Preparing Your Cigar Humidor

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<h1>Preparing Your Cigar Humidor</h1><strong> Author: <a href='http://www.articleseen.com/profile_David Andrews.aspx'>David Andrews</a></strong><br /><p>So you've just bought a box of fine cigars. Now what? The life of your cigars and your enjoyment of them all depend on having a proper place to store them. The best place to store a cigar for a long period of time is a well made humidor. But you can't just open up a humidor and lock your cigars inside. There are several important steps you need to follow in order to ensure your humidor is a proper home for your cigars. Humidors are made up of three different parts--the humidor itself, the humidifier which helps maintain the interior's humidity, and the hygrometer which measures the amount of humidity present. This article will quickly cover these steps. Conditioning the Interior (Spanish cedar) This should be the first step you undertake when you begin setting up your humidor. To start, begin wiping down the inside of your new humidor with a lint-free cloth which has been lightly dampened with distilled water. This will remove any of the residue left over by the manufacturing process and it will also help the Spanish-cedar accept the moisture which will be prevalent inside of the humidor. Moistening the Humidifier Still have some distilled water handy? Next you want to submerge your humidifier into a container of it. Make sure that it has been thoroughly moistened—which will take roughly 30 minutes of soaking. Make sure you don't use tap water since there will be impurities in the water. After it's been moistened it's time to place it within the humidor. Make sure that the humidifier isn't saturated and dripping wet first. Calibrating your Hygrometer The next and final step is the most technical aspect of setting up your humidor. There are two ways of going about calibrating your hygrometer. The first is to wrap it in a damp towel for 30 or 45 minutes. When you unwrap the towel the hygrometer should read 100% humidity. But since most hygrometer's aren't perfectly calibrated it will probably be reading a lower humidity, like 80 or 90%. This will allow you to adjust your hygrometer's calibration accordingly. A second method of doing this is by filling a bottle cap with table salt and a few drops of water. Don't add so much water to the salt that it's watery—you want the mixture to just be damp. Then place the hygrometer and the bottle cap inside of a freezer bag and wait for roughly six hours. Thanks to the cap filled with salt and water the humidity inside of the bag will be 75% and you'll be able to correctly calibrate your hygrometer. And there you have it, after just a sort amount of work you have the perfect home for your prized cigars. </p><strong>About the Author:</strong><br />David Andrews enjoys writing about <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cigarhumidors-online.com/">cigar humidors</a> and smoking <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cigarhumidors-online.com/discount-cigars/cigars-online.html">discount cigars</a>.<p> Article Source: <a href='http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Preparing-Your-Cigar-Humidor_64919.aspx'> http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Preparing Your Cigar Humidor_64919.aspx</a></p>

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