Oh and to answer my own question, yes you need to season them just like anything else.
Ugh 3 months down the slope, I have a 100 count desktop, a 65 count Daniel M desktop, a winador with Forrest shelves, an end table cabinet humi and to top it all off it turns out as Tim so eloquently put it, I'm a CC whoore.
and when i quit smoking cigs I thought i was going to save money ....