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[Sev]

headache headache...

mu humidor's humidity shoot up to 90% now....

yesterday night when i opened it to inspect, the humid is 85%, after awhile it shoot up to 90%, this morning i checked again and the humid still remain 90%...

think i have to get the gel this saturday liao....

[Nightstalker]

whoa... seems like u're havin a bit of prob settin up ur humidor. wat kind of gel r u supposed to get? for wat?

[Sev]

it is Propylene Glycol gel or mixture with water (50/50).

it will maintain the humidity at 70%.

[numbergames]

too much hummidity would affect the taste right???

[Nightstalker]

Originally posted by numbergames@Aug 31 2005, 06:42 PM

too much hummidity would affect the taste right???

hmm... if the humidity is too high, the cigar wont burn properly, thus affectin the taste... if im not wrong

[numbergames]

how is your cigar smoking now...

[Throttle]

just back from Indo! yeah!

[Sev]

haha, welcome back, my humidor not yet stabilise, need to get the PG solution, will get fromOak this saturday, it is $8 a bottle of 125ml... kinda ex..

[Throttle]

Sev,

adding PG8 may not help.

 

Your problem is that humidity is too high so you have to rid the humidor of the humidity first.

Putting it in the sun is the quickest but also the most dangerou as it may crack the cedar wood intereior.

 

Just leave it open in an aircon room overnite.

then next morning check the humidity.

IT should drop to 50%.

Close the humidor and let it sit for a day.

dont open close open close.

after aone day open and check. the humidity should go up to 60 - 65%. Apply a little of the pg8 solution. and let it sit for another day.

 

It should stabilise in a few days.

As you do not have many cigars to line your humidor, dont wet it too much.

[Nightstalker]

Originally posted by numbergames@Aug 31 2005, 09:53 PM

how is your cigar smoking now...

:confused:

 

r u askin me abt my cigar smokin? wat u mean?

[numbergames]

from what i see on the thread you and sev have been actively

smoking cigars yeah??? me personally very rare...lol...

[Nightstalker]

not very active la... sometimes once a week, or once every 2 wks or so

 

now due to cash constraints gotta stop for a while. :weep:

[Sev]

thansk throttle, will try you method...

think it is easier to bring up the humid than to bring it down...

 

Numbergames,

no lah, i smoke onece a week... no time during weekday, every night got classes, i smoke on weekend at my balcony only....

[Throttle]

Yeah, thats true. becos SG's humidity is really freaking high at about 80% to 85% on a normal day.

[Throttle]

Doing a D4 right now.

[Throttle]

Did a fantastic Partagas Serie D No 1 Edicion Limitada 2004 tonite.

simply marvellous !

 

Also the ever reliable RYJ Ex No. 4

 

Cannot go wrong....

 

wooopie!

 

No more cigars for me, until next friday....

 

must control a bit, every month more than $500..yikes!

[numbergames]

Originally posted by Throttle@Sep 4 2005, 02:19 AM

Did a fantastic Partagas Serie D No 1 Edicion Limitada 2004 tonite.

simply marvellous !

 

Also the ever reliable RYJ Ex No. 4

 

Cannot go wrong....

 

wooopie!

 

No more cigars for me, until next friday....

 

must control a bit, every month more than $500..yikes!

holy cow that's a lot of cash burnt man....

[Nightstalker]

yeah... the ryj no.4 is nice.

 

u spend 500 bucks per mth on cigars?! well... at least u work hard for it, might as well pamper urself eh? haha...

[Throttle]

I calculated, in 2005 up to date I have already spent around $5,000 on cigars alone. But I must admit, this year, i am doing double of what i did in all previous years.

 

So I estimate, including accessories such as lighters, humidors, cases, cutters etc...I would have spent probably around $15,000 or so, in my five years of cigar smoking.

 

 

 

:giddy:

[Nightstalker]

:giddy:

 

tats a whole lot of green man!! but i bet u didnt regret spendin it rite? haha....

[Throttle]

thats the good thing about it....

[Throttle]

one of my cigar friends spends about $15,000 a year on cigars....

 

now that is really

:giddy: :giddy: :giddy:

[Sev]

wah, you and your fren really spent a lot in ciagr... :giddy:

 

i still can't get my humidor's humdi correct.... always above 80%... already got the PG solution, but it doesn't help although it says it will absorb the excessive humid...

 

think i need to get a thristy hippo to asorb the humid in my humidor...

[Throttle]

you mean when you open it the hygro reads 80% already?

It's due to the high humidity of Singapore.

Leave it in aircon room open to dry it.

[entity]

I advise getting a digital hydrometer to get an accurate reading of the relative humidity. My analog hydrometers are VERY inaccurate. The "wet towel" technique doesn't work for me.

 

That said, the only consistent method of maintaining a stable 65-75% relative humidity inside the humidor is to balance it with cigars ie. if RH is too high, put more cigars in.