Steps to Curing a Humidor

A humidor's proper moisture and temperature environment must be created before attempting to store cigars, This is called "curing" a humidor. According to Diamond Crown experts, here are the simple steps involved in this process.

1. Remove and fill the humidity device with distilled water.
2. With a fresh sponge, dampened with distilled water, thoroughly wet the sides, top and bottom of the humidor interior.
3. Leave the damp sponge in the humidor, resting on a plastic bag. Make sure there is no direct contact between the sponge and humidor.
4. Install the humidity element.
5. Close the humidor overnight or for at least twelve hours.
6. Open the humidor, remove the sponge and plastic bag.
7. Close humidor again for an additional twelve hours, ensuring the interior wood has a raised level of humidity prior to storing cigars.
8. Your humidor is now ready to accept your cigars for storage.

Over Humidification: A common mistake in cigar preservation is over-humidification. Some people falsely believe when storing cigars, if a little humidity is good, a lot is better. Not true. Over-humidification will cause premium cigars to become soggy, wrinkled and difficult to draw. To prevent this, monitor the humidity level of your humidor maintaining the optimal 68% to 72% humidity. Many humidors, such as Diamond Crown and Daniel Marshall are equipped with hygrometers which allow you to easily monitor the humidity level in your  humidor.

1.) You read a humidor temp of 66.
2.) Find 66 in the left column.
3.) Read 80 % in the right column.
4.) This is the RH your hygrometer
should read to give you the same
humidification as 70 % RH @ 70.

You know your hygrometer reads 2 % low
so subtract 2 % from 80 %.
Your hygrometer should
read 78 % (at 66 ),when the true RH is 80 %.

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