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Boveda pack leaked
Greeting Everyone
I went and purchased a desk top humidor, seasoned it properly and it had maintained for about 7 or 8 weeks. Had been using the tubes I believe Drymistat is the name and the humidor maintained 69rh. Friend told me that Boveda was better so I purchased a few and traded them out. Two days later I go into the spare room, open the humidor and find that the Boveda pack on the bottom had leaked and soaked into the wood.
I transferred the cigars into my larger humidor and left it open a couple days to dry out.
My guess is to re-season and begin again? Or did the liquid in the Boveda pack ruin the wood of my humidor ?
Any suggestions
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I don't know if you should start over but, when in doubt, start over.
However,..... I can't imagine anything inside that boveda would be harmeful to your wood if you dry it off pretty good. If it were me I'd really try to avoid re-seasoning just for that leak. I've used bovedas for years and never had a leak. I've had the paper come off of a Fuente branded boveda packet revealing a interior clear baggie that contained the liquid. It seemed pretty delicate but I've continued to use it. I suppose there's always a risk of puncture somehow so, I guess everyone needs to be aware.
Even though humidity is high outside it has been extremely hot so the a/c has been running a lot. Humidity in house stays around 57%.
Put a desiccant packet in over night and rh dropped down. 69rh boveda and tonight reading exactly 69.
I prefer 67 but close enough.