New Humidor (seasoning in progress)!!!

[thecatch83]

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).
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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.

[thecatch83]

I filled up two small bowls with DW, replaced the tray and placed my calibrated digital back inside for 24 hours.
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I then replaced the two bowls with two Boveda 72% seasoning packets and smaller cup of DW for another 48 hours.
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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.
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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!

[Emjaysmash]

nice! that's a great look humidor! Now fill her up!

[longknocker]

Sweet!:tu

[NCRadioMan]

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.

[jesseboston81]

Dangerous thing, posting a picture of an empty humidor on CA........

[Swif]

Very Nice

[hscmit]

Dangerous thing, posting a picture of an empty humidor on CA........

:tpd:

[big a]

Very nice humidor. I really like the digital hygrometer mounted in front too.

[bigpedunn]

Very nice!!

[Volusianator]

Dangerous thing, posting a picture of an empty humidor on CA........


Bring it on! LOL :r
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[thecatch83]

I like what you've done there.....

[Swif]

Bring it on! LOL :r
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Wow, I like that. Some day I will get to that point. I am just hoping the wife get me a Humidor from waxing moon to start my journey on heirlooms in the humidor section.

[HollywoodQue]

Nice Humidor.

[CoreyD]

Wade is that the one you showed me you made on your phone?

[thecatch83]

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 :tu

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My baby daughter approves!
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[Humpdebump]

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.:D

[thecatch83]

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!

[jamesk]

Very nice setup, I think I had that humidor. I like the cuban press CAO's you have.