Tupperdor upgrade to Spanish Cedar Trays and more Kitty Litter

[Brent Strande]

Well, I've been running this tupperdor for a few months now and decided to try and organize it better. I'm also planning on a wineador in April if a bonus hopefully comes in. In the meantime, I ordered some cedar trays that can move from the tupperdor into the wineador.

It started out needing organization
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd213/bstrande/Mobile%20Uploads/Cigars%20Pipes%20Vices%20and%20Devices/68A41F8E-F5B5-4009-A66D-2F650BB38AF5.jpg (http://s225.photobucket.com/user/bstrande/media/Mobile%20Uploads/Cigars%20Pipes%20Vices%20and%20Devices/68A41F8E-F5B5-4009-A66D-2F650BB38AF5.jpg.html)

I was previously using a couple of old cigar boxes to hold the Kitty Litter and decided that this would take up too much space so my son and I headed to Walmart to find a tray to hold the KL in the bottom. We found a cookie pan that was just the right length and would support the trays.
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd213/bstrande/Mobile%20Uploads/Cigars%20Pipes%20Vices%20and%20Devices/0A89659D-6A2F-48DE-945E-8DC9625BCB49.jpg (http://s225.photobucket.com/user/bstrande/media/Mobile%20Uploads/Cigars%20Pipes%20Vices%20and%20Devices/0A89659D-6A2F-48DE-945E-8DC9625BCB49.jpg.html)

I stole a pair of tights from our eight year old ballerina to keep the KL in it's place
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd213/bstrande/Mobile%20Uploads/Cigars%20Pipes%20Vices%20and%20Devices/FA9CB744-DCC0-40F4-8FF2-4CBA8BF19E96.jpg (http://s225.photobucket.com/user/bstrande/media/Mobile%20Uploads/Cigars%20Pipes%20Vices%20and%20Devices/FA9CB744-DCC0-40F4-8FF2-4CBA8BF19E96.jpg.html)

I wiped down the trays and dividers with distilled water and put them back in their bags before to begin the seasoning process
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd213/bstrande/Mobile%20Uploads/Cigars%20Pipes%20Vices%20and%20Devices/2D605AEC-E6B8-4B3F-83D4-0D0D45CB878E.jpg (http://s225.photobucket.com/user/bstrande/media/Mobile%20Uploads/Cigars%20Pipes%20Vices%20and%20Devices/2D605AEC-E6B8-4B3F-83D4-0D0D45CB878E.jpg.html)

It was then time to begin!
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd213/bstrande/Mobile%20Uploads/Cigars%20Pipes%20Vices%20and%20Devices/B5B90636-5C31-49C2-A6B3-39C80E359EC7.jpg (http://s225.photobucket.com/user/bstrande/media/Mobile%20Uploads/Cigars%20Pipes%20Vices%20and%20Devices/B5B90636-5C31-49C2-A6B3-39C80E359EC7.jpg.html)

A few random pieces keep the tray centered in the tub
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd213/bstrande/Mobile%20Uploads/Cigars%20Pipes%20Vices%20and%20Devices/02F12E22-1612-4838-8FE1-9EACFE6F7B25.jpg (http://s225.photobucket.com/user/bstrande/media/Mobile%20Uploads/Cigars%20Pipes%20Vices%20and%20Devices/02F12E22-1612-4838-8FE1-9EACFE6F7B25.jpg.html)

This'll keep the trays from touching the KL
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd213/bstrande/Mobile%20Uploads/Cigars%20Pipes%20Vices%20and%20Devices/3ECFE3A2-229F-4A6D-8E77-39C5D916BEBE.jpg (http://s225.photobucket.com/user/bstrande/media/Mobile%20Uploads/Cigars%20Pipes%20Vices%20and%20Devices/3ECFE3A2-229F-4A6D-8E77-39C5D916BEBE.jpg.html)

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd213/bstrande/Mobile%20Uploads/Cigars%20Pipes%20Vices%20and%20Devices/0C072BE8-AFF6-4017-B4A4-3E24BD255779.jpg (http://s225.photobucket.com/user/bstrande/media/Mobile%20Uploads/Cigars%20Pipes%20Vices%20and%20Devices/0C072BE8-AFF6-4017-B4A4-3E24BD255779.jpg.html)

I filled the trays in a hurry
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd213/bstrande/Mobile%20Uploads/Cigars%20Pipes%20Vices%20and%20Devices/46715A9E-D3B3-47D2-BD39-790A69CB60A2.jpg (http://s225.photobucket.com/user/bstrande/media/Mobile%20Uploads/Cigars%20Pipes%20Vices%20and%20Devices/46715A9E-D3B3-47D2-BD39-790A69CB60A2.jpg.html)

and it looked great!
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd213/bstrande/Mobile%20Uploads/Cigars%20Pipes%20Vices%20and%20Devices/AF2B52CA-AA0F-4CAC-A6D6-20DA6718DFCC.jpg (http://s225.photobucket.com/user/bstrande/media/Mobile%20Uploads/Cigars%20Pipes%20Vices%20and%20Devices/AF2B52CA-AA0F-4CAC-A6D6-20DA6718DFCC.jpg.html)

but found that I had a problem. I still couldn't fit all of the cigars! I know that it's supposedly a good problem to have, but now I need to find a way to store all of the rest... and once I do, you know what that leads to: more empty space to fill!

So, in the meantime, it looks about the same as where it started!
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd213/bstrande/Mobile%20Uploads/Cigars%20Pipes%20Vices%20and%20Devices/DFA1EF49-565E-4CF0-8984-BA836A5C8E4E.jpg (http://s225.photobucket.com/user/bstrande/media/Mobile%20Uploads/Cigars%20Pipes%20Vices%20and%20Devices/DFA1EF49-565E-4CF0-8984-BA836A5C8E4E.jpg.html)

Oh well, it was fun anyhow. (PS, You may have noticed a tray in the first picture... I had started to work on this and decided to go back and take pictures along the way!!)

Thanks for checking it out, I'm pretty pumped for how this should work!

[Nature]

Looking good Brent! :eagerness:

[DrBob]

Those trays fit nicely on a wineador shelf :)

1556

[Sigaar]

Looks great, Brent!

[jhedrick83]

Looks good Brent!

[steelman]

Thanks for sharing Brent. Looks good.

[madmark]

Looks great.. .

[Zeede]

Very snazzy! I just have a thin sheet of cedar in my OXOdor. I was thinking of dropping by my B&M for another sheet to put on the sides, but I wonder how much RH buffer such thin sheets would provide.

[CamoSutra]

Very snazzy! I just have a thin sheet of cedar in my OXOdor. I was thinking of dropping by my B&M for another sheet to put on the sides, but I wonder how much RH buffer such thin sheets would provide.
Thin sheets of SC won't do a lot for buffering humidity, but every little bit helps. In tupperdors (I have several smaller ones right now) I like to put a 60-gram Boveda pack on the bottom, then a sheet of SC, with cigars on top of the SC. Locating the SC veneer between humidification and cigars this way presumably optimizes the SC's opportunity for moisture absorption. If nothing else, it imparts a slight bit of cedar fragrance -- and for me, cigars and wood just look good together.

[Zeede]

Thin sheets of SC won't do a lot for buffering humidity, but every little bit helps. In tupperdors (I have several smaller ones right now) I like to put a 60-gram Boveda pack on the bottom, then a sheet of SC, with cigars on top of the SC. Locating the SC veneer between humidification and cigars this way presumably optimizes the SC's opportunity for moisture absorption. If nothing else, it imparts a slight bit of cedar fragrance -- and for me, cigars and wood just look good together.
They do look fine together!

When I put the cigars Kayla bombed me with into my OXOdor the RH dropped from 71% to 61%! However, given how absorvative cigars are I'm not that surprised. A day later it's back up to 68% (I have a 72% Boveda pack in there).

[Horseshoe]

Very nice setup!

[OtismyMan]

Looks great....I fear I'm heading to a large backup tupperdor myslef in the not to distant future....:concern:
Those trays look nice, where you pick them up?

[RenoH414]

Very nice. It looks good and it looks like it will work very well. I'm afraid one is in my not so distant future. Haha :cool:

Reno

[Brent Strande]

Looks great....I fear I'm heading to a large backup tupperdor myslef in the not to distant future....:concern:
Those trays look nice, where you pick them up?

I picked mine up on Amazon but I hear you can also get them from Kayla at cheaphumidors .com

[Brent Strande]

All that work just to order a cc-300 today... Haha!

[OtismyMan]

lol...congrats!

[Brent Strande]

All that work just to order a cc-300 today... Haha!

Well, that didn't take long! (http://www.cigarbum.com/forum/showthread.php?2643-CC-300-upgrade-from-Tupperdor&p=40842&viewfull=1#post40842)

[liquidicem]

Looks good. Congrats on the pending upgrade though!