ThankfulJoe
Rather Be Flying
So I bought a 48qt Coleman to make a Cooledor for the My Father's i just got in as well as the Shuckins WMD and the cab of PCRs i just bought and are enroute. My question is this. I initially washed the cooler out very well with a small cap of bleach as suggested, then it spent about half a day with a box of baking soda, and dried it well to the point that I could not detect a plastic smell.
I put a 250ct Xikar gel humi in along with a little digital Hygrometer and after just 24 hours it was already stabilized at exactly 70 and 70. (I keep my house at 70 regardless so it works out well.) I'm going later today to buy a few Oust fans to circulate the air as well. I've had the boxes of Le Bijou in there for two days now and there is a distinct smell when I open the cooler. It's not of tobacco but a mix between light paint smell and plastic. I picked up one of the My Father boxes and gave it a good whiff to get a mild return of paint/lacquer smell.
Any ideas if this is dangerous to the cigars or suggestions as to what I should do? Just ordered a bunch of cedar shelves but they won't be in for a few days. I plan on transfering the Le Bijou to the shelves when they get in and I assume they've spent a long time in these boxes already so I know a few more days aren't going to hurt them. Just wondering if this is common or if the smell easily transfers to the cigars? I bought a box of Dracs and had it shipped to me during the last deployment and the cigars were plagued with the same thing for at least a month or two after i moved them out of the box.
I put a 250ct Xikar gel humi in along with a little digital Hygrometer and after just 24 hours it was already stabilized at exactly 70 and 70. (I keep my house at 70 regardless so it works out well.) I'm going later today to buy a few Oust fans to circulate the air as well. I've had the boxes of Le Bijou in there for two days now and there is a distinct smell when I open the cooler. It's not of tobacco but a mix between light paint smell and plastic. I picked up one of the My Father boxes and gave it a good whiff to get a mild return of paint/lacquer smell.
Any ideas if this is dangerous to the cigars or suggestions as to what I should do? Just ordered a bunch of cedar shelves but they won't be in for a few days. I plan on transfering the Le Bijou to the shelves when they get in and I assume they've spent a long time in these boxes already so I know a few more days aren't going to hurt them. Just wondering if this is common or if the smell easily transfers to the cigars? I bought a box of Dracs and had it shipped to me during the last deployment and the cigars were plagued with the same thing for at least a month or two after i moved them out of the box.
