Humidor Stinks?!

[stewa070]

Brother gave me a humidor he found from an estate sale. It's the standard Thompson Cigar desktop humidor that every newbie fell prey to. I've still got mine from a decade ago. But this one stinks of smoke. Like someone dumped a cigar nub in it. I was planning on seasoning it and tossing a digital hygro and boveda in it, filling it with sticks and giving it to a newbie friend who doesn't know what to smoke. This thing smells so bad I'm afraid it will ruin anything I put in it. I've wet down the wood and left it open to air out. Reckon that will help?


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[Josh Smith]

Brother gave me a humidor he found from an estate sale. It's the standard Thompson Cigar desktop humidor that every newbie fell prey to. I've still got mine from a decade ago. But this one stinks of smoke. Like someone dumped a cigar nub in it. I was planning on seasoning it and tossing a digital hygro and boveda in it, filling it with sticks and giving it to a newbie friend who doesn't know what to smoke. This thing smells so bad I'm afraid it will ruin anything I put in it. I've wet down the wood and left it open to air out. Reckon that will help?


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Try baking soda. Take out cigars. Put baking soda in container. Leave it in. Could take like a week

 

[Chrisso]

I could be totally wrong in this, but it's just a thought. You might try over hydrating it, and then do the baking soda trick.

I know Forrest sells Spanish Cedar bags for like $5 or something, that you could use to hopefully infuse (if thats even possible) once you've dried it up a bit.

Just a thought. May be a horrible idea...

Best of luck!

 

[navyvet]

does it have any felt in it?

 

[stewa070]

does it have any felt in it?

No it's just cedar.


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[navyvet]

well that's a plus

 

[Glassman]

I'd try putting it in direct sunlight for a while, then baking soda. of course it could warp it, but it might be the only option. I think famous or somebody has a free humi with a $75 dollar purchase right now.

 

[stewa070]

Worst comes to worst I'll just toss it and put his stuff in a tupperdor. It's not a bad looking box though so I'd like to salvage it. Thanks for the tips.


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[Boudie]

You know you can always run a bit of fine sandpaper on the exposed wood, see if knocking of the soiled wood would help. I did that with some boxes I had and the nice cedar fragrance came back.

 

[Almi]

Go into a pet shop and get some activated charcoal that they use for filtering water. Used it in a plastic tub to get rid of the smell. Took a while but it is scent free now. It was close to 2 months before the smell was gone.

 

[sofc]

Leave it open for a while.
Put cigars in.
Close it.
Usually works.

 

[icehog3]

I'd pitch it and go the tupperdor route, but I have no patience for putting a dollars worth of work into a quarters worth of goods.