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Offline harlond

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Mold on cream wax
« on: January 13, 2022, 08:08:36 AM »
I have a caraway gouda I'm trying to age in a sort of swamp cooler.  I applied several coats of cream wax with mold inhibitor a couple weeks ago, and the past couple days I'm getting blue mold on the cheese.  Wipes off easily with vinegar.  Anyway, I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to wipe it with vinegar, dry it, and add a few more coats of the cream wax.  Once dry, an option would be to vac-pack it.  Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

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Re: Mold on cream wax
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2022, 03:01:41 PM »
You are better off vacuum packing it so you no longer have to worry about molds.

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Re: Mold on cream wax
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2022, 07:28:55 AM »
Thanks, Aris, I did vac-pack it and no more mold has appeared.