Major Humidor Problems

[bigpoppapuff]

did you season the inside ???...

[bigpoppapuff]

Set up the Humidifier

Take the sponge and drown it in Distilled Water and brush all the wood in the humidor. Soak all the walls, be liberal, soak the walls! Don't worry, the wood can take all the water. If you have a tray or dividers soak these also. Once you have completed this; re-soak the sponge and place it in the middle of the Humi on a plastic bag assuring the sponge doesn’t touch the wood. Put your divider/tray in the humi then close the lid and let sit for at least 24 hours. If you have a divider and tray, place the divider in the tray, NOT on the sponge. Leave the lid closed the entire time. The reason you do this is to allow the cedar to soak in water.



If you just put the Cigars in humi without seasoning it, the wood will try to soak in the water and so will all the cigars. This means your humidification device will not be able to put out enough humidity to keep the humidifier stabilized. This can dry out your wood over time and ruin that wonderful humi you just purchased. This is why you season it.

[pub spears]

Should go without saying, but store your cigars in tupperware or ziplocks while seasoning the humi. For the -please remove from wrapper before eating folks. What is the temp?

[tommyb77]

Thanks for all the quick responses. To season the humi all i did was put a warm bowl of distilled water in the box over night and then wiped down the inside with distilled water. The temperature is around 20 degrees Celsius which is about 68 degrees Fahrenheit. So maybe i need to reseason the box. But if the wood was dry wouldnt the RH Beads be losing moisture and turning white?

[Dub's]

Thanks for all the quick responses. To season the humi all i did was put a warm bowl of distilled water in the box over night and then wiped down the inside with distilled water. The temperature is around 20 degrees Celsius which is about 68 degrees Fahrenheit. So maybe i need to reseason the box. But if the wood was dry wouldnt the RH Beads be losing moisture and turning white?

When all else fails...read the directions that came with your humidor !

[Shelby07]

If you put all 77 sticks in and they were a bit dry it's going to take a while for the sticks to absorb the moisture and the humi to equalize, especially with 77 sticks in a 75 stick humi (why does that remind me of an old joke?)

I would suggest that you take some of the sticks out and put them in a Tupperware container. Let the humi equalize at about 1/2 - 2/3 capacity, then add the sticks a few at a time. It's always good to leave some room in the humi to increase surface area. You might want to consider another humi or a cooledor.

Good luck.

[tommyb77]

What really has me confused it that the RH Beads are not drying out. I thought if the humi (and cigars) were really dry I would have to keep adding water to the beads, but the beads are not drying out at all and it has been over a week.