Rookie Mistake!

[pmp]

At least you caught it. Spanish cedar isn't really the same kind of wood but it smells the same so they call it "cedar". Red cedar probably wouldn't have initially done any damage to your cigars but its much oilier and I have heard that in humid conditions will sometimes ooze sap. If it was kiln dried then you probably would have been fine.

[FunkyCold5]

To tell you the truth, you don't really need to line your coolidor with cedar.

If you have empty cigar boxes lying around, use those to store your cigars into and put the boxes in the coolidor. Coolidors maintain Humidity and Temp pretty nicely.

Add beads and an Oust Fan, and you are good to go.

Andrew

[craig]

Spanish cedar will ooze sap as well, assuming that the humidor is actually made of real woods (as opposed to MDF boxes that have a veneer of spanish cedar).

Edit: I have no separate cedar and no loose cigars in my cooler. (I keep loose cigars in the coolerdor inside old boxes)

[bigwhiteash]

One good thing, you can use the red cedar in your closet, moths aren't much of a problem these days, but I know my GF loves the smell of cedar in her closet