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Smelly wooden doors

Hello

We have refurbished our house over the past 2 years and kept the original interior wooden doors. They have been restored (sanded, painted). Recently I noticed most of them have a very pungent ugly smell.. I can usually notice it when I get near one of the doors and it is closed. I have since then pinpointed the source of the smell is coming from the lock key holes. The locks are all new but inside the hole I can see the original wood is still there. 

Any suggestions on how to get rid of this smell?  

Thanks 

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  • twopenny
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    I'd take the locks out, easy enough with no damage, and have a sniff at them, maybe spray with wd40 or vinegar.
    What do they smell like?

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  • fenwick458
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    I'd try taking the locks out, cleaning up the inside surfaces of the door and painting with a varnish of some sort. it sounds like the paint that got applied during refurbishment is keeping whatever smell "in" on the rest of the doors but on the unpainted bits the smell is seeping out.
    were they dipped?
    thats assuming the smell isn't coming from the locks, but I'm sure you can figure that out when you remove one
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