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Sticky Humidors
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ErikVines Offline
#1 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 7:58 PM EST
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Okay, being that I'm fairly new to this (8 months now), I've noticed that periodically my humidors have sticky subtances in them. I assume it's the oils from the cigars, but what I am worried about is that it means something is wrong with the humidification. Anyone have any ideas?
Suppagus Offline
#2 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 8:58 PM EST
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Erik, what have you been doing in there? j/k - is it a new humi? Could it be sap from the cedar? I don't know if you would get sap coming out if it was properly cured - I'm sure someone else will know. Good luck.
raven01 Offline
#3 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 11:41 PM EST
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I couldn't tell you but I would be concerned.Personaly I have four humidors and I never had that problem. Check it out because I never heard of that.
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#4 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2003, 12:00 AM EST
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ErikVines

i know you were hoping one of us had checked it out and solved the riddle. i can only suggest what Suppagus mentioned. take out the cigars and rub the inner wood. that shouldn't be sticky. if it is, the humidor was not cured. i don't believe cigars would have oil ossing ozing, oozing, draining out to an extent that it would make the wood sticky. if the wood is stick, i'm sure someone here knows how to fix it.

slimboli, help the man.
xrundog Offline
#5 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2003, 3:54 AM EST
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This may not be the problem, but it's a possibility. If your humidor "body" is made out of a soft wood, the spanish cedar will actually pull the sap out of the wood. This will cause a sticky residue on anything in the humidor. It's easiest to see on your hygrometer. You can put a thin metal lining between the cedar and the body. It will solve the problem at least temporarily. If you don't have a cedar lining, then your humidor must be made of either some type of cedar, or Honduran mahogany. It may not have been properly dried. I'm not sure what to do to fix it in this case.
Robby Offline
#6 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2003, 4:46 AM EST
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It's ok to love you're humidor. Just remember, it's not ok to "love" your humidor...
arwings Offline
#7 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2003, 7:13 AM EST
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If the interior is not cured properly it may be that the humidor is a loss. Typically, the wood used in the lining, and to a lesser degree, the exterior, is placed in a kiln and slowly heated to extremely high temperatures to remove most of the moisture. It is then very slowly cooled before it is worked with (if it is heated or cooled too quickly the wood can split). Unfortunately, this all takes place prior construction; whether any of this process can be repeated afterwards I don't know.
ErikVines Offline
#8 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2003, 9:01 AM EST
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Thanks for all of the replies. The weird thing is that the residue is not everywhere but just ends up in small spots on the wood and on things like the hygrometer and the humidifiers. I'm assuming then it's all getting on the 'gars as well. It looks reasonably clear, could it be the Propylene Glycol from the 50/50 solution?

kccody Offline
#9 Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2003, 9:55 AM EST
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Erik
I was just about to answer this but I think you did that for be. My guess is the 50/50 pg solution. You may be overfilling your humidifier. Also do you use the 50/50 every time your humidifier gets dry? You only really need to add the 50/50 once or twice a year and just distilled water the rest of the time because the PG doesn't evaporate, just the water.
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