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Glock_Fireman Offline
#1 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 5:14 AM EST
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I was looking for it on here but didn't see anything. So my question is does the water have to say distilled or can you you just use bottled water when filling a humidifier for the humidor?
dharbolt Offline
#2 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 5:44 AM EST
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distilled!!!!!!!!
bs_kwaj Offline
#3 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 5:45 AM EST
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Distilled.

Unless you look at this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQQ30f1A1p0

Whistle
onlyabill Offline
#4 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 6:16 AM EST
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Only ever use distilled water. As the name implies, this water has been produced though the distillation process and so it is germ free. You can not be sure of any other labeled waters. Your humidor is a great place for mold. Temp and humidity levels and darkness.

Walmart (as well as other places) has distilled water for less than $1 a gallon. Don't risk your smokes and humidor by using anything else.
Glock_Fireman Offline
#5 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 6:36 AM EST
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Thank you Gentlemen I was a little confused because even in the CI videos it looked like it was just plain drinking water in a gallon jug I will be off to Walmart or target as soon as I get off work.
Glock_Fireman Offline
#6 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 6:43 AM EST
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After watching that my brain hurt I still would never use tap water ever.
danmdevries Offline
#7 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 8:37 AM EST
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Go to grocery store, find $1 gallon jug of distilled water.

May I ask what kind of humidifier? If its the green foam stuff, might want to reconsider
DrafterX Offline
#8 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 8:42 AM EST
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Just throw some lettuce in there..... Mellow
BuckyB93 Offline
#9 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 9:01 AM EST
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Most pharmacy's will also carry it.

Or, as Drafter mentioned, lettuce. Sometimes I mix it up a bit and use a piece of peel from an orange, lemon, or lime to add a little citrus zing.
DrafterX Offline
#10 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 9:34 AM EST
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ThumpUp
opelmanta1900 Offline
#11 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 9:40 AM EST
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onlyabill wrote:
Only ever use distilled water. As the name implies, this water has been produced though the distillation process and so it is germ free. You can not be sure of any other labeled waters. Your humidor is a great place for mold. Temp and humidity levels and darkness.

Walmart (as well as other places) has distilled water for less than $1 a gallon. Don't risk your smokes and humidor by using anything else.



The germs are actually not the problem... if they were, purified water would work...

rather, the minerals (like calcium) and metal deposits are the problem with purified water... distilled water removes essentially everything from the water except hydrogen and oxygen...
ZRX1200 Offline
#12 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 9:51 AM EST
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You can use tap water if you use kitty litter Mellow
DrafterX Offline
#13 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 10:04 AM EST
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true.... true.... Mellow
boileremt Offline
#14 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 11:31 AM EST
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If you have trouble locating where a store puts their distilled water jugs, try looking in the "Baby" section near the humidifiers, around the irons and ironing boards, or the pharmacy around the brown bottles of hydrogen peroxide. I have found it in all those locations instead of the bottled water section.
cacman Offline
#15 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2014, 11:35 AM EST
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ZRX1200 wrote:
You can use tap water if you use kitty litter Mellow

LMFAO!!!
You'e probably right. Another chance to save a big 89¢!
Glock_Fireman Offline
#16 Posted: Thu, Aug 14 2014, 6:59 AM EST
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I have humi - care products.
dlandri21 Offline
#17 Posted: Thu, Aug 14 2014, 8:26 AM EST
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Distilled only. Personally, i got tired of dealing with maintenance and switched over to boveda
tonygraz Offline
#18 Posted: Thu, Aug 14 2014, 9:27 AM EST
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I like flavored sparkling water- really makes the beads snap, crackle and pop. Great for Acid and infused cigars. You can drink it, too.
earthson Offline
#19 Posted: Thu, Aug 14 2014, 11:05 AM EST
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BuckyB93 wrote:
Most pharmacy's will also carry it.

Or, as Drafter mentioned, lettuce. Sometimes I mix it up a bit and use a piece of peel from an orange, lemon, or lime to add a little citrus zing.


Holy crap - I hope this is meant as a joke!

As the lettuce dries, it will begin to decompose and will introduce a favored food for fungi and bacteria. NEVER DO THIS!

And as for the citrus peel, it's probably a good idea if you're smoking Gurkhas, some CI/CBid exclusives, or other craptastic sticks. If you're smoking better cigars, the citrus would only mask the nuances of the blends.
DrafterX Offline
#20 Posted: Thu, Aug 14 2014, 11:10 AM EST
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Laugh
yes.. just a joke... although someone thought it was a good idea years ago... I didn't just make it up.. someone was doing it... I just don't remember who... Think


but I guess if you replaced the lettuce with fresh stuff every 4 or 5 days it wouldn't decompose too bad... Mellow
JadeRose Offline
#21 Posted: Thu, Aug 14 2014, 1:32 PM EST
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DrafterX wrote:
Laugh



but I guess if you replaced the lettuce with fresh stuff every 4 or 5 days it wouldn't decompose too bad... Mellow




I do this...but instead of lettuce, I use hobo's and drifters.....and instead of Humidor, I use soundproof underground room beneath my garage
DrafterX Offline
#22 Posted: Thu, Aug 14 2014, 2:02 PM EST
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freak.... Mellow
pfk985 Offline
#23 Posted: Thu, Aug 14 2014, 3:20 PM EST
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Boveda for me!
tailgater Offline
#24 Posted: Thu, Aug 14 2014, 3:28 PM EST
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JadeRose wrote:
I do this...but instead of lettuce, I use hobo's and drifters.....and instead of Humidor, I use soundproof underground room beneath my garage


It rubs the lotion on it's skin.
desolbones Offline
#25 Posted: Thu, Aug 14 2014, 6:03 PM EST
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Put an oversized funnel on a pot filled with water, stick a clean length of tubing on the small end of the funnel, stick the other end of the tube in a clean bottle large enough to hold the water your gonna boil...presto... distilled water. Next week we'll discuss the many uses of corn.
Whistlebritches Offline
#26 Posted: Thu, Aug 14 2014, 7:09 PM EST
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desolbones wrote:
Put an oversized funnel on a pot filled with water, stick a clean length of tubing on the small end of the funnel, stick the other end of the tube in a clean bottle large enough to hold the water your gonna boil...presto... distilled water. Next week we'll discuss the many uses of corn.



LMMFAO...........

BTW next batch of corn squeezings keep me in mind.


Ron
desolbones Offline
#27 Posted: Sun, Aug 17 2014, 7:08 PM EST
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Ron, I Don't squeeze my corns, I gently caress them!
Whistlebritches Offline
#28 Posted: Mon, Aug 18 2014, 10:21 PM EST
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desolbones wrote:
Ron, I Don't squeeze my corns, I gently caress them!



There's one in every crowd...........AZZHAT


Ron
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