New to cigars, just got a humidor

[dauker]

Hello, I just got into cigars. I picked up this humidor http://cgi.ebay.com/Park-Lane-Qualit...item27affd23da.

It came with a humidifier solution, do I got pour some into the round circle in the lid? How much? Also should I wipe down the interior with water first? How does that process go?

Thanks for the help.

Welcome to club!
This is how I set up a humidor, I'm sure others do things differently so don't take it as gospel.
First thing I do with my humidor is take a couple of new kitchen sponge and boil them for a bit to be sure they're sterile. I then use a bit of distilled water on the sponge (damp, not wet) and wipe down the inside of the humidor to remove any dust that might be in there. Basically hit every surface in there with that.
I then lay out a bit of plastic wrap and take the other boiled sponge soaked (not dripping) with distilled water and place it on the plastic wrap. Basically you want to get some humidity into the humidor but you don't want the sponge to touch the wood. Let it sit 48 hours.
Boil a sponge again, fill it with distilled water and swap out the one in the humidor for this new one. Let it sit another 48 hours.
Your humidity should be somewhere around 82 - 92%. That's high but the humidor should absorb that excess humidity making the wood swell and forming a tighter seal. Take out the sponge and let the humidor sit another 48 hours.
Take your round humidifier and fill it with the solution you have. It should be wet, but not dripping. Put this into your humidor and let it sit for 48 hours.
The only way to confirm the RH at this point is to calibrate your hygrometer. Looks like with this humidor it's not removable. So you might be hosed on that. If it is removable you can calibrate it using the salt method found here http://www.cheaphumidors.com/Merchan...owto_calibrate

Don't be shocked if the humidor is reading a bit high when you're done with this method. Stock it with cigars and they should absorb some, if not all, of that excess humidity. If it is still high after the cigars sitting in there over night or so, just open the lid for a couple of minutes.

Sorry if this isn't very clear or poorly written. I wrote this up while sitting at work in between calls.

[ashauler]

Welcome to club!
This is how I set up a humidor, I'm sure others do things differently so don't take it as gospel.
First thing I do with my humidor is take a couple of new kitchen sponge and boil them for a bit to be sure they're sterile. I then use a bit of distilled water on the sponge (damp, not wet) and wipe down the inside of the humidor to remove any dust that might be in there. Basically hit every surface in there with that.
I then lay out a bit of plastic wrap and take the other boiled sponge soaked (not dripping) with distilled water and place it on the plastic wrap. Basically you want to get some humidity into the humidor but you don't want the sponge to touch the wood. Let it sit 48 hours.
Boil a sponge again, fill it with distilled water and swap out the one in the humidor for this new one. Let it sit another 48 hours.
Your humidity should be somewhere around 82 - 92%. That's high but the humidor should absorb that excess humidity making the wood swell and forming a tighter seal. Take out the sponge and let the humidor sit another 48 hours.
Take your round humidifier and fill it with the solution you have. It should be wet, but not dripping. Put this into your humidor and let it sit for 48 hours.
The only way to confirm the RH at this point is to calibrate your hygrometer. Looks like with this humidor it's not removable. So you might be hosed on that. If it is removable you can calibrate it using the salt method found here http://www.cheaphumidors.com/Merchan...owto_calibrate

Don't be shocked if the humidor is reading a bit high when you're done with this method. Stock it with cigars and they should absorb some, if not all, of that excess humidity. If it is still high after the cigars sitting in there over night or so, just open the lid for a couple of minutes.

Sorry if this isn't very clear or poorly written. I wrote this up while sitting at work in between calls.

So, Lopaka's guide didn't suit you? Did you not know that a thread describing this already existed?