Exactly why all my sticks are in boxes or tupperdores in the coolidor. You learned a lesson the hard way. Sorry to hear of the loss.
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Sounds like wisdom to live by. Would "not a chance in the world. Not even if I'm drunk" count as resistance??:cbig:
With a little cigar glue , a very, very fine mist of distilled water to wet crumbly or cracked wrapper, a couple q-tips to apply water or spread glue with more precision than a finger, and some patience you would be amazed at how well you can repair a messed up cigar. I have done this to countless cigars at the shop as customers have seen me do this and now bring me their casualties for repair. You can make almost anything "smokeable" it just may not be pretty. Once you get it fixed up you will also want to let it sit for a bit to recover from the surgery.
Some things to avoid:
Don't use too much water on the wrapper, you want just enough to reduce brittle spots
If a piece of wrapper won't stay glued down, don't keep adding extra glue, sometimes you need to take some small scissors (fingernail clipper type), cut that piece of wrapper where it wont stay and then reapply it as a separate piece.
I have found that attempting to fix part of a cigar and then come back later and fix the rest doesn't work. All the handling of the repaired part will usually come undone this way.
This is just the method I use, some others may have better suggestions than this, but, as I said, I have had very good luck with this. If you like, I would be happy to try and fix your cigars for you. Feel free to PM with any questions.
Sorry for the tragedy.
Some things to avoid:
Don't use too much water on the wrapper, you want just enough to reduce brittle spots
If a piece of wrapper won't stay glued down, don't keep adding extra glue, sometimes you need to take some small scissors (fingernail clipper type), cut that piece of wrapper where it wont stay and then reapply it as a separate piece.
I have found that attempting to fix part of a cigar and then come back later and fix the rest doesn't work. All the handling of the repaired part will usually come undone this way.
This is just the method I use, some others may have better suggestions than this, but, as I said, I have had very good luck with this. If you like, I would be happy to try and fix your cigars for you. Feel free to PM with any questions.
Sorry for the tragedy.
Mitch
BOM 2/09-Keeper BOTtLe
I'll get some more out to you, no sweat bro, was gonna hook you up for being so generous with what you've been giving away.
Mitch
BOM 2/09-Keeper BOTtLe
[ame="http://www.botl.org/community/forums/showthread.php?t=25337"]Bringing back the dead... - BOTL Cigar Forums - Brothers of the Leaf[/ame]Dave, I had no idea a person could repair damaged cigars. Thanks for the info and heads up. Learned something new today.)
Here's one I did that was a bit of a flute.
Jfire
BoM 9/9' 9/11' 8/12'
Update:
It looks like 2 are toast 1 is getting the flame. Im sending the wrecked 1s to Dave to repair and either smoke or gift away. Couldnt think of a better outcome. Thanks for the help Dave on giving these beuties new life.
It looks like 2 are toast 1 is getting the flame. Im sending the wrecked 1s to Dave to repair and either smoke or gift away. Couldnt think of a better outcome. Thanks for the help Dave on giving these beuties new life.