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Old 12-27-2011, 10:14 PM   #3
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Default Re: Dollar bill test question

I think the dollar bill test is useless in most cases. Most humidors have a lining of Spanish Cedar that goes above the top edge of bottom of the box. In most cases it has a angled cut on it to allow the lid to slide over it. The lid then comes down and seals against this angled piece of cedar. So what you have is a test where a piece of paper is supposed to come out with resistance while traveling over a piece of wood sticking up higher than the base and protruding somewhat into the lid, then going back down and out the side of the box. Of course the bill is going to have resistance. I think this "test" was invented by a humidor builder to trick his customers into thinking that he had a great seal. Not if your humidor had no lining that protruded upward into the lid, but rather just two pieces of wood that rested together, one being the base and one the top, if that dollar then came out snugly...yeah, great test. .02
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