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But then they arnt chewy then. :dr

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I will keep this humidor and give it longer to season.

With two bowls of water in there, it has been holding at 70% moisture for two days.

How long do I leave it sit at 70% before I procede to put the cigars in?

Does 70% sound about right for the ammount of RH being held in the humidor or does/should it get higher than that while seasoning? (lets just assume the hyg is correct for this question)

I would think a humidor that seals properly should be able to hold about 80% RH but maby i'm wrong?

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When I seasoned mine, RH got up to about 85%, but that was with a calibrated hygrometer and beads in it. It quickly dropped to about 70% - 72% when I removed the cup of distilled water, and beads and sticks brought it down further to 65%. That's about a 20 point drop between seasoning and storage. It's been stable at ~65% ever since.

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I did this and it worked great. My RH only drops when the beads need to be recharged.

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The sticky is fine, you just didn't follow it's directions. Seasoning takes patience. You are just way to eager to use your humidor. I hope you get your moneys worth with the new humidor, but you will have the exact same problems if you throw your cigars in after only 4 days of seasoning.

From another thread:

Yes a BOTL gave some poor advice telling you you should do this. But I am pretty sure you had heard from many of us 2 weeks minimum before your humidor even arrived..

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not to argue but the sticks were in there for 2 days before I noticed I had problems, then they came out.

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I don't know what this has to do with what I said? My statement still stands, 4 days is not long enough. Not trying to bust your balls bro, just saying you sent your humidor back blaming it for your RH problems when you didn't season it properly to begin with.

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Hypothetical question then.. if his humidor isn't "seasoned right" and it was packed full, what if you add extra humidifiers etc., will it season properly eventually?

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I don't think some of you are understanding what I did.

I have been seasoning it for 2 weeks. After 2 days, the humi was at 65% so I put the sticks in. Noticed a problem and took sticks out two days later. Put sticks in baggie. continued seasoning. Put sticks back in 2 days ago. RH dropped and, sticks and beads dried up after a 2 days or so. Took sticks back out.

Just thought id try to clear that up. It has been seasoning for over 2 weeks, I never took the water out ever during these 2 weeks.

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Maybe, but the dry cedar will still suck up some of the RH from your cigars.

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After reading thru all of the posts, Josh, you stated that you put beads in. My question is do you have enough beads for the humi and were they properly hydrated before you put them in?

I am asking do to the fact that if you put dry beads in then they will absorb the humidity in the humi which will cause the RH to drop.

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They were heartfelt beads, I used the calculations they said to use to figure out the proper size to order.

I got the tube of beads, squirted it with distilled water till they were clear.

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-- It's a bad humidor . . .

OR

-- It needs more seasoning time. What I've done in the past (before I converted a closed iunto a humi, that is, is wipe it down with a wet cloth, but not so wet as to start raising the grain of the wood lining. But light wet wipes every few days will allow the humidor wood to acclimate quickly.

-- BTW, what brand of humidor is it?!

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I thought about doing the wipes..........but I didn't do it.

It's an art deco humidor.

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I'm glad you guys taught me that. My coolidor was giving me fits until I filled it to the top. I made a crappy skirt for the inner lip of the lid using plastic wrap and I rarely have to add humidification now.

I need to get some organization going, I've been buying samplers to get a little experience and half of the cooler is a heap of singles and five finger bags. It's hell trying to find something.

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Try Tupperware. put cigars,beads and hygrometer in a large container and leave alone for a week minimum. Set the hygo so you can red it without opening the container. If you can stabilize the environment that way you have found a bad seal or humidor.:2

You might have a leaky humi or a bad seal.
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8939/badseal.jpg
:D