Plastic smell in coolirdor

[Rusty]

I am thinking about setting up a coolidor. I did a search and found a lot of good info but but I was wondering if the plastic smell gets in the cigars ?

[Mangyrat]

After cleaning your new cooler set it out side in the sun with the lid open for a few days.

I cleaned mine with a mild dish soap and then left it in the sun for 2 days and it now has very little if any plastic smell to it.

[kevin7]

After cleaning your new cooler set it out side in the sun with the lid open for a few days.

I cleaned mine with a mild dish soap and then left it in the sun for 2 days and it now has very little if any plastic smell to it.

What the Rat said

[TravPSU]

What the Rat said

+1

I actually used a little bleach when I cleaned mine out. Either way, leaving it in the sun is the important step. Should get the smell out. If you do the bleach make sure you rinse it out thoroughly. Then rinse it out again.

[kevin7]

Or you could use what a Fuller used to use LOL

[Kenyth]

Buying a cooler at the end of the season helps since the plastic has had time to cure. It also gets you a good deal. I got a huge green hunting cooler on clearance for ten bucks in the middle of winter at Wally World. There was little, if any plastic smell left at that time. The advice about the sun should work just fine for a newer one. Make sure and get plenty of cedar cigar boxes to store your bundled cigars in. Filling your cooler with spanish cedar mimics a real cedar humidor and helps regulate the humidity.

[CoventryCat86]

I am thinking about setting up a coolidor. I did a search and found a lot of good info but but I was wondering if the plastic smell gets in the cigars ?

No it doesn't.

Does it get in your food or beer when you put those in a cooler?