I am wondering how to recharge the water pillows that come in the packaging from Cigar.dot com. My humidor needs a boost and I want to add a couple of those in there. I'm guessing you just open them up and soak the sponge or whatever is inside in distilled water?
Is that the way to do it or should I do something different?
There is a pillow in the pillow case( outer zip lock bag ) take out the pillow, dip it in distilled water, return the pillow to the case. As simple as you thought/.
I use them all the time for boosting RH when needed. Great tool when I go camping too. Dump some sticks in a Ccom ziplock with a couple of Humi pillows and take off.
Typically they are reuseable for about 3-5 months ..... when they get dry just dip em in distilled water for about 20 seconds and put them back in the baggie
I took distilled water and wiped it all over the inside and let it saturate in but this was about two years ago...in the summer the humidity level was almost too high at 75-78...now I can't get it up(the humidity level that is).
Thanks...I am re-seasoning as we speak...I rewiped the insides and have a bowl of distilled water in there.
I did the bottle cap test on my hydrometer and it was about perfect...75..
I also checked humidity of the air in the room I have it....30..ouch!!
Maybe 60-65 is all I can get out of it this time of the year...?? I'll be curious to see how much the reseasoning helps
Thanks...I am re-seasoning as we speak...I rewiped the insides and have a bowl of distilled water in there.
I did the bottle cap test on my hydrometer and it was about perfect...75..
I also checked humidity of the air in the room I have it....30..ouch!!
Maybe 60-65 is all I can get out of it this time of the year...?? I'll be curious to see how much the reseasoning helps
Wal-mart or Sam's has a cheap home humidifier around $50. I went from 35% to 60% in the house.....much better.
I've been having a hard time keeping the humidity level up this winter, I kept adding pillows. In the end what worked for me was a little 2" condiment bowl. I added it to the humidor, poured in a bit of Xikar solution, and added crumpled up piece of paper towel (in the solution). I went from 63 to 73.
I actually tried with out the towel first, that didn't seem to do as much as with the towel. I got the idea as I have a system under my piano that uses towels that drape down into water.
When I've needed a boost in the past, I would just put into my humidor a shot glass or two filled with water. That's usually done the trick. Although I haven't lived in extremely low humidity cities.
Hey Madurofan, how long have you lived in Chesapeake?
I'm sure a joke lies ahead but I'll answer anyways ... Aside from the four years I was in college, I've lived in the Virginia Beach area my whole life. HOWEVER, we're trying to sell the house and move to the mountains of Virginia.
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