Dry cigars and new humidor

[sirsmokes-a-lot]

I have a question which I would like to get some feedback on. I have some cigars which have been sitting around for awhile without any proper storage. I have been recently putting together a tupperdor and I was wondering if I could just throw the cigars in while it is getting up to proper humidity? I know its supposed to be seasoned before putting in the cigars, but they have already been sitting around drying out. They are all cheapos, so it doesn't really matter if a few get messed up. Thanks for any input.

 

[smokintexas]

The environment while seasoning is very humid and taking a cigar from a very dry atmosphere and throwing it into a very humid atmosphere will make them worse than they already are. Best bet is to chuck them as you said they were cheapos anyway. If you're hell bent on smoking them then once your humidor is seasoned gradually bring the sticks up to the RH in the humi.

 

[tmoney2007]

What size tupperdor is it? If there isn't any wood in it, it should be good to go...

 

[sirsmokes-a-lot]

Its a storage container that slides under the bed. Im putting old boxes in it for the cedar and to help maintain humidity. If I was to humidify the dry cigars slowly, how would I go about doing that?

 

[Q_The_Cop]

My .02 would be to put maybe a paper towel in a zip loc bag with the cigars with a little bit of distilled water on it, and gradually increase the amount of water on the paper towel every so often. The trick is you don't want to shock it with humidity to start with because you'll blow it up. You want to add it slowly to allow it to soak up properly. But if there cheapo's then you might not want to go through all the trouble.

Hope this helps.

 

[smokintexas]

My .02 would be to put maybe a paper towel in a zip loc bag with the cigars with a little bit of distilled water on it, and gradually increase the amount of water on the paper towel every so often. The trick is you don't want to shock it with humidity to start with because you'll blow it up. You want to add it slowly to allow it to soak up properly. But if there cheapo's then you might not want to go through all the trouble.

Hope this helps.

x2 on what he said! :thumbs: