So, just thought I might share a little with my desktop humidor issues.
I own 3 “Whitetail II” 100 count desktop humidors that were purchased in the earlier days of my smoking. They’re nothing incredible, but they have a glass top and always seemed to be alright prior to coming to Cali and the drier climate.
Been fighting with them lately, they’ve been floating around 62 RH.
Tried re-seasoning once and tossing in a couple small bowls with sponges and DW, it helped and got them around 64-65 RH, but then it slowly crept down after a few weeks. At the time I was using 2 Bovedas in each (65 RH) and they were drying up pretty quickly.
Well, yesterday I bought a piece of “storage Tupperware” with a gasket seal around the top. I was able to empty all 3 humidors into it and get the lid on with a couple bowls / sponges.
I took the humidors apart, cleaned them, and sprayed them with DW, and then towel dried them. I ran a new bead of silicone around the glass tops and tossed in about 6 oz. of 70 RH beads in each, in a small mesh bag made for aquarium substrate, and placed a digital hygrometer in them to monitor.
The intention is to get them around 68-69 RH, and get the sticks up around around the same, and then put them all back in see if it holds.
Figure it’ll take a couple weeks to level out, but not a big deal - will keep everyone posted on how it works out.
I own 3 “Whitetail II” 100 count desktop humidors that were purchased in the earlier days of my smoking. They’re nothing incredible, but they have a glass top and always seemed to be alright prior to coming to Cali and the drier climate.
Been fighting with them lately, they’ve been floating around 62 RH.
Tried re-seasoning once and tossing in a couple small bowls with sponges and DW, it helped and got them around 64-65 RH, but then it slowly crept down after a few weeks. At the time I was using 2 Bovedas in each (65 RH) and they were drying up pretty quickly.
Well, yesterday I bought a piece of “storage Tupperware” with a gasket seal around the top. I was able to empty all 3 humidors into it and get the lid on with a couple bowls / sponges.
I took the humidors apart, cleaned them, and sprayed them with DW, and then towel dried them. I ran a new bead of silicone around the glass tops and tossed in about 6 oz. of 70 RH beads in each, in a small mesh bag made for aquarium substrate, and placed a digital hygrometer in them to monitor.
The intention is to get them around 68-69 RH, and get the sticks up around around the same, and then put them all back in see if it holds.
Figure it’ll take a couple weeks to level out, but not a big deal - will keep everyone posted on how it works out.