Question from TE
Dear Debra,
We are renting an apartment with a large cupboard made out of particle board and wood veneer. I suspect it is pretty old (probably 10 years or more) but after reading about particle board and formaldehyde I am concerned that it may still be off-gassing.
I live in Israel so there is very little awareness of these issues and no products such as vapor barriers etc. or no VOC paints are available. I thought I could wrap the shelves with simple nylon sheets (the kind used to wrap school books) to minimize offgassing. Do you think that would work?
Thank you!
TE
Debra’s Answer
The thing that absolutely will work is heavy duty aluminum foil. Put it up with aluminum foil tape, which you can buy at a hardware store.
