Bugs on wooden furniture

tajasti1

Had an old vintage wardrobe which was kept in the spare room through lack of use and tidying it developed white bugs which I think we're wood mites (not sure if they were when I bought it).

After a thorough deep clean it was okay. Few months later I put it in the garage to make space for room renovation. Wrapped in pallet wrap and kept dry.
Brought it back into the house today and saw some very tiny grey bugs on it. Hoovered them and put it back in the garage.

Does anybody know what these might be & how to effectively give the wood a deep clean to remove  the bugs & anything else that is in there?
My gut feeling is that because of the cold and damp it's attached them to it & I need to treat it with something anti fungal/mould or heat gun it?

Unfortunately the ideal would be to leave the wrap on and stick it in the sunshine but that window has passed, bah!

grumbler

white bugs, very tiny grey bugs - do you not think that it would be nice to add a photo?

Apodemus

If you had woodworm (aka furniture beetle) the most obvious feature would be pin-holes and a build up of frass (wood dust), rather than the bugs themselves - which are not normally active as adults at this time of year.  My guess would be some form of free-living, non damaging insect.   Either way the most certain way of control is likely to be thorough cleaning and getting the humidity down to the level where they won't survive.

twopenny

This sounds like the sort of minute insect that inhabits places that aren't disturbed.

I'd be inclined to wipe the joints, corners, every nook and crevice with white spirit. You could use a brush to put it on. Be generous with it.

This should make it inhospitable to insects of all sorts. As it's something you would need to do regularly you could apply soft wax containing turps or spirit, thickly into the crevices. Easy to wipe or scrape off if you want to use it again.

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