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Sorry for dragging up an old thread but I am almost out of colloidal silver and I need to order some soon. Can someone tell me again what the goal is as far as PPM for distilled water in our humidors?
 
BlindedByScience said:
....not that hard to find:

The Best Nano Silver Colloidal Silver Mineral Supplements 68 OZ 20 PPM Colloidal Silver Liquid https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JQ61YD6/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_804YX55VJ4RRV2BNWJHM
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BlindedByScience said:
20ppm, IIRC...

Here's the one I've been using:

Nano Silver- Four 17 Oz Colloidal Silver Bottles - Liquid 68 Oz 20 Ppm - Colloidal Silver Mineral Supplement

https://a.co/d/aRgrKzc
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If only you had posted that elsewhere in this thread Tom..... Jeff wouldn't have had to of asked. 🤷🏻
 
jfields said:
If only you had posted that elsewhere in this thread Tom..... Jeff wouldn't have had to of asked. 🤷🏻
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The first time I clicked on his link it came up as Niacin B3 and I couldn't find that brand by searching Colloidal Silver.

At least I don't stick my feet in a fire and wait for someone else to tell me they're burning!
 
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BlindedByScience said:
20ppm, IIRC...

Here's the one I've been using:

Nano Silver- Four 17 Oz Colloidal Silver Bottles - Liquid 68 Oz 20 Ppm - Colloidal Silver Mineral Supplement

https://a.co/d/aRgrKzc
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Do you put this in your Aristocrat humidifiers? I remember your custom cabinets well but can't remember if it was THC/electric or driving off beads. This silver notion is new to me so trying to get a sense of if it is something I should be looking into.
 
insight said:
Do you put this in your Aristocrat humidifiers? I remember your custom cabinets well but can't remember if it was THC/electric or driving off beads. This silver notion is new to me so trying to get a sense of if it is something I should be looking into.
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I've been using this in my humidifier cans for some time; 2 oz 20ppm to a gallon of distilled water. There are some beads in the cabinet for 'ballast' but the primary humidification comes from the cans. Good memory, my cabinet is temp / RH controlled. I haven't noticed any difference with the silver, other than the complete lack of any mold spores. Which is very good. I've also used the solution to gently wipe some smokes with some traces of wrapper mold....completely gone.
 
BlindedByScience said:
I've been using this in my humidifier cans for some time; 2 oz 20ppm to a gallon of distilled water. There are some beads in the cabinet for 'ballast' but the primary humidification comes from the cans. Good memory, my cabinet is temp / RH controlled. I haven't noticed any difference with the silver, other than the complete lack of any mold spores. Which is very good. I've also used the solution to gently wipe some smokes with some traces of wrapper mold....completely gone.
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I am doing the exact same thing for about 10 years at least. Small price to pay for peace of mind...
 
I know the OP is old, but since this has gotten some new traffic, I thought it better to use this than clutter up the forum with another thread on this topic, hope it’s still considered active. I’m still feeling the place out a bit.

I had my first issue with mold this week, while calibrating hygrometers, rotating cigars, and such. It was an old box of Tatuaje cigarillos, which luckily were in a tightly closed box. I tossed them. This colloidal silver thing is a brand new thing I’ve never heard of, but sounds like it’s an excellent idea.

How would I deploy this in a wineador with beads? My wineador has about 2# of heartfelt beads, and there is enough cedar and cigars in it, it will be OK without them for a day or two. I’m thinking of leaving the bead bag out overnight to dry out, then giving them a good soaking in the 2 oz/gallon solution Tom recommends (and his brand), then leaving them out to dry out a bit, getting them back into the humidor to stabilize it again over a few days.

Is this a sensible approach? Or is there a better way? It’s so stable I don’t add water often, and that’s like a shot glass full every few months, so I don’t think I’d get much benefit out of not trying to introduce a lot into the wineador at once. But having been saved from self-induced disaster with humidification in my first foray onto the site, I’m not doing anything any more without checking with the experts.

Also, does the silver stay with the beads or evaporate with the water? It sounds like I keep recharging the beads with this solution, not just distilled water, like you would with a PG system where the PF stays in the sponge. But I don’t know what I don’t know on this topic.

Thanks in advance!
 
JCinPA said:
I know the OP is old, but since this has gotten some new traffic, I thought it better to use this than clutter up the forum with another thread on this topic, hope it’s still considered active. I’m still feeling the place out a bit.

I had my first issue with mold this week, while calibrating hygrometers, rotating cigars, and such. It was an old box of Tatuaje cigarillos, which luckily were in a tightly closed box. I tossed them. This colloidal silver thing is a brand new thing I’ve never heard of, but sounds like it’s an excellent idea.

How would I deploy this in a wineador with beads? My wineador has about 2# of heartfelt beads, and there is enough cedar and cigars in it, it will be OK without them for a day or two. I’m thinking of leaving the bead bag out overnight to dry out, then giving them a good soaking in the 2 oz/gallon solution Tom recommends (and his brand), then leaving them out to dry out a bit, getting them back into the humidor to stabilize it again over a few days.

Is this a sensible approach? Or is there a better way? It’s so stable I don’t add water often, and that’s like a shot glass full every few months, so I don’t think I’d get much benefit out of not trying to introduce a lot into the wineador at once. But having been saved from self-induced disaster with humidification in my first foray onto the site, I’m not doing anything any more without checking with the experts.

Also, does the silver stay with the beads or evaporate with the water? It sounds like I keep recharging the beads with this solution, not just distilled water, like you would with a PG system where the PF stays in the sponge. But I don’t know what I don’t know on this topic.

Thanks in advance!
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The other guys might do it differently than I use to. When I had a wineador I would add the silver to my spray bottle with my distilled water.. Then I used that solution to wet my beads. Now I add it to my oasis magna with the distilled water.
 
I'm pretty much the same, I mix it in with a gallon of distilled water and when my beads need a little more moisture I just put a bowl of the water in the humidor.
 
Thank you, gents! I won’t overthink it. Like I usually do. :p I’m excited to learn about this after finding that one box of moldy cigars, though. Perfect timing!
 
Ok, I'm over thinking again. I'm prone to that. I'm CDO ... it's like OCD but with the letters in alphabetical order LIKE THEY SHOULD BE, DAMMIT!

Having experienced my first box of moldy cigars, I'm now obsessing over it a bit. My routine is to put all new purchases in tupperdores with 69% Boveda packs for a year. Then I move them to my well-seasoned wineador, plenty of cedar drawers and a shelf in that, @ 68% and 61F. Then I move stuff to smoke up to a desktop humidor with 72% boveda packs because they actually keep the cigars around 67-68%, they're not expensive, efficient humidors. Those are at 68-73F depending on season.

My wineador is full of beads and I'll use the colloidal silver solution in that. I'm now wondering if I should just get beads for everything and ditch the Bovedas because you can't use silver in those. How likely is it to get mold at 68% RH or less in temps between 61F and 73F? I'm thinking not much, but it's got me thinking about going beads for everything but travel.

I'm over-thinking the crap out of this, aren't I?
 
JCinPA said:
Ok, I'm over thinking again. I'm prone to that. I'm CDO ... it's like OCD but with the letters in alphabetical order LIKE THEY SHOULD BE, DAMMIT!

Having experienced my first box of moldy cigars, I'm now obsessing over it a bit. My routine is to put all new purchases in tupperdores with 69% Boveda packs for a year. Then I move them to my well-seasoned wineador, plenty of cedar drawers and a shelf in that, @ 68% and 61F. Then I move stuff to smoke up to a desktop humidor with 72% boveda packs because they actually keep the cigars around 67-68%, they're not expensive, efficient humidors. Those are at 68-73F depending on season.

My wineador is full of beads and I'll use the colloidal silver solution in that. I'm now wondering if I should just get beads for everything and ditch the Bovedas because you can't use silver in those. How likely is it to get mold at 68% RH or less in temps between 61F and 73F? I'm thinking not much, but it's got me thinking about going beads for everything but travel.

I'm over-thinking the crap out of this, aren't I?
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