Heartfelt humidor beads

[cashedash]

I have the 70% beads in my desktop humidor. (One on the right is in my desktop)

http://www.botl.org/community/forums/album.php?albumid=281&pictureid=2576
I have had them in there for maybe a month now and today I took them out to see if it needed more distilled water. The stick just lies right on the cedar inside and there was white stuff on the wood what I believe to be pieces of dried out beads. Why are the beads crumbling and falling out of the perforations? I don't smash them around.Are they too wet when I refill them? I take the black cap off the stick and pour full cup of water over them. Is that too much?

I could maybe lay a plastic baggie under it?

Has anyone else had this happen?

Here is an older picture it is much fuller now days.

http://www.botl.org/community/forums/album.php?albumid=281&pictureid=2578

~Brett:chat:

 

[Danilo]

you should not be wetting them that much... the beads don't need nearly that much water.

 

[Bowhnter]

I just got a bag in, and it says you add only 1 oz distilled to a pound.

 

[GoingPostal]

that is way too much water. also whenever you directly add water the beads can crack on you. i use a small travel spray bottle and wet them down that and still crack on me every now and then.

 

[AlohaStyle]

I just bought a pound for the first time and immediately powder was coming through the bags. I laid down the 1/2 pound mesh bags full that they sell on my counter and there was fine powder left behind. This was before I put any water on them... I just figure there will be dust particles left behind until they are moist. That could be what was going on. I didn't really notice it after I put them in my humidor.

 

[cashedash]

I just got a bag in, and it says you add only 1 oz distilled to a pound.

Dang I better cut back on the distilled water.

 

[bartolomeo]

Here is what I do:

Take a strainer with holes small enough the beads dont fall through but big enough for the "crushed" bead material to be sifted out. I then put my bag of beads in the strainer over a sink or garbage can and shake gently, the crushed/minute particles will fall through the holes leaving perfect beads in the strainer.......I say you lose about 2-4% of the material but it is very helpful in preventing bead dust in your humi

JAT

Bart

 

[cashedash]

Thanks guys. I always though that beads were too easy and there should be more to them. And there is:

[ame="http://www.botl.org/community/forums/showthread.php?t=1663"]Heartfelt Beads, Frequently Asked Questions - BOTL Cigar Forums - Brothers of the Leaf[/ame]

Learn something new everyday.

~Brett:chat: