seasoning my new humi...
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so, as some of you know, I just bought a Waxingmoon humi... here she is... pre-season...
anyway, I put teh big soaked sponge in there almost exactly 24 hours ago... and I assume this is gonna take a while cuz she is a big girl... anyway, we started at 49%... got up to 52% by bed time... 62% at 6am... 65% at noon... and DOWN to 62% at 1:30... she is now at 63%...
it's obviously a glass top so I have yet to open it and I assume the RH dropped a little because the wood is absorbing the distilled water gas that has accumulated in the air... but I'm thinking of opening her up and re-soaking the sponge or adding a shot glass of distilled water... is this a bad idea?
anyway, I put teh big soaked sponge in there almost exactly 24 hours ago... and I assume this is gonna take a while cuz she is a big girl... anyway, we started at 49%... got up to 52% by bed time... 62% at 6am... 65% at noon... and DOWN to 62% at 1:30... she is now at 63%...
it's obviously a glass top so I have yet to open it and I assume the RH dropped a little because the wood is absorbing the distilled water gas that has accumulated in the air... but I'm thinking of opening her up and re-soaking the sponge or adding a shot glass of distilled water... is this a bad idea?
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Use a shallow dish of distilled water along with your humidifier and just let it sit. Edit: man that thing is pretty. Grats.
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that is one sweet looking humi!!! congrats!
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sweet lookin! I spy a Casa Magna in there...
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sweet humi. not to be a buzz kill but should your cigars be in there yet?
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Very nice humi. You can open it once every 24 hrs without too much trouble - sure, some humidity will escape, but so long as it's only once a day, the impact should be minimal; so open it up if you want and check to make sure everything's filled, etc. Also, a wide, shallow dish would be better than a shot glass - so a dish and your sponge should do pretty well
It's hard as hell, but patience is the name of the game with seasoning a new humi -
I took the pick with them in there for effect... they are not in there now...cooch36:sweet humi. not to be a buzz kill but should your cigars be in there yet?
I think I'm going to add a shot glass of distilled in there tonight and see how it goes... -
good call... I'll just leave some water in the dish when i place it back in... thanks!xmacro:Very nice humi. You can open it once every 24 hrs without too much trouble - sure, some humidity will escape, but so long as it's only once a day, the impact should be minimal; so open it up if you want and check to make sure everything's filled, etc. Also, a wide, shallow dish would be better than a shot glass - so a dish and your sponge should do pretty well
It's hard as hell, but patience is the name of the game with seasoning a new humi -
I re-soaked the sponge and left some still water in the dish as well... this was around 5:30pm yesterday... When I woke up this am I saw a 71% reading!!! wooo hooo...
we are about 67 hours in and with a 71% reading, I am very pleased... I have an XL 70% Heartfelt tube and I'll get those babies in there in a right around the 72 hour mark (2pm PST)... uncharged of course... At this rate, I should be able to starting filling her up on Friday...
I will be celebrating my 70% reading with an A. Fernandez Sig Robusto... nothing too major, but I've been wanting to try it...feel free to join me from where ever you are!!! -
That's one beautiful humi you got there, and nice job on the patiently executed seasoning. I'll celebrate with you from Maine, the AJ Fernandez signature series is a fantastic cigar.
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Curly Maple with Cocobolo accents... but i really know NOTHING about wood... Waxingmoon is the guy to talk to about all that... I just know it's beautiful and the fiance likes it... win win... and it should hold about 160 sticks...bigharpoon:That's one beautiful humi you got there, and nice job on the patiently executed seasoning. I'll celebrate with you from Maine, the AJ Fernandez signature series is a fantastic cigar.
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Love that humidor!
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Very sweet. Waxingmoon sure does some beautiful work doesn't he? May have to break down and buy a piece off him. Right now, I just want to put all my $$$ into sticks. This does create the problem of not having a beautiful piece of furniture to show them off in. My 3 other humi's are all just nice not beautiful like Waxingmoons' work, the 4 foot coolerdor just doesn't look good in the livingroom
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the big one will become my everyday humi... then I'll have 2 spare 50 counts... not sure what to do with them to be honest... but I'm sure I'll come up with something...laker1963:Very sweet. Waxingmoon sure does some beautiful work doesn't he? May have to break down and buy a piece off him. Right now, I just want to put all my $$$ into sticks. This does create the problem of not having a beautiful piece of furniture to show them off in. My 3 other humi's are all just nice not beautiful like Waxingmoons' work, the 4 foot coolerdor just doesn't look good in the livingroom -
Could always fill up one of the 5-counts with some cheap smokes and offer to guests (helps as a tactical decoy to keep them away from your good stash)
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call me crazy, but one of them will always be at least half filled with Ccom Brazilian Label... love em
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PM to you Robby.
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back atcha
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Dedicated ager!robbyras:
the big one will become my everyday humi... then I'll have 2 spare 50 counts... not sure what to do with them to be honest... but I'm sure I'll come up with something...laker1963:Very sweet. Waxingmoon sure does some beautiful work doesn't he? May have to break down and buy a piece off him. Right now, I just want to put all my $$$ into sticks. This does create the problem of not having a beautiful piece of furniture to show them off in. My 3 other humi's are all just nice not beautiful like Waxingmoons' work, the 4 foot coolerdor just doesn't look good in the livingroom -
Yeah... that's a good call... we all know that a 50 CT humi isn't too hard to fill... but I might be willing to trade it if the deal is right...
Harpoon... you should get your end of our trade today... -
Beautiful unit!!
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(that's what she said)
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ok... so we have an issue... we got up to 75% right around noon and I was preparing to put in my uncharged beads.... I came back after lunch and she was down to 72 and now we are down to 68... dropped 7% in a few hours... any thoughts?robbyras:I re-soaked the sponge and left some still water in the dish as well... this was around 5:30pm yesterday... When I woke up this am I saw a 71% reading!!! wooo hooo...
we are about 67 hours in and with a 71% reading, I am very pleased... I have an XL 70% Heartfelt tube and I'll get those babies in there in a right around the 72 hour mark (2pm PST)... uncharged of course... At this rate, I should be able to starting filling her up on Friday...
I will be celebrating my 70% reading with an A. Fernandez Sig Robusto... nothing too major, but I've been wanting to try it...feel free to join me from where ever you are!!! -
Temperature? Wood absorbing moisture that's no longer in the air (where the hygro reads it)?
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yeah... i figured that was it, but the drop was fast... I didn't open it... i'm just gonna leave it for now...
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If you are interested in trading away or selling one of your 50ct's I would be interested. I only have a 20ct right now and am looking to upgrade a bit soon.
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Don't pay attention to those fluctuations - it's completely normal as it acclimates - the wood is breathing - don't expect it to be some kind of linear progression. You're good - enjoy it.
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That's good advice... the problem is that is has a glass top and it's in my living room so I peep in every time I walk by... i'll just let it rest for another night... I figured this would take a week or so...kaelaria:Don't pay attention to those fluctuations - it's completely normal as it acclimates - the wood is breathing - don't expect it to be some kind of linear progression. You're good - enjoy it. -
Hey Coach... if you're interested, PM me an offer... I'd be looking for sticks, so check my BIO to see what I am looking for...coachjamie:If you are interested in trading away or selling one of your 50ct's I would be interested. I only have a 20ct right now and am looking to upgrade a bit soon. -
kaelaria:Beautiful unit!!
ah ha ha ZING!!kaelaria:(that's what she said) -
Well, got it back to 71% overnight and I put in the uncharged beads this am. If we are still at 70% tomorrow morning, I'll take the dish out and start putting in the sticks... very excited... I'll post some picks when I get it loaded...robbyras:
ok... so we have an issue... we got up to 75% right around noon and I was preparing to put in my uncharged beads.... I came back after lunch and she was down to 72 and now we are down to 68... dropped 7% in a few hours... any thoughts?robbyras:I re-soaked the sponge and left some still water in the dish as well... this was around 5:30pm yesterday... When I woke up this am I saw a 71% reading!!! wooo hooo...
we are about 67 hours in and with a 71% reading, I am very pleased... I have an XL 70% Heartfelt tube and I'll get those babies in there in a right around the 72 hour mark (2pm PST)... uncharged of course... At this rate, I should be able to starting filling her up on Friday...
I will be celebrating my 70% reading with an A. Fernandez Sig Robusto... nothing too major, but I've been wanting to try it...feel free to join me from where ever you are!!!
