion.

Debra's Answer

I think I said that pine outgasses resins that have a strong odor.

If what you are smelling is wood smell, you are smelling the wood. Wood does smell and it's not toxic. Some people react individually to pine resins.

I actually have a lot of pine wood in my house. The smell does go away, especially if you put the wood outdoors in the sun.

I'm not concerned about solid wood being toxic.