Jonesy22 Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Hey all - another question for you... some of my wrappers have been breaking apart while smoking...seem to be fine before....rh problem? Once I calibrated my hydrometer I'm at 64rh while staying pretty much at 61°f...any help greatly appreciated. Any suggestions on where to start on my rh target for this temp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaclub Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Could indicate cigars are swelling. If you recently lower rH, which I recall you saying you had 70 beads and trying to lower to mid 60s. The cigars may be still to wet. Wrapper is dry but filler is wet still and causes cigar to swell and crack the wrapper. Where do you live? What is ambient humidity? That can affect the wrapper too after taking it out of 64/61. Hope this helps. I am sure others will chime in and have some reasoning. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy22 Posted May 13, 2017 Author Share Posted May 13, 2017 50 minutes ago, havanaclub said: Could indicate cigars are swelling. If you recently lower rH, which I recall you saying you had 70 beads and trying to lower to mid 60s. The cigars may be still to wet. Wrapper is dry but filler is wet still and causes cigar to swell and crack the wrapper. Where do you live? What is ambient humidity? That can affect the wrapper too after taking it out of 64/61. Hope this helps. I am sure others will chime in and have some reasoning. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Yeah did calibrate my new hydrometer and was reading 65, so haven't messed with anything too much there looking for a good middle ground to shoot for at that temp...still such a newbie my apologies...live in nw pa, humidity today about 53%. Thank you for you're help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanilla Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 I agree with Havana could be cigars have not acclimatized to new RH. Other possibility is you are having swings in RH and you do not know it. Do you have a hydro where you can track RH throughout the day (push type)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanishcedar Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Jonesy22, What do you cut with and where are you cutting your stick? On 5/12/2017 at 11:54 AM, Jonesy22 said: ... some of my wrappers have been breaking apart while smoking... Sometimes cutting too far in will allow it to unravel; are the wrappers unraveling or are they breaking/busting like a bratwurst does sometimes on the grill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy22 Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share Posted May 24, 2017 Just got two new hydros in....backup for my backups....goin to log everything for week or so and see where I'm at....havent had anymore problems yet....thabk you all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinglingcheng Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 adjust the HR level to 69-72 % first, try to find a better spot so the temperature would be steady around 18-25 C , same for HR level (61 seems low to me , depends different region thus) i tired before that allocate all my cigars out in a cool place for 2 hours then put all cigars back, Put 20ml distill water inside humidor but far distance away from the cigars for 2-4 hours , checking HR and ur cigar condition. always dry your cigars and humidor once a while , and re-function your humidifier again by distill water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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