Moldy

[D.L.Ruth]

So upon returning from a 9 month rotation in Korea, I found that my humidor had grown mold (fortunately there was no cigars in it). Is a moldy humidor salvageable or would it be better to just pick up a new on? It got pretty bad.

 

[Nacho Daddy]

toss it.
what was left in it, or where was it stored that it grew mold?
this is the concern I have,will it happen again?
When you get your new humi,give us a pic.
(I bet you get something to fill it with).................

 

[D.L.Ruth]

It was in the basement, had a cigar oasis in it. Will most likely toss the oasis as well since it green foam was also growing mold

 

[ApeSmokes]

Many people here will recommend Tupperware, even if your humidor was not moldy.
I'd say get some tupper, clean up the humi(if it's a nice one) and use it to store cutters, etc.

 

[Nacho Daddy]

get a digital Hydrometer and specify Boveda packs for your new outfit.
I recommend 65% for NC or 62% packs for Cuban sticks.
OR, you could get a tupperdor if you think you will want to store large amounts of cigars to age them..........

...Just sayin'..................

 

[Nacho Daddy]

.......SEE ?

(stepped on by some.... Panda.............)

 

[D.L.Ruth]

I do have a Tupperware that I use, just need to give a good cleaning. It was a decent humidor nothing that I would worry about tossing, just one that I picked up from CI a while ago.

 

[D.L.Ruth]

I recommend 65% for NC or 62% packs for Cuban sticks.

Lol when I first read this I thought, "how the heck did you know I'm moving to NC?" Then I realized you we talking about noon Cubans lol

 

[ApeSmokes]

.......SEE ?

(stepped on by some.... Panda.............)

My panda likes nachos.

 

[Nacho Daddy]

" how the heck did you know I'm moving to NC? "
You have to know these things to be the KING......
Where are you moving to in NC ?


" I am Nacho Panda "...........nah,doesn't have that snap !

 

[D.L.Ruth]

Where are you moving to in NC ?

Ft Bragg

 

[Nacho Daddy]

excellent cigar bar there, heat, and sand gnats.
welcome........

 

[D.L.Ruth]

The heat here in upstate NY hastate been pretty brutal since I got back, and the humidity.

 

[ApeSmokes]

sand gnats

Went a few rounds with sand fleas in Biloxi. Don't know if sand gnats are the same critter.
A truce was reached: I leave the state, they agree to never set foot in Arizona.
The peace has been kept for 20 years.

 

[D.L.Ruth]

Went a few rounds with sand fleas in Biloxi. Don't know if sand gnats are the same critter.
A truce was reached: I leave the state, they agree to never set foot in Arizona.
The peace has been kept for 20 years.

I have spent a total of over 2 years in Iraq and have been fortunate to have never tangled with sand fleas

 

[Cigary43]

It was in the basement, had a cigar oasis in it. Will most likely toss the oasis as well since it green foam was also growing mold

Green foam .....just reading about it makes me nauseous. This stuff is like one of the plagues we read about and yet all of these manufacturers will put them in their humidors and sell them to anyone. It's comparable to selling a nice luxury BMW and put generic oil in the crankcase.....c'mon!

 

[Glassman]

Green foam .....just reading about it makes me nauseous. This stuff is like one of the plagues we read about and yet all of these manufacturers will put them in their humidors and sell them to anyone. It's comparable to selling a nice luxury BMW and put generic oil in the crankcase.....c'mon!

This right here. I think they use it because it's supposed to be mold resistant, but in reality it molds up really easily..

I second boveda and tuppers.

Buuuut, as far as that humi goes, I'd wipe it out with peroxide, and leave it open in the sunshine for a couple hours at a time, a few different times, leaving a dish of distilled in it between. Then just use it for storing less expensive smokes. May end up being alright.

 

[D.L.Ruth]

After looking around a bit, decided might go with a wineador, I've always wanted one anyway and now I have an excuse