Anybody ever heard of this method of seasoning?
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This fellow on a FB group was trying to say the best way is by spraying down the inside of a humidor. He was telling a noob that was the best way because no other way would satisfy the amount of moisture the dry wood needed. I of course argued against it. Warning that though it would shortcut the most important process of keeping cigars in a humi that he was setting himself up for warping and mold down the line.
But he of course said I didn't know what I was talking about because he had just done it to his new 1000 count humi. So I guess because he had such a huge humi and collection that meant he was the expert. I left it at that and wished him well and good luck down the road.
I think it's to big a chance to take with that big an investment. I also quit that group because it's got way to many people giving out bad advice something like 15,000 people and only about 50 know the diff between mold and plume.
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The official seasoning thread mentions not to wipe it down, let alone spray, about 10 times. I don't see any need to moisten the wood. It will absorb it if you are patient.
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True. I built a humidor into my bar and the cedar I bought was very dry. I put bowls of water and sponges in there and it took a couple weeks to stabilize the RH. Wanted to wipe it in the worst way to help, but was afraid.
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So I bought a large bottle of the solution and started lightly wiping it down, after the first wipe I couldn't even tell that I did anything so I figured I'd try the "More Is Better" technique and just squeezed the bottle all over inside the humidor and then spread the solution around real good a few times with a rag then moped up the rest that didn't soak in with the sponge, Everything looked Great after several minutes ... but I found out after a few days that it must have warped because the lid wouldn't sit flat down anymore (it was rather badly angled lol), so I bought another humidor and decided to ask the friend that started me in cigars how to do it, and she said to do the Spray technique, so I did that spraying it down with the solution a few times, and guess what.......... Same D@mn thing (though not quite as bad as the first one) lid wouldn't shut all the way a few days later
After that I decided to do a little Google research and after many many sites and videos telling all the different ways including the ones that I already tried, I stumbled upon the Boveda site then just did the Boveda 14 day seasoning bag for the other humidors I bought and they worked good, those other 3 humidors worked great for a few years though now all 3 of those have been taken apart and used as trays in the wineador's
Wish I would have been a member here back then, would have saved me all that trouble, either I was lucky and it was not enough time to ruin my sticks I had in the first 2 bad humidors or I was to new in cigars to realize they were bad
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I was going to let it go until I read one of your previous posts. All you heard last night was “spray” with no follow up, questioning, no methodology inquiries, no evidence of understanding…just one word. Not like you. I’m just going to chalk it up to you were having a bad night because your back hurt.
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No... I'm just not going to spray my humidor. I'll wipe the residual dust off of it with a lint free cloth and distilled water, but that's it. Then I will place a bowl of water in it and let it acclimate and when stable above 80 I will then enter in the Boveda and then when around 70 I will place my cigars into the humidor because they have already been sitting at between 65 and 70 in bags being prepared to enter into set humidor. See, not so tough. But I'm definitely not gonna trust my $40 cigars to plastic and spray bottles.
I put all of my new humadors in my swimming pool. I let them soak for a while at 100% humidity, and the chlorine prevents mold. I find that this works perfectly.
What a great idea, Frank, I am going to try that as soon as I get enough money to get a swimming pool. It will be worth it.
I’ve wiped down the inside and lid with clean cotton until moist. Spraying it could work also, as long as it’s wiped into the wood and not left sitting on the surface. It takes too long to let it soak up naturally and it’s usually newer folks to the hobby using wood and not realizing how much humidity wood requires (both humidor and cigar boxes for that matter). A slightly bad seal just compounds the problems.
Then comes the chasing the issue situations: low humidity, lack of stability, possible mold, wet/dry cigars and burn problems ect when they try to fix issues quickly and swing to extremes on either end. Plastic is simply superior as a storage vessel, adding thin sheets of Spanish cedar will give the aroma and impact without requiring a bunch of moisture and compete with the cigars like thick wood shelves, boxes, and humidors.
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Since I originally posted this every time I reseason my humidors I always do the wipe down method. Usually a couple times then let a bowl of water sit in it for a day or so.
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I do the spray technique in the winter when my large wood humidor is exposed to low humidity. I lightly spray the inside of the lid and the bottom of the tray. Maybe one mist each. Once a week keeps things at 65. Never have to do it in the summer.