If both freezers are the same I would be very tempted to bust one up to see if the plastic removal is an option. I would think that it could be successfully replaced with wood. If not I think the cat pee idea is definitely a viable option.
If both freezers are the same I would be very tempted to bust one up to see if the plastic removal is an option. I would think that it could be successfully replaced with wood. If not I think the cat pee idea is definitely a viable option.
"If your wife doesn't like the aroma of your cigar - change your wife."
Zino Davidoff
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No doubt a cooler is easier.
Thanks to everyone for all the helpful replies (except the cat pee idea, about which I remain dubious).
I think I may go with the cooler for the near future, and the freezer will be a longer-term project. :)
What you're smelling are phalates or something like that. The odor will certainly get into your cigars, as fats (the oils in a cigar) absorb odor. With a cooler you're going to have to de-plastic too. The sun really helps in breaking down these compounds, so leave it out to dry in the bright sun for as many days as possible, freezer or cooler.
"If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair." -C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
I see. Thanks for the excellent tip.
So now that I've decided to buy a large cooler (or use one of the ones I have in my garage, I cannot decide), I should leave it outside in a sunny spot for a week or so (?), and that should remove the plasitcy smell. Cool.
ALthough I would love to put the freezer out in the sun for a week or so and use that (my neighbors would love that), I don't think I can get it out of the house. I think the (basement) doorframe probably had to be removed to bring it in.
how big is the cooler you have?
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity,
and I'm not sure about the former." -Albert Einstein
I have two nice coolers that I think are 48 qt, but I was thinking of buying a larger one.
Well, the freezer continues to be smelly, and I cannot put it out into the sun, so that project will be more long-term. There is a second freezer down there I might work on.
In the meantime, I was starting to get some catastrophic wrapper cracking on three cigars in a row over three days (not the same brand or vitola), so I did some searching on this site, and got the info I needed. Apparently my humidor and cigar jars were a bit dry.
My hydrometer indicated 67%, so I tried the salt test last night. TEN degrees off. My humidor and jars were at 57%. So I have taken all of my cigars (around 60 or 70, I guess, perhaps a bit more) and put them into a nice clean 20-qt lunch cooler with a brick of floral sponge. There they will sit for a week or so until they become stable. Looks like I got into a coolerdor sooner than I had anticipated.
I have the larger cooler awaiting the gear I ordered to outfit it as my larger, more permanent coolerdor.
Thanks to all the knowledgable people on this site for the info I searched for and needed.
Well, I finally got the pics of my (temporarily abandoned) freezerdor project off my camera.
Last edited by King Catfish; 03-08-2008 at 11:43 AM.
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is it still smelly?
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity,
and I'm not sure about the former." -Albert Einstein
Yes, still a plasticy smell. I'm going to abandon the first one (on the left) try the other freezer this summer.
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
-Winston Churchill
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