Humidor Setup
First of all, let me thank everyone everything I've learned reading through the forums. I recently returned from Afghanistan, where every night some of the people I lived with would some cigars. Several times I joined them, and when I returned home I found that I missed the camaraderie (as well as the time away from my wife =P). I ordered a few cigars and a humidor from cigar.com. When I got the humidor, I looked up what I needed to do. I put in a shot glass half filled with water,dampened the humidifier and waited 12 hours. 12 hours later, all the water was still in the glass. I again dampened the humidifier and left it for 24 hours. Still nothing. I feel like I am missing something simple, but I could sure use some help!
Comments
http://cigarobsession.com/2009/03/11/all-about-the-humidor/
I do agree that you may need to do it a couple times, but the bowl/shot glass of distilled sitting a week should be good enough.
And keep an eye on the hygrometer. You'll know when it stabilizes.
Just my opinion.
OK, back on topic - you didnt mention in in the original post and none of the responses Ive seen raised the question... did you put a properly calibrated hygrometer in the humidor when you started the seasoning process? If not, do so as its the only way to tell when the humidity is at the right level and stable. If so, once you get to 65-70% RH and its holding steady, you're ready to start loading your stogies in.
Simply waiting for all the distilled water in the shot glass to be absorbed into the wood of the humidor wont tell you where the RH is at, and you will likely be waiting for-goddamn-ever for even a shot glass of distilled to disappear.
Hope this helped! :-)
"every night some of the people I lived with would some cigars."
What does it all mean?
This is a classic. Blurry Jiunn photos to boot.
NECRO!
And drew, what's this avatar? Can't make it out. It looks like a bridge. Is it a d-du-bridge?
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