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Wrapper unraveling when Smoking?
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jerrya Offline
#1 Posted: Thu, Nov 28 2002, 4:16 AM EST
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New to cigars; why does the wrapper on some cigars unravel when smoking.........usually the last half.
Danny Offline
#2 Posted: Thu, Nov 28 2002, 4:52 AM EST
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sounds like your smokes are under humidified
Slimboli Offline
#3 Posted: Thu, Nov 28 2002, 6:16 AM EST
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Yep ... that sounds like it to me too!

The quality of the cigar has something to do with it also ...
Lazygardner Offline
#4 Posted: Thu, Nov 28 2002, 7:13 AM EST
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maybe you lit the wrong end?
eleltea Offline
#5 Posted: Thu, Nov 28 2002, 7:25 AM EST
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Too dry. Get some 50-50 in your humi and let those guys sit and soak for a few weeks. Mend the wrapper with a thin paste of sure gel (the stuff your grannie made jelly with) and distilled water.
rayder1 Offline
#6 Posted: Fri, Nov 29 2002, 12:38 PM EST
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Check your cut as well. If you're taking too much off the end, you might get an unwrap. Only cut to the shoulders at the most, but never past the cap.
smithbw Offline
#7 Posted: Sat, Nov 30 2002, 4:21 AM EST
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I agree with - Rayder1 - check the cut!
Charlie Offline
#8 Posted: Sat, Nov 30 2002, 9:10 AM EST
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The cut is only a factor if the cigar is dried out or too dry and vastly unhumidified! Of course cheap cigars will do this no matter the humidity!

Charlie
rjdc Offline
#9 Posted: Sun, Dec 1 2002, 6:37 AM EST
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Ditto to all ansewers plus a couple more.

However it happens to the best of them sometimes.

1.Use a little pectin. Dab some over the leaf with the tip of your finger and smooth it flat. No change in taste.

2. Sometimes if you chew gum or eat a piece of hard candy, just a quick lick over the loose piece will suffice. Be mindful of the flavour at the time. Coffee nips work well.

3. If you can, gently pull the piece off. It will change the taste a little. You can save all the pieces and roll your own. A few of us have done that before.

4. Leave the cello on. You'll see pretty colours!!

5. Masking tape. Not Scotch tape, it tastes funny.

6. Send the "bad" cigars to me and I'll dicipline them for you.

Finally, here in Boston we say "Shadup and Fahgehdaboudit"
rayder1 Offline
#10 Posted: Sun, Dec 1 2002, 6:01 PM EST
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Sometimes, if I make a crappy cut or get an unwrap, I chew on the end. Solves the problem.

I agree...even the best and best kept of them might unwrap a little, judging from the answers here.
Jeffersonn Offline
#11 Posted: Mon, Dec 2 2002, 6:41 AM EST
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A former president by the name of Clinton was having the same problem. He came up with a rather ingenious way of lubricating the wrapper before smoking to prevent such unraveling...
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#12 Posted: Mon, Dec 2 2002, 6:51 AM EST
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SMOKE FASTER!
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