Its possible the wood is just soaking up the water from the bottom of the cage...I suggest just misting once a day towards the evening as crested geckos sleep during the day anyway and with your setup he can burrow to the damper substrate if it feels dry.

For my cage, which is a much simpler setup I only mist on the days I feed, which is every other evening. (She's an adult gargoyle but the husbandry requirements are the same as crested geckos and I used the same setup when I had crested geckos before). I use a plastic sterlite container (clear) with paper towel substrate and fake plants and wood climbing areas. There are holes drilled on the lid and sides for ventilation. I mist the sides and plants in the evening when I feed and never had a shed problem using this method. The droplets on the cage stay throughout the night and often are still there during the following day (especially in the summer when my apartment is much more humid than it is in the winter). The paper towel I don't saturate when I mist either.

When you apply the vinegar to kill the mold, open up all the doors etc in the cage to air dry well since you will be keeping your gecko in a temporary cage. I don't think the vinegar will be harmful at all but it may be an irritant if the smell is still strong.
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