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02-27-2011, 07:36 AM | #1 |
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New Humidor (seasoning in progress)!!!
This humidor was a gift, on back order for months, and I am using it for most of my singles. It says 150 count (I will be lucky to get 100-125) and while I'm waiting for my 65% HF beads, cedar trays and second digital hygrometer for my Igloo coolidor project for my long term storage, I thought I would season this and fill all the crazies in on the action.
It's a barrel type, with digital hygrometer mounted in front (which I thought was a nice touch). As you can notice from the front picture, the left side seal isn't the best and after using the dollar bill test, I could pull the bill out fairly easily. The front and right side were good to go, and I'm getting a nice swoosh sound upon closing. The glass seal looks good to go as well. Although I always clean out the dust etc. inside the humidor upon receiving it, I don't normally wipe down the raw cedar with distilled water but I wanted to troubleshoot the bad seal so I only wiped down the top of the lid where the seal is made. Last edited by thecatch83; 02-27-2011 at 07:47 AM. |
02-27-2011, 07:37 AM | #2 |
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Re: New Humidor (seasoning in progress)!!!
I filled up two small bowls with DW, replaced the tray and placed my calibrated digital back inside for 24 hours.
I then replaced the two bowls with two Boveda 72% seasoning packets and smaller cup of DW for another 48 hours. After three days, everything seems to be doing great. RH is rising to a steady 66%, and I was pleasantly surprised to see both my digital hygrometers reading the exact same temperature and RH. Once I hit close to 72% RH, I will remove the small cup of DW, and wait another 24 hours. If the Boveda packets are holding in the mid 60's I will start to introduce my cigars. I will eventually replace the packets with beads once they arrive this week. As we all know, the seasoning process should not be rushed, and I'm looking at a good 5-7 days start to finish if everything goes according to plan. Stay tuned for pics with cigars! Last edited by thecatch83; 02-27-2011 at 07:49 AM. |
02-27-2011, 09:25 AM | #5 |
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Re: New Humidor (seasoning in progress)!!!
While it's seasoning, you can put something of weight on the lid to get it straight again as the cedar probably warped a bit when the wood cot really dry. Done that with a alof of boxes with great success.
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02-27-2011, 10:40 AM | #6 |
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Re: New Humidor (seasoning in progress)!!!
Dangerous thing, posting a picture of an empty humidor on CA........
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02-27-2011, 11:49 AM | #7 |
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Very Nice
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02-27-2011, 01:00 PM | #9 |
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Re: New Humidor (seasoning in progress)!!!
Very nice humidor. I really like the digital hygrometer mounted in front too.
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Bring it on! LOL
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02-27-2011, 04:12 PM | #12 |
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I like what you've done there.....
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02-28-2011, 01:59 AM | #13 |
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02-28-2011, 07:38 AM | #15 |
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Re: New Humidor (seasoning in progress)!!!
Wade is that the one you showed me you made on your phone?
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03-02-2011, 07:14 AM | #16 |
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Re: New Humidor (seasoning in progress)!!!
Just a quick update: after a week of seasoning in my closet in 68 degree conditions, I placed my singles inside the humidor and let them sit for a few days and the seal is holding humidification nicely. The digital hygrometer attached to the humidor was reading 69%, but my small adjustable hygro inside was only at 61%. Incidentally, I'm using two Boveda 72% packets until a lbs. of 65% HF beads arrive this week. I pulled the digital out and decided on doing another salt test and sure enough, it only went up to 67% after 24 hours so I set it to 75%. After placing it back inside the humidor on the bottom, it's reading 68% and the attached hygrometer is reading 69% at 70 degrees
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03-04-2011, 01:21 PM | #17 |
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Re: New Humidor (seasoning in progress)!!!
Ty, good luck with humidor, I have the same exact one that I got from the devil sight over a year and a half ago. It's a nice humidor, after awile I noticed seal wasn't that tight so I put some tape under lid to help out. Also, pay attention to the built in hygrometer. At first it read fine, now it's about 15% off, it could be time to replace the battery but I just got a new one from waxingmoon so once I fill my new one I'll be stocking others back in this one. What a slippery slope I'm on.
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03-04-2011, 07:31 PM | #18 |
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Re: New Humidor (seasoning in progress)!!!
Thanks! Yeah the attached digital hygrometer isn't that great.....as it's reading almost 5% over my digital. The seal is not the greatest, so I seasoned the lip with distilled water and it's holding right at 65% with only two boveda packets!
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