AHH!!! MOLD!!! What do I do?

Take a paper towel or soft cotton cloth.

Gently clean all the mold off.

Get a new paper towel or a new cotton cloth repeat the process.

I usually do three iterations of this to make sure I have gotten as many of the mold spores as humanly possible. I even blow my sticks off after with compressed air (if you do this be careful)

In my three instances of mold, never has it come back.

You need to clean whatever they where in as well, bet thing is de natured alcohol.

If the mold isn't in the sticks (like the foot) you are ok and they should be fine to smoke from my experience.

[chippewastud79]

Thats not mold, thats the good stuff

Just wipe it off and replace, should be fine in a week

[ucla695]

Originally Posted by SilverFox

Take a paper towel or soft cotton cloth.

Gently clean all the mold off.

Get a new paper towel or a new cotton cloth repeat the process.

I usually do three iterations of this to make sure I have gotten as many of the mold spores as humanly possible. I even blow my sticks off after with compressed air (if you do this be careful)

In my three instances of mold, never has it come back.

You need to clean whatever they where in as well, bet thing is de natured alcohol.

If the mold isn't in the sticks (like the foot) you are ok and they should be fine to smoke from my experience.

Solid advice. It doesn't look that bad so they should clean up nicely. Definitely check the feet to make sure they don't have any signs of mold.

I also suggest lowering your RH to prevent this from recurring, which should be easy this time of year.

Originally Posted by SilverFox

Take a paper towel or soft cotton cloth.

Gently clean all the mold off.

Get a new paper towel or a new cotton cloth repeat the process.

I usually do three iterations of this to make sure I have gotten as many of the mold spores as humanly possible. I even blow my sticks off after with compressed air (if you do this be careful)

In my three instances of mold, never has it come back.

You need to clean whatever they where in as well, bet thing is de natured alcohol.

If the mold isn't in the sticks (like the foot) you are ok and they should be fine to smoke from my experience.

What he said!

I had some RG CE's do the same thing...wiped 'em off and they were fine.

[Thrak]

Originally Posted by SilverFox

Take a paper towel or soft cotton cloth.

Gently clean all the mold off.

Get a new paper towel or a new cotton cloth repeat the process.

I usually do three iterations of this to make sure I have gotten as many of the mold spores as humanly possible. I even blow my sticks off after with compressed air (if you do this be careful)

In my three instances of mold, never has it come back.

You need to clean whatever they where in as well, bet thing is de natured alcohol.

If the mold isn't in the sticks (like the foot) you are ok and they should be fine to smoke from my experience.

I only have 1 humidor, how long does using the denatured alcohol take to clear out? Will I need to reseason it? I've got about 85 sticks in it now . (all are mold free though)

My rh with the old humidifier was 65-66%... I'll keep it out though, since that is where the mold came from. It was only on the non-cello sticks right next to it.

[BigAl_SC]

Beads..... Beads.... Beads!!!

They'll get it rock solid at 65 and keep it that way.

Originally Posted by BigAl_SC

Beads..... Beads.... Beads!!!

They'll get it rock solid at 65 and keep it that way.

[Nimbus]

I thought that was plume

Wipe off the mold and smoke the cigars.

you need to get you some shilala bead they work really good

Great advice in this thread and beads are a fantastic humidity source for your smoke

[rizzle]

Originally Posted by Wolfgang

Thats Plume!

Originally Posted by Nimbus

I thought that was plume

Definitely plume. Take them to your nearest B&M that deals in vintage cigars and trade them in.