Bead Issues

[Monk]

Another thing you can try that I've heard is taking a shotglass full of distilled water and leaving it in your humidor for a day. This should provide enough moisture for the humidor's wood to absorb as well as the beads.

That would be a better way if it was seasoned once and you think the humidor needs to absorb more water, but remember you don't want the beads to absorb all the moisture, you want them to keep a consistent humidity, so don't do this for long. The important thing right now JRas224 is what colour are the beads at that humidity? are they all completely white, or clear?

-W.

[JRas224]

They're probably 80% clear.

[Monk]

well sounds like the beads are holding up ok.

Have you checked the seal on your humidor? (place a dollar bill over the edge of the box, close the lid on it and see how easily the bill pulls out, it should be hard to do or not possible at all).

it could just be that it needs to equalise as well if your salt test shows o.k.

-W.

[JRas224]

Actually, I went back and looked at them and it's probably more like 90% clear. Would oversaturation lead to low humidity though? I just placed the beads and my digital hygrometer in another humidor that I'm not using right now but has been seasoned. I'll see what happens in there. The dollar bill test resulted in resistance but it did come out.

[cls515]

Actually, I went back and looked at them and it's probably more like 90% clear. Would oversaturation lead to low humidity though?

No, they would release excess water into the humidor over time.

[JRas224]

Here is my humidor: http://www.cigarsinternational.com/p...=el+presidente

I bought the half pound bag of beads and placed them in some tupperware.

[cls515]

Here is my humidor: http://www.cigarsinternational.com/p...=el+presidente

I bought the half pound bag of beads and placed them in some tupperware.

You should have enough beads for that humidor. You probably need to add some water to the spanish cedar, sounds like it has dried out.

[cls515]

How big is your humidor and how many beads did you get (ounces? tubes?)

[Desert Rat]

They're probably 80% clear.

Don't fret. Keep the beads at least 50% clear and your cigars will be happy.

Add more beads, you cannot put too many in. I usually triple the reccomended amount.