Pipe Tobacco & Humidor Question???

Neuromancer · 10-30-2008, 03:54 PM

Okay...I have CRS Syndrome and did one of those

things...I had a small humi (20-30 count) that I wasn't using because I have three much larger humi's so I put it up on top of my armoire to get it out of the way...then I bought about a dozen pipe tobacco samples from C&D (1 oz. samples) that came in plastic ziplocs...because I had no room to store the ziplocs I pulled down the humi and threw them in there figuring I'd taste them all in the next few days and figure what I wanted to store in a better place and which I didn't like, and pass those I didn't like on to someone else to try...I knew the humi wasn't a good place to store the stuff but I figured a few days wouldn't make a difference...and then I forgot about the humi with the samples because I'd put it back on top of my armoire and it sorta got lost amongst all the empty cedar cigar boxes...for 2 years...then I just happened to notice it the other day and pulled it down and discovered I still had 4 ziplocs worth of samples in it that I never tried and pulled them out to rehydrate them, BUT, the humidor now smelled like a blend of pipe tobaccos...arggghhhh...any ideas from any of you cigar or pipe experts on how to get the pipe tobacco smell out of the humidor so it can again be used for cigars, or just pitch it and chalk it up as a loss? Damn CRS...

webjunkie · 10-30-2008, 10:45 PM

Maybe do a wipe down with distilled water and then leave for a while with a box of baking soda?

I dunno, maybe it'd just be better to write it off and get a cooler.

groogs · 10-31-2008, 11:58 PM

I don't know about a Humi, but I had a cooler that I kept my Pipe Tobacco in, and I tried to clean it out and get rid of the smell and I never could. I scrubbed it out and left it out in the sun light open for more than a week and the smell never went away. I hope the humi doesn't hold smells like a Cooler.

11-02-2008, 06:13 PM

my friend, I fear you have a losing battle on your hands...

AD720 · 11-02-2008, 06:20 PM

Unless it is a really, really nice 20 count with sentimental value I'd say just replace it. They are so cheap and a lot times are literally being given away by vendors.

10-30-2008, 03:54 PM	#1
Neuromancer Will work for Boli GM's Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Marc Location: Lost in translation...near Newnan, GA Posts: 1,417 Trading: (23)	Pipe Tobacco & Humidor Question??? Okay...I have CRS Syndrome and did one of those things...I had a small humi (20-30 count) that I wasn't using because I have three much larger humi's so I put it up on top of my armoire to get it out of the way...then I bought about a dozen pipe tobacco samples from C&D (1 oz. samples) that came in plastic ziplocs...because I had no room to store the ziplocs I pulled down the humi and threw them in there figuring I'd taste them all in the next few days and figure what I wanted to store in a better place and which I didn't like, and pass those I didn't like on to someone else to try...I knew the humi wasn't a good place to store the stuff but I figured a few days wouldn't make a difference...and then I forgot about the humi with the samples because I'd put it back on top of my armoire and it sorta got lost amongst all the empty cedar cigar boxes...for 2 years...then I just happened to notice it the other day and pulled it down and discovered I still had 4 ziplocs worth of samples in it that I never tried and pulled them out to rehydrate them, BUT, the humidor now smelled like a blend of pipe tobaccos...arggghhhh...any ideas from any of you cigar or pipe experts on how to get the pipe tobacco smell out of the humidor so it can again be used for cigars, or just pitch it and chalk it up as a loss? Damn CRS... __________________ "...pipe smoking is properly an intellectual exercise." ~ Christopher Morley, 1916

10-30-2008, 10:45 PM	#2
webjunkie Still Watching My Back Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Daniel Location: Nagano Prefecture, Japan Posts: 213 Trading: (1)	Re: Pipe Tobacco & Humidor Question??? Maybe do a wipe down with distilled water and then leave for a while with a box of baking soda? I dunno, maybe it'd just be better to write it off and get a cooler.

10-31-2008, 11:58 PM	#3
groogs Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Grant Posts: 1,945 Trading: (62)	Re: Pipe Tobacco & Humidor Question??? I don't know about a Humi, but I had a cooler that I kept my Pipe Tobacco in, and I tried to clean it out and get rid of the smell and I never could. I scrubbed it out and left it out in the sun light open for more than a week and the smell never went away. I hope the humi doesn't hold smells like a Cooler.

11-02-2008, 06:13 PM	#4
parafumar Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Pipe Tobacco & Humidor Question??? my friend, I fear you have a losing battle on your hands...

11-02-2008, 06:20 PM	#5
AD720 I'm nuts for the place Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Andrew Location: The City of BOTL-erly Love Posts: 2,684 Trading: (73)	Re: Pipe Tobacco & Humidor Question??? Unless it is a really, really nice 20 count with sentimental value I'd say just replace it. They are so cheap and a lot times are literally being given away by vendors.