Need humidor help

[ggiese]

I bought one of them gel crystal things. I filled it like the directions said with 1/2 distilled water. It's been over 12 hrs and the hydrometer still reads about 62... Whats wrong with it? Need to get my cigars going again... Bought two more cigars today...

What was the reading before you put the gel crystal humidifier into your humi? You might have to get the thing up and running first. Hard to expect that it will instantly go to 70% if it was 40 before...

It may take a few days/weeks to get the inside stabilized.You might want to try wiping down the interior of the humidor with distilled water. Sometimes that speeds things up a bit. And once you reach the optimum reading - you have to maintain your humidifiers (don't let them dry out).