One Of My Worst Cigar Fears Happened, Mold…

[josh lucky 13]

Check Craigslist or Facebook marketplace. I see sometimes humidor and sometimes winefridges on there.

[KRam311]

So my wife comes home today, and says, why don’t you just chalk the humidor up to a possible secondary unit, and use this experience to set up a wineador I’m intrigued, of course, wonder what a small unit would run me? Lmao!

I was thinking about getting a nice humidor recently. But after hours/days of research I decided to just buy more cigars instead haha. Team tupperdor (for now…) Also, I did notice the supply and demand for tupperware containers recently- the same exact one I bought on Amazon in the summertime last yr for $10 is now $20!
Sorry I dont have much advice for your mold situation, though. Hopefully u get it all taken care of!

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[LazyLightning]

I’m guessing there are tens of thousands of Tupperware containers, just waiting to be used as tupperdors, on all those ships.

[KRam311]

On Mercari. Its probably too small but saw it and thought of you @LazyLightning ;


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[LazyLightning]

@KRam311
Thanks Kevin, that looks like a nice unit.

[josh lucky 13]

On Mercari. Its probably too small but saw it and thought of you @LazyLightning ;


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Not bad but auction sites its the shipping that gets you. But you can find some gems everyone in a while. I don't mind something used if it still does the job. Honestly I used a broken wine fridge for years. Didn't cool but held humidity (watch for drain holes) it worked great had plans to build shelves but it got too small. Or I didn't smoke fast enough your call. I saw a huge almost armoire wine fridge the other night playing around on market place. If I wouldn't have had to build shelves for everything I may have bought it. I did figure later I could hold all my cigars and bottles of alcohol in it??? But it sold

[Old Smokey]

I looked for 6 months before I found my wine cooler. Ended up finding it at a yard sale. I don't use the cooling and it holds Rh amazingly well and any fluctuation in temp is expremely slow. I love it.

[josh lucky 13]

I looked for 6 months before I found my wine cooler. Ended up finding it at a yard sale. I don't use the cooling and it holds Rh amazingly well and any fluctuation in temp is expremely slow. I love it.

I agree its cheaper so more money to invest on the inside

[LazyLightning]

I was finally able to get a few containers, so at least I can take everything out of the bags and into something with more protection.

I’m really torn on what to do. Part of me wants to do like I said above, and clean the entire thing from top to bottom with Everclear, dry it out, re season and start over. I don’t think I’ll ever truly feel safe putting the cigars back in it, that were not in cello, when the mold hit. So I’ll most likely just keep them in the tupperdors I’m about to set up. Then another part of me is thinking this is the perfect time to get a wineador, or even a coolidor set up.

At least after Monday, when I get the containers, I’ll have time to really think through all my options.

I’ll update as I go

Thanks everyone

[LazyLightning]

Sorry, I completely forgot to post an update.

I finally got my hands on some new containers, for the tupperdors. I also bought a new 1/5 of Everclear, to clean everything. All the sticks that were in the humidor, that the mold was found in, are now in their new homes. I wiped every single cigar down with Everclear, as well as the hygrometers. Wiping down the ones in cello was fast and simple, I was VERY gentle with the ones not in cellos. I also cleaned all the hygrometers that were in that unit, and wiped down the cardboard boxes ( that holds the 320g Boveda packs ) since I saw no sign of mold on them. I am going to break down a few boxes, to lay some Spanish Cedar on the bottom of each tupperdor. Or I might buy some Spanish Cedar and make a slightly elevated “platform” so there is circulation throughout the inside, of each one.

So far I have not seen any more mold on any sticks, even the Anejos I was able to salvage seem to be just fine.

I throughly checked my 100ct desktop humi, my aging footlocker humi, and opened every box in it, and thank God, they are all mold free.

The humidor has been empty, and I took out all the humidity packs from it. It’s completely dried out now, and is waiting to be cleaned with Everclear, and re seasoned. If I plan to continue using it, which I haven’t decided on yet.

Thanks everyone, for all the advice, ideas, etc…
I truly appreciate it!

I’m glad this is over, minus the decision about the affected humidor. Now I can start enjoying my sticks again, without this looming over me.