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I got a new humidor a few days ago that I seasoned and seemingly stabilized. It was a steady 71% (on an analogue hygro) for 24 hours before I put my sticks in. Since then it's been slowly creeping up in humidity, and sits around 80%. I'm wondering if maybe I over-saturated the humidifier, or maybe it's just the fact that I live in humid ass Florida. Any help would be much appreciated.
~William
Prolly humid assed Florida. What is the Rh of your room?
Not really sure. I just went and bought a cheap hygro from wally world until I can get a good one. I haven't calibrated it yet, so I'm not sure what the ambient Rh is. I'll let ya know as soon as I can get a reading. Thanks for the quick response.
Yup, NOAA says your rh right now is 79%. I've never tried this (I have the opposite problem in west Texas), but, some dry 65% beads (and now I think they have 60% also) might pull the rh in your humi down some. If it works, you could dehydrate them then with a hair dryer.
Maybe someone here will post their experience on this, otherwise the guys at Heartfelt I'll bet would respond to an email.
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Originally Posted by erickghint
Yep, I've done this but in order to "de-humidify", you have to start with dry "white" beads so that they will absorb. I think the hair dryer will work, I put mine in the oven at 175 for about 30 minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by basil
I'm still calibrating my hygro, but I think that the beads idea is a great one. I'll check into buying some, and try that. Again, thanks so much for the replies. Especially since I posted in the wrong section. heh.
Just to let you guys know, I calibrated the hygro using the salt method, and it reads about 10% off.... I really didn't expect much for $6 to tell the truth. At any rate, it's reading 62% , which is about 72% humidity in the humi. I also moved the humidor to a cooler area (cooler in my house is around 75*). the humi is keeping up that humidity for now, so we'll see how it goes in the next few days. I'm planning on ordering some humidity beads soon, when I have some extra cash. So thanks again for all the suggestions. I really appreciate it.