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Humidor Smell *Update*

boxfullacigars

boxfullacigars

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I have a 4000 dollar humidor that I love so much, I put a lot of time into my cigar passion. Unfortunately, my humidor has a less than pleasant smell to it. I know what the smell is from but I don’t know how to fix it. The smell is a distinct moist, must, type smell. I have completely taken out the whole humidification system including all the wiring, thermostat, and air duct. I cleaned them all with steam and other methods, but the smell keeps coming back. I know it's not the humidor itself, because I have also searched all the cedar, shelving, and even within the walls where the duct work is, and there is no mold or moist areas. I am not sure if it has to do with water, or what? Any help is appreciated.
 
Not sure what humidification system you are using. If you have a reservoir with a white filter, the filter need to be swapped
out periodically, at least 1 x a year IMO. Can't think of anything else other than the wood is rotting.

Brian
 
I have exchanged the white stuff many times, and when I put it back in the smell goes away for a few days, but then comes back again. I think it's because I am not using actual distilled water, but it is still purified. I just don't see how water would make that much of a drastic change.
 
boxfullacigars said:
I have exchanged the white stuff many times, and when I put it back in the smell goes away for a few days, but then comes back again. I think it's because I am not using actual distilled water, but it is still purified. I just don't see how water would make that much of a drastic change.
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You are kidding - Never, use anything but distilled water - smell will go, cigars will hopefully smile again (depending how long you
have been feeding them junk food) problem solved!

Brian
 
Ahhh, yes young Grasshopper. If you use distilled water do smell go away? :laugh:
 
Dude...you have a $4,000 humidor and have been putting non-distilled in it? You have not brought your concern to the manufacturer or the retailer who sold you this exquisite bit or equipment, and instead ask for advice on an anonymous cigar website?
I recommend you speak to the person who made (or sold) you this "$4,000 humidor" and get their advice.
 
No, I have had the humidor for quite a while, but I have had no previous usage for it. My family use to own a cigar shop, so I was able to obtain one to keep. As the years passed, I just forgot about distilled water. I mean I was not using tap water. I was using purified. I have only been using it for a month or so.
 
distilled water has no impurities its been brought to a boil then collected. Purified water has just been ran through a filter... still tons of impurities. For humidors its distilled water or nothing. you don't want impurities in that bare wood. It will kill your kit.
 
not to sound smart but why would you spend 4k on a humidor but not the 1.50 for the distilled? And yes the problem lies with the water. i use distilled and then the bug juice once every 3 months
 
I was thinking about this last night. I think you should take some time and let the humi dry out. Take everything out and open the doors. If the humi is in a dry room, even better. If not, put a small room heater a few feet away and turn is on med/low just to pull out moisture. I'm concerned that if you have been using the purified water for a while you could be facing a mold issue if the wood is saturated with impurities from the water.

At the very least drying out the humi and restarting it with some distilled water will insure you keep all those cigars happy and increase you're enjoyment without the serious headache that could come later with your sweet humi.
 
I have it drying out right now. The room is dedicated just to the cigar stuff I got out of my family's store (neons, ads, humi's, etc.) so it is quite a dry room. Trust me I would have never bought a 4k humi, but when our shop closed each of us got the stuff out of the store. I did not really pay too much attention to the stuff till recently when I have started smoking cigars. Thats why I forgot about the distilled water. My brother mostly ran the store, so I did not know that much about them. I just remember working there as a teen, and I just thought it was purified water, then it hit me, I remembered my dad telling me a long time ago to go get distilled water.
 
If the humi is big, do you circulate the air in there? Seems like it's the distilled H20 though.
 
An off the wall suggestion?

A friend owns a fire restoration company and he restores homes after a fire. The smell in a house after a fire and all the water that gets pumped in is indescribable. He rebuilds the home and then puts BIG ionizers in the home, closes it up and bombards the house with ionized air for weeks. The house smells wonderful when he is done.

If you can get ahold of a "Living air" ionizer on Ebay for $50 and put it in there for a while it should clean any nasty smells out. Let the cedar recover after you take out the ionizer and then start over.

Maybe?

I have one and it cleans my hunting cabin after a week of cigar and cigarette smoking, cooking fish, spilled beer, etc. Point being.....this $50 unit will serve you well in many other ways after you fix the humi. It will clean the smell of a closet with nasty shoes, dirty clothes, etc.
 
CigarStone said:
...BIG ionizers in the home, closes it up and bombards the house with ionized air for weeks. The house smells wonderful when he is done.

If you can get ahold of a "Living air" ionizer on Ebay for $50 and put it in there for a while it should clean any nasty smells out. Let the cedar recover after you take out the ionizer and then start over
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Are those the ones that product ozone?
 
hoshnasi said:
CigarStone said:
...BIG ionizers in the home, closes it up and bombards the house with ionized air for weeks. The house smells wonderful when he is done.

If you can get ahold of a "Living air" ionizer on Ebay for $50 and put it in there for a while it should clean any nasty smells out. Let the cedar recover after you take out the ionizer and then start over
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Are those the ones that product ozone?
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Yes
 
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