[quote=GrayBeard2]

I just refill jars with distilled water when crystals start to look dry. I have never had a problem with mold and the only split wrappers I run into is when I try smoking in sub zero weather. Just remember in the old days folks would soak a brick in a buck of water over night and put that in their humidor.

Yeah, I read and heard about that. Curious though, wasn't it a certain kind/type of brick? It wasn't your regular/average brick from a wall right?

In the old old days when brick was the preferred structural material (1800's) there were two kinds of brick. One was what I guess you would call a interior grade that I was told were referred to as "salmon" brick because they were under fired and again a lighter color. These were softer and would weather so buildings were double walled. Salmon brick on the inside and fully fired brick on the out side that would take the weathering and erosion. Salmon brick are the old ones you might find around that are flaky and damp when you find them in the garden etc.. In as much as they aren't fully fired and soft, they absorb water.

So Nick, to answer your question there 'were' special bricks for this purpose way back then. Just tid bits I picked up form am old union mason who did a lot of restoration in Philly years ago.

ZRX1200 wrote:

You can take the foam out and replace it with beads...

Anyone? Beuller? Beuller?

Yep... I go by the calibrated digital hygrometer, and set the humidifier to that...

Remember the old rule of thumb:

If you are a noob........then you are probably over-humidifying your stash.

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