help seasoning my humidor

[yopparai.yoshi]

Well, I put a shot glass of distilled water and 2 packs of humi crystals in my humidor for a week. It wouldn't get above 60% so I wiped down the entire inside with distilled water and got the level up but now its already back down to 64%. Any ideas????

[nayslayer]

wipe down again

[wtfdic]

How is the seal?

[SenorSmoke]

What is the humidty in your house?
Are you running the heat a lot?

It can take extra effort in a dry climate to season your humidor.
Stick with it and it will be well worth the trouble.

[yopparai.yoshi]

okay i wiped it down again. i am running heat in the house, but only to 65 degrees. My humidor is in the basement were it's a little darker and damper. Maybe it's just too cold in my house, lol. The seal seams pretty good. I don't have to force the humidor shut, but I can feel some pressure when I shut the lid so I guess that would be considered a good seal. Hopefully this will work out sooner or later. Thanks for the help everyone

[jam]

Take it out of the basement to damp also put a dollar under lid and close the Lid and see if there is any tension on the bill

[Skipper the cigar aFISHinodo]

A shot glass of water is doing virtually nothing. There is no surface area on that glass to speak of.
A common puck has some sort of foam or other medium that presents many many thousands times the surface area of your shot glass. Use a dish. Water can only be liberated into vapor at the horizon between the liquid and the air around it.
You can highly increase this action by warming the water providing more energy.

If your humidor is in a 65 degree environment, your target humidity should be around 65%, no more. Also understand that this is not magic. If the humidity around the humidor in your basement is 40%, it is unlikely you will achieve 65% in 65 degrees. Water just doesn't like to vaporize with so little energy.

[yopparai.yoshi]

(01-18-2012 09:33 AM)Skipper the cigar aFISHinodo Wrote:  A shot glass of water is doing virtually nothing. There is no surface area on that glass to speak of.
A common puck has some sort of foam or other medium that presents many many thousands times the surface area of your shot glass. Use a dish. Water can only be liberated into vapor at the horizon between the liquid and the air around it.
You can highly increase this action by warming the water providing more energy.

If your humidor is in a 65 degree environment, your target humidity should be around 65%, no more. Also understand that this is not magic. If the humidity around the humidor in your basement is 40%, it is unlikely you will achieve 65% in 65 degrees. Water just doesn't like to vaporize with so little energy.

i switched out the shot glass for the humi-puck that came with the humidor. what u said makes total sense. dont know why i was being so dumb, lol. anyway, seems like its holding around 71% now. im still gonna wait another day or so before i load it up with sticks

[jam]

You need more then a day at 71% if thats what you like i usually keep 5 day at what ever % you want i keep my humi below 70% and they burn perfect

[Skipper the cigar aFISHinodo]

71% is high, especially at 65 degrees. This is "relative" humidity. 71% at 65 degrees is equivilent to roughly over 80% at 72 degrees.
But, I expect this to drop.