Fighting with Blue wood Mold?

[MrDavidRoberts]

I got a few good timber boards from a place where they hadn't been stored properly and I can see on some of them the dreadful blue mold forming, It has started to form recently and after just taking quarter of a mm off with a plane they came up like new, for most of them it's only on 1 side and only a few odd spots ,most comes off with just a swipe of a rag. I got them for dirt cheap otherwise I wouldn't have touched them as I hate that stuff and always just bin such timber if it's for something important, However in this case it has started to form there only very very recently from inproper storage.

The plan was to let them sit in a sun for a while to kill off some of the bacteria and feed them through a planer and take 2-3mm off of each side.
Is there some kind of solution/chemical like a vinegar/bleach or something like that you can spray on them after that just in case or what's the standard procedure? They are going to be used for semi-outdoor benches/table after that finished with Oil finish so nothing that important but still...

 

[ColeyS1]

Before I painted the inside of my shed roof, I noticed mould had started to form.
I bought some of

From toolstation. Might be suitable?
Coley

 

[ED65]

The main thing to do here I think is to physically clean the wood to get as much of the mould off the surface as possible so you don't risk spreading spores all over your workshop when the surface wood gets flaked by the planer. You can do this simply with soapy water, followed by rinsing.

Do the washing outdoors, but you might not want to leave the wood to dry in the sun as you could easily get warping from the top side drying so quickly.

After you clean off the surface it shouldn't be necessary to do anything further before planing, but if you do vinegar seems to work well to stop mould in its tracks. Bleach may not be as effective, it's a great anti-bacterial agent but not as reliable as a fungicide.

 

[MrDavidRoberts]

The main thing to do here I think is to physically clean the wood to get as much of the mould off the surface as possible so you don't risk spreading spores all over your workshop when the surface wood gets flaked by the planer. You can do this simply with soapy water, followed by rinsing.

Do the washing outdoors, but you might not want to leave the wood to dry in the sun as you could easily get warping from the top side drying so quickly.

After you clean off the surface it shouldn't be necessary to do anything further before planing, but if you do vinegar seems to work well to stop mould in its tracks. Bleach may not be as effective, it's a great anti-bacterial agent but not as reliable as a fungicide.

Thanks, it was a nice sunny day and I just planed them up with electric hand planer outside of the house ,
physically got out 99% of the visible stuff & sprayed them with vinegar after that, Hopefully that will do the trick.