Question for you tupperdor guys...

[Jeffro600]

From what ive gathered, spanish cedars main job is to help regulate humidity to roughly 70%. Now, if i was to make a medium sized tupperdor(maybe to fit 100 cigars), would it be necessary to line it with the spanish cedar even if i used humidity beads or Propelyne Glycol...i was thinking that since the Propelyne Glycol and humidity beads do the same thing as the cedar, would it make the spanish cedar unnessecary?? Does anyone use a similar setup?

 

[Dysfunctional]

the cedar is to impart a flavour to the cigars also ... give them the cedar smell and taste to a certain extent...so ....

 

[Wombat]

I just finished building the same thing. Fair sized cooler with 65% beads. I thought about doing the cedar lining, but I have a ton of empty boxes that I'm using right now. Any with varnish I gave a light sanding to get down to bare wood. I've got singles in the empty boxes, and as I start to fill it with full boxes, I plan on moving some of the emptys out. Seems to work well and I dont see the need for any additional cedar, but YMMV.

 

[Captain Leafheart]

I lined my Tupperdor with cedar sheets just to insulate the smokes from the plastic (however, the ones in there now ARE wrapped in cellophane ??? ) and possible plastic smell and taste.
RH seems to stay around 73% without any credo in there.

 

[Rob_k]

i have a small bag of beads in mine + some pcs of cedar. i fit may 50 extra smokes that don't fit in the humi.

 

[emodx]

The answer to your question is kinda. Spanish cedar imparts flavor to the cigars, but it also is a buffer fo the RH level. Once the RH level in the humidor is stable, the wood helps maintain that level with smothing out wide swings in RH. For example, if you are using the floral foam and PG, when cigars that are damp are entered in to the humidor, the wood will slowly absorb humidity. When it is the dry winter months, the cedar will slowly release humidity also.

The cedar doesn't regulate RH though as there are no active componets to wood like there is for PG, beads, or gel. I hope this helps a little.

Emo