looking for advice on rehydrating dry cigars

[Drewski]

Hi all! looking for some advice here:

i have a 150 count humidor that is fairly full, and had been stabilized in the 68%-71% humidity range. Buddy gave me a box of sticks, and i placed the 25 in the top shelf while i seasoned another small humidor. Not really realizing (my mistake), but the top shelf of cigars sucked all the moisture out of the humidification brick and are slightly spongy; while blocking all the good stuff in the main humi portion. All of the cigars in the bottom portion are feeling a little dry to the touch. I wedged my digital hygrometer in the lower portion and the reading is still 66%, and they not at the point of cracked wrappers; they are just not feeling smooth and oily as they had about 3 weeks ago.

I moved the 25 sticks out of the large humi and into their new home, refilled the brick AND added 2 x boveda packs to help. my questions are:

1. will this solve the dry problem?
2. should my sticks be okay flavor wise?
3. any other recommendations to solve this dry issue?

Thanks in advance!

 

[b.dawgson]

The good stuff should be fine. I have been keeping mine at about 62-65%.

As far as the other dry sticks, re-hydrate them slowly but they'll probably not taste the same as they one could have.

 

[CRQuarto]

Put the cigars in a ziploc back, and poke a number of small holes with say, a paper clip, throughout the bag. Place it in your humidor, and let it sit for a month. The sticks should be fine after that. Keep in mind that this does not ensure they will taste the same as before they had dried out, it just helps ensure that they are humidified slow enough to help prevent the wrapper from popping or splitting. I brought back a few La Gloria Cubana's this way and it worked great, they even smoked nicely. :thumbs:

 

[bfisher88]

Buy 65% beads and be done with it....