Wood cases + humidity levels + dehumidify?
Have you ever wondered how much humidity/moisture a case made with wood soaks up?
Say inside the case, with guitar, it's 55 percent relative humidity. How much is the case getting compared to the guitar? Of course, not all cases are made equal and the quality/thickness of wood used is a dependent. But, still, I'm curious about that. Now, as for dehumidification: What do you use? I'd like something I can put into my cases, but wouldn't be opposed to a room unit. Let's hear your thoughts! :D |
Yes they soak it up, wood, padding and lining. Any case will slow the ascent and decent of humidity and that helps to prevent your guitar from abrupt changes in humidity.
You have enough guitars to go with a closet or room dehumidifier. |
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Wood gains or loses moisture until it is at equilibrium with its environment. If you put a wood guitar and a wood (probably plywood) case in a room where the relative humidity is 50%, the guitar wood and the case wood will eventually gain or lose moisture until they contain 9% moisture.
The case, being thicker and with perhaps glue layers impeding the flow of moisture, will take longer to reach equilibrium. The moisture content does vary according to wood species, but they are similar. |
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Like Herb, I use a Sears floor model humidifier in the winter. It keeps me and my guitars at 40 - 50 percent rh.
I have a Sears dehumidifier I use in the summer to keep my woodworking shop humidity around 50%. The dehumidifier gives off some heat so you may have to run the air conditioning anyway. |
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