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Wife surprised me with a CAO Humidor

Viper's beads will take good care of you, but keep in mind if the humi has been stored "dry" for some time, you'll have to get it re-humidified so that the wood / beads can hold the RH at the desired point.

You'll need some distilled water for Viper's beads, so hit the local grocery store and pick up a gallon of DISTILLED water, and a little spray bottle. I think the little spray bottles are 'da bomb' for wetting Viper's beads.

The "Little Havana" digital hygrometer's I have are all on the money, RH wise. I like them a lot and trust their readings. I did replace the batteries and salt test them this year as a "PM" kind of thing (all about a year old), but so far, so good. If yours has been checked by your local store that's cool, but of course a salt test would allow you to prove it to yourself. All three of mine hit 75% on the nose.

Lastly, you have to get the wood in the humi re-hydrated as it's probably been stored "dry" for a while. I have always had good luck with a couple of shot glasses full of distilled water place inside the humi, and time. I say time because you can certanly make it very humid in the humi very quickly, but time is what it takes for the wood to really hydrate and allow a stable environment. A couple of weeks for a humi that big wouldn't surprise me at all.

It's a beautiful cabinet - congratulations...!!! My two big humi's say "Coleman" on them..... :p

Best Regards - B.B.S.

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BlindedByScience said:
The "Little Havana" digital hygrometer's I have are all on the money, RH wise. I like them a lot and trust their readings. I did replace the batteries and salt test them this year as a "PM" kind of thing (all about a year old), but so far, so good. If yours has been checked by your local store that's cool, but of course a salt test would allow you to prove it to yourself. All three of mine hit 75% on the nose.

Lastly, you have to get the wood in the humi re-hydrated as it's probably been stored "dry" for a while. I have always had good luck with a couple of shot glasses full of distilled water place inside the humi, and time. I say time because you can certanly make it very humid in the humi very quickly, but time is what it takes for the wood to really hydrate and allow a stable environment. A couple of weeks for a humi that big wouldn't surprise me at all.



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Started my salt test around 11 am, as a matter of fact! I want to triple check everything. Cool on the shot glass idea, I'm heading to do that now, but I'll keep 1 empty glass for myself, for later :whistling:

Maybe the wood will be up to snuff by the time my beads get here!
 
That is a sweet loking humidor!

It sounds like you've got the items you're going to use for humidity already ordered but I'll add what I do for any other readers of this thread.

When I get a new humidor I wipe all surfaces down with a distilled water wet rag or sponge. Then I place a large piece of Oasis floral foam in a large dish and pour Distilled water over the foam and place the dish inside the humidor. Just let it sit for a few days with a hygrometer inside it. This usually shoots the moisture deep into the wood and the humidity starts to settle in to a constant with time.

Once the humidity gets into the region you want, cover the majority of the exposed foam up with plastic wrap.

Then I go with the more traditional methods of maintaining 70% humidity such as Paradigm Humidifiers.
These are really good units and don't need much attention once there is humidity in the wood.
 
mrtapes said:
That is a sweet loking humidor!

It sounds like you've got the items you're going to use for humidity already ordered but I'll add what I do for any other readers of this thread.

When I get a new humidor I wipe all surfaces down with a distilled water wet rag or sponge. Then I place a large piece of Oasis floral foam in a large dish and pour Distilled water over the foam and place the dish inside the humidor. Just let it sit for a few days with a hygrometer inside it. This usually shoots the moisture deep into the wood and the humidity starts to settle in to a constant with time.

Once the humidity gets into the region you want, cover the majority of the exposed foam up with plastic wrap.

Then I go with the more traditional methods of maintaining 70% humidity such as Paradigm Humidifiers.
These are really good units and don't need much attention once there is humidity in the wood.
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:laugh: It's cool that you're reading old threads, but this was a year ago and I don't even use that humidor anymore (well, except the drawers). That filled up quick, and now I have a wine cooler (that's where the drawers went) and 2 cooler-dors now.

65% beads for me. :cool:
 
What a nice set up. It will fill up fast and you will find out all but one of the trays will be useless. You will want the extra room for boxes.
 
i bought that humidor for my brother. we wiped it all with a damp towel a few times and added oasis foam with distilled water and its perfect.
 
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