I tend to agree, logic tells me it should be fine. Around here, the average relative humidity is 75.5% ... it ranges between 65% and 90%. Based on the average relative humidity, this corresponds to a moisture content of about 16.5%. The will sit a couple of weeks before I rip the strips and who knows how long the strips will be on the forms before the glass goes on. Seems like a long enough time to me for the strips to reach equilibrium with my garage. I think that's the key objective ... let the wood come into equilibrium.

Ken

: It should be fine.

: if you think about it, kiln dried wood that is allowed to sit in the air (and
: it all is) eventually picks up moisture from the ambient humidity.
: Meanwhile air dried wood eventually comes down to the same point. After
: that, the wood's moisture content will change depending on your storage
: conditions.

: When you rip your strips you'll have something so thin that it will
: practically dry as you watch it. In fact, people who steam their wood, or
: boil it, so it can bend easily, add a LOT of moisture content to the
: strips -- but that evaporates so fast that it hardly interferes with
: building.

: PGJ