I recently got a hold of thin sheets of cedar (Thanks again Shuckins) to line the inside of a bunch of fido jars that I store some overflow cigars in. I soaked the cedar in distilled water overnight then cut and wrapped the pliable pieces around the outside of a jar and bound it tight. I placed the jar in the boiler room so the cedar could dry out completely while retaining the general shape of the jars.
Once dried I lined the inside of each jar, I have 12 of them with between 12 and 20 cigars in each, then placed the cigars back into the jars with Boveda packs some 65 some 69 depending on the cigars.
So here's what happened. I had just walked out the door when I got an inkling that maybe a ride home from work cigar was in order for today so I went back into the house where I was greeted by a horrifying site. No it wasn't my wife, it was beads of moisture on some of my cigars! I'm not sure what happened but either the cedar hadn't dried out enough or it had dried out too much and as the Boveda packs did their job the cigars absorbed the moisture faster than the cedar. Either way I managed to save the majority of them losing only 6 that I still might be able to salvage with some work. Of course the cigars most affected were the CCs I keep at 65, a RASS looked like it just finished running a marathon there were so many beads of moisture on it.
Oh well, live and learn. I do consider myself very lucky that I went back into the house, I can't imagine how bad it might have become if I let it go even for another day.
Once dried I lined the inside of each jar, I have 12 of them with between 12 and 20 cigars in each, then placed the cigars back into the jars with Boveda packs some 65 some 69 depending on the cigars.
So here's what happened. I had just walked out the door when I got an inkling that maybe a ride home from work cigar was in order for today so I went back into the house where I was greeted by a horrifying site. No it wasn't my wife, it was beads of moisture on some of my cigars! I'm not sure what happened but either the cedar hadn't dried out enough or it had dried out too much and as the Boveda packs did their job the cigars absorbed the moisture faster than the cedar. Either way I managed to save the majority of them losing only 6 that I still might be able to salvage with some work. Of course the cigars most affected were the CCs I keep at 65, a RASS looked like it just finished running a marathon there were so many beads of moisture on it.
Oh well, live and learn. I do consider myself very lucky that I went back into the house, I can't imagine how bad it might have become if I let it go even for another day.
