Constructive criticism doesnt bother me one bit. And as you can see I havent told anyone to go out and buy this cabinet and do the same because its hard to say what is going to happen. But what I did do is my research on the wood the cabinet is made of. It isnt MDF, its engineered wood with a multi coat paint. As long as no bare wood is exposed to the humidity this should hold up for a long time. Also the sealent Im not overly worried about but time will tell. As for a lack of cedar, thats going to be changing sometime in the near future. Ill be doing cedar shelves and cedar drawers for singles. As much as Id love to line this with spanish cedar I feel that SC is not as necessary as its made out to be. Ive been in countless walk ins where the only thing cedar in the entire room were the boxes or at most the shelves. Thats a big part of the reason i decided to do this.
Agreed. The only cedar in my local shop's walk-in is in the shelves. There's another place close by that doesn't even have a walk-in. The whole store is humidified, and I don't even think their shelves are cedar. I'll have to double check that next time I'm in there, but I'm pretty sure they're not. I've seen their hygrometer on the wall, and it says it's right about 70% in there. Spanish cedar is a substance that helps retain and regulate moisture and humidity, but it's not needed. I have an acrylic display humidor that stays more stable than my other two humidors that are lined, and there's not a matchstick of cedar in it.
I've been looking into doing this same project, because I think it would be the best bang for the buck for a cabinet humidor. However, I do plan on lining the cabinet as well as using cedar shelves, and maybe building cedar drawers, but that's mainly just for the appearance and the aroma.