Well welcome from SC i may come up and visit you one day and smoke all your cigars.


Beads are the way to go.
i would say get some cigars and just go for it.
Like buzz said you can wipe down the inside with distiled water and see what that dose.
14 days is bull shit i do 24 hrs and never look back after calibrating my gages.

Once you add cigars the RH is going to lower for a few days till it stabilize so fill it 1/2 to 3/4 right away after seasoning.
Don't over think it just go for it, You are never going to get it perfect every time you open the humidor it will lower the RH.