Quick Beads Humidity Question

[natejustice]

As of late, I have had a hard time, keeping the humidity level in my coolidor at acceptable levels because of the time of the year and low RH in the house because of the heat, etc. I would get it at the proper level 68-70 and after opening the lid, it would drop within 5 seconds, to low 60's.. so i kept spraying the beads everytime i would open the lid, basically everyday..Well i think I soaked them a little too much, because the humidity level in my coolidor has sky rocketed to 72+, and will not come back down and even out. So this morning I threw in some cedar blocks, hoping that would pull it back down a tad.. My question is do you think I should dry the beads out a bit with a hair-dryer or the stove, and kind of start over, with getting only 60-70 percent of the beads clear, and then throw the beads back in?? Thanks for any help as I know this has been fairly long

 

[smallg]

If you just let some of the water evaporate you'll be back to normal in a few days. Translation: don't even bother messing with it. Some time at 70 range won't hurt you especially if the actual temperature isn't through the roof. If you look at it in 3 days and it's well over 70 than I would blow dry some of that water off.

Viper might have a better suggestion.


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[viper139]

If you just let some of the water evaporate you'll be back to normal in a few days. Translation: don't even bother messing with it. Some time at 70 range won't hurt you especially if the actual temperature isn't through the roof. If you look at it in 3 days and it's well over 70 than I would blow dry some of that water off.

Viper might have a better suggestion.


edit: way to suck at spelling

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Could not have said it better.

 

[natejustice]

Thank you for the replies, I really appreciate it.. I will do exactly as was stated above.

 

[emodx]

Nate, FWIW, I have never ben a fan of dramatically increasing or decreasing RH. Which means no dryer or no direct water. I always add a puck of distilled water to increase RH. To decrease I always add dry cedar blocks. Beads work best when you let the work. By changing the RH gradally, you'll be better able to protect the wrappers on the cigars. Just my 2 cents.

Emo

 

[natejustice]

Thanks for the help Emo

Nate, FWIW, I have never ben a fan of dramatically increasing or decreasing RH. Which means no dryer or no direct water. I always add a puck of distilled water to increase RH. To decrease I always add dry cedar blocks. Beads work best when you let the work. By changing the RH gradally, you'll be better able to protect the wrappers on the cigars. Just my 2 cents.

Emo

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[emodx]

Yer welcome, best way to dry cedar blocks is to put them in an oven set at 200 for about 10 minutes. Takes them out and drop them into the freezer for about 10 minutes.

Emo

 

[natejustice]

Ok..thank you for all your help..everything seems to be under control now, used a dried cedar block to even things out a little bit..