Trouble with glycopropilene

[Alberto_Magnus]

I messed up, pouring too much glycopropilene into a sponge for a new humidor, and some drops touched 2-3 cigars (trouble is, one of them is a majestic Montecristo A). Have I condemned them, or are they recoverable?

Any suggestions are more than welcome!

[Colt45]

» I messed up, pouring too much glycopropilene into a sponge for a new

» humidor, and some drops touched 2-3 cigars (trouble is, one of them is a

» majestic Montecristo A). Have I condemned them, or are they recoverable?

» Any suggestions are more than welcome!

I believe this chemical is used in cosmetics and soaps etc. Your cigars should be fine.

But you may want to do yourself a favor and get rid of the foam and GP / PG, and

switch to RH beads for your humidors.

[Alberto_Magnus]

» » I messed up, pouring too much glycopropilene into a sponge for a new

» » humidor, and some drops touched 2-3 cigars (trouble is, one of them is

» a

» » majestic Montecristo A). Have I condemned them, or are they

» recoverable?

» » Any suggestions are more than welcome!

»

» I believe this chemical is used in cosmetics and soaps etc. Your cigars

» should be fine.

» But you may want to do yourself a favor and get rid of the foam and GP /

» PG, and

» switch to RH beads for your humidors.

Thank you for your answers!

Yes you are right, I should really switch to RH beads!

[Claudius]

Welcome to the year 2008, Alberto! :-D Do yourself a favour and get some RH beads! I think you can grab a few with a cigar order from Czar, otherwise cigarmony.com have them. Make sure you calculate your humidor's volume first so you dont order too few or too many. :-)

[mkz]

» Make sure you calculate your

» humidor's volume first so you dont order too few or too many. :-)

Is it possible to have too many? What kind of beads is that?

I use 65 beads from Heartfelt Industries and you can never have too many. The more the merrier...

[Alberto_Magnus]

» » Make sure you calculate your

» » humidor's volume first so you dont order too few or too many. :-)

»

» Is it possible to have too many? What kind of beads is that?

»

» I use 65 beads from Heartfelt Industries and you can never have too many.

» The more the merrier...

Hum it seems there are different views. I'd actually purchase some for my 75-cigar humidor, length. 30cm x Depth. 24cm x Height. 12,50cm

I checked out the RH Beads 8 ounces / 70% RH Humidity Beads.

And do you use them inside the Puck-ifiers only?

[Don Candido]

»

» Hum it seems there are different views. I'd actually purchase some for my

» 75-cigar humidor, length. 30cm x Depth. 24cm x Height. 12,50cm

»

» I checked out the RH Beads 8 ounces / 70% RH Humidity Beads.

» And do you use them inside the Puck-ifiers only?

I recently switched to beads and basically love them. I agree, you will not likely end up with too many. The more you have, the quicker they return the humidity to their level after opening the humidor. Also, with more, you can leave the humidor without adding distilled water longer.

Puckifiers are not required, but they are a very handy way to use the beads in smaller humidors.

If you buy a pound (or perhaps a half pound?) some vendors include mesh bags the beads can also be stored it. I find these to be better for larger spaces than a 75-150 cigar humidor, but I am sure people use them in that way too.

I like to add the beads to my closetdor to help keep it stable, while still running an active humidifier. I probably have almost enough beads to humidify the closet without the active humidification, but with both, the beads help keep areas of the humidor stable, and the active humidifier keeps the beads charged and returns the humidor to the right humidity quickly when it is opened.

[mkz]

» Hum it seems there are different views. I'd actually purchase some for my

» 75-cigar humidor, length. 30cm x Depth. 24cm x Height. 12,50cm

»

» I checked out the RH Beads 8 ounces / 70% RH Humidity Beads.

» And do you use them inside the Puck-ifiers only?

I got 2+4 ounces in my 100-humidor (slightly overkill but its dry in the winter) and another 4 ounces in my large plasti-dor. I keep my beads in humi-tubes.

I simply love my beads!! :-)

[SmokinAl]

» I messed up, pouring too much glycopropilene into a sponge for a new

» humidor, and some drops touched 2-3 cigars (trouble is, one of them is a

» majestic Montecristo A). Have I condemned them, or are they recoverable?

» Any suggestions are more than welcome!

Hi Alberto,

Propylene Glycol is totally inert, that's one of the reasons it's used. You could drink a litre of the stuff with no discernable effect. Ditto on the beads!

[sandholm]

forget beads, get yourself an electric humidifier, there are some really nice units that both control and monitor the humidity, you can find units for table humidor to walk in.

Currently I am using one for my cigar cabinet and its really nice. I can change the humidity with a push of a button, it monitors tempeture and humidity, and keeps it in a memory, it has six sensors, two outlets, and control fans to move the humidity around.

Its the only way, welcome in to the 21th century

if you want a small unit I would suggest the Cigar spa, using one of those with a Griffin carbon fiber humidor at the office, and works perfect, they are not cheep, but they last forever and they do there job perfect, only thing you have to do is make sure they got water

cheers

» » I messed up, pouring too much glycopropilene into a sponge for a new

» » humidor, and some drops touched 2-3 cigars (trouble is, one of them is

» a

» » majestic Montecristo A). Have I condemned them, or are they

» recoverable?

» » Any suggestions are more than welcome!

»

» I believe this chemical is used in cosmetics and soaps etc. Your cigars

» should be fine.

» But you may want to do yourself a favor and get rid of the foam and GP /

» PG, and

» switch to RH beads for your humidors.

[Claudius]

» forget beads, get yourself an electric humidifier, there are some really

» nice units that both control and monitor the humidity, you can find units

» for table humidor to walk in.

» Currently I am using one for my cigar cabinet and its really nice. I can

» change the humidity with a push of a button, it monitors tempeture and

» humidity, and keeps it in a memory, it has six sensors, two outlets, and

» control fans to move the humidity around.

»

» Its the only way, welcome in to the 21th century

»

» if you want a small unit I would suggest the Cigar spa, using one of those

» with a Griffin carbon fiber humidor at the office, and works perfect, they

» are not cheep, but they last forever and they do there job perfect, only

» thing you have to do is make sure they got water

»

» cheers

LOL... his humi is the size of a dictionary!

[Colt45]

» » forget beads, get yourself an electric humidifier

The only problem with these units is that they can not remove humidity. If you live in an area with very

humid summers, and do not have a set up that removes humidity, these type units become basically useless.

If your only concern is adding moisture, these would be a viable alternative.

[Miami101]

O.K.

I going to get the RH beads also.....can you mix the two or is this a bad idea..

[sandholm]

» » » forget beads, get yourself an electric humidifier

»

» The only problem with these units is that they can not remove humidity. If

» you live in an area with very

» humid summers, and do not have a set up that removes humidity, these type

» units become basically useless.

» If your only concern is adding moisture, these would be a viable

» alternative.

ok, didnt think abou that, where I live its all about adding humidity

[Taino]

I'm a beads fan also, they may use a bit more of space than al electric unit, but to me they are the most reliable humidification device out there.

[Fuzz]

I'm a little weird in that I use 65% RH beads in the summer, and change to 70% beads in the winter for my desktop humi. I find the humidty in my house fluctuates too often throughtout the year.

Guess I need to do what my buddy Jay did and get gifted a fridg-i-dor or bite the bullet and buy that wine cellar I've been eyeing...

[Mel39]

» You could drink a litre of the stuff with no discernable effect. Ditto on

» the beads!

What drink a litre of beads?

:-D

The beads truly are magical, RH never waivers from exactly 65%

[Colt45]

» O.K.

» I going to get the RH beads also.....can you mix the two or is this a bad

» idea..

Carlos, you wouldn't hurt anything by using both, but there's really no point. If you make the switch to beads,

you can remove your existing foam humidifiers. Add water to the beads sparingly. Down in Miami, especially

during summer, you'll probably have to add very little water.