Hi Folks,
As some of you may know from my inttroduction, I have recently ventured into the land of medium and long filler cigars, and having found some spare cash, I decided to load up the small table humidor I was given on loan from a friend. However, I totally overdid it on the purchase at my local tobacconist. I now have my excess in a clean, unused food container, the open container I put in a ziplock bag, then put the lid on the container, to get both an extra tight seal on the lid, and to have a second barrier of the (now closed) ziplock bag. Inside the plastic box is a small boveda bag (I had the foresight to buy one, albeit a somewhat dry one, I think) and some moistened pieces of the sides of an old shortfiller box. Moistened in the same way I've been told to take care of the humidor I got on loan, I.E. get a damp cloth, and wipe the surface of the wood so it looks damp but not wet, and then filling the element inside it with humidor liquid once, and refilling it with de-mineralized water if the humidity drops below 67&.
However, I have some questions regarding if the food container was a smart thing to do, since the plastic box obviously doesn't breathe in the same way the cedar humidor would.
I also wonder just how tightly one can and should pack their humidor / storage solution, as well as if you should leave cigars in their tube / cellophane wrapper, within the humidor.
Thanks for your help to this newbie, in advance.