Covering around the Seal on a Humidor

[Bill Clinton]

What is the weather stripping made of?  I'm afraid that the weatherstripping or the adhesive may outgas and produce unpleasant smells in your humi.

JK

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I placed the weather stripping ONLY on the outside part of the humidor along the edge of the lid and along the edge of the body of the humidor right before where the lid "meets" with the body of the humidor on the edge of the seam.

NONE of the weather stripping is exposed to the inside of the lid of the humidor. There is an odor that the weather stripping emits, but the odor that is being emitted is exposed only to the exterior part of the humidor. When the lid is closed shut, both strips of the weather stripping meet with each other to act as a seal on the outside part of the humidor along the seam where the lid meets the body of the humidor.

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Well, if the weather stripping is completely sealed off from the humidor, then the weather stripping is unnecessary, since that would mean your humidor is perfectly sealed inside the lip. However, if your humidor is not perfectly sealed, I would be concerned about the smell of the stripping. It sounds like it is in an enclosed space, and has nowhere to go except inside your humidor.

JK

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I don't understand what you mean. To make you better understand and for you to have a better picture in your mind of how my humidor looks right now with the weather stripping, the weather stripping is stuck to ONLY the exterior part of the humidor. None of the weather stripping goes inside the seam. The weather stripping is ONLY on the "edge" of the lid and ONLY on the "edge" of the body of the exterior part of the humidor. And the weather strips "meet" with each other ONLY on the exterior part of the humidor when the lid is closed shut to the body of the humidor. So, there is NO WAY that any odor from the weather stripping can get inside the humidor. This is the ONLY fix that can be done to help seal my humidor. Any of the other fixes will not correct the leak in the seal. The weather stripping acts as a barrier or wall to stop humidity from exiting the humidor. And it is only exposed to the outside air of my room. It is not exposed to the inside of the humidor or to the inside of the seal of the humidor in any way. If it does give off any odor, it will be temporary because the air circulation of the room will cause the odor to go away with time. It's not like the weather stripping is enclosed inside the humidor or anything like that. It isn't.
I spoke to Viper about the way that I set up the weahter stripping on my humidor and he told me that the odor that the weather stripping is giving off will not affect my cigars because it is located on the exterior part of the humidor and not on the interior of the humidor. The odor should go away with a little bit of time from being exposed to the room's air circulation. It is the same type of weather stripping that's used for windows and doors. Viper also told me that this type of fix with weather stripping is a very common fix.

I don't know what else to tell you about this, but I hope that you understand what I am trying to say here. The odor of the weather stripping should not affect the cigars because it's on the outside, not on the inside of the humidor.

 

[DePasta]

 

[emodx]

What is the weather stripping made of?  I'm afraid that the weatherstripping or the adhesive may outgas and produce unpleasant smells in your humi.

JK

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I placed the weather stripping ONLY on the outside part of the humidor along the edge of the lid and along the edge of the body of the humidor right before where the lid "meets" with the body of the humidor on the edge of the seam.

NONE of the weather stripping is exposed to the inside of the lid of the humidor. There is an odor that the weather stripping emits, but the odor that is being emitted is exposed only to the exterior part of the humidor. When the lid is closed shut, both strips of the weather stripping meet with each other to act as a seal on the outside part of the humidor along the seam where the lid meets the body of the humidor.

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Well, if the weather stripping is completely sealed off from the humidor, then the weather stripping is unnecessary, since that would mean your humidor is perfectly sealed inside the lip. However, if your humidor is not perfectly sealed, I would be concerned about the smell of the stripping. It sounds like it is in an enclosed space, and has nowhere to go except inside your humidor.

JK

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I don't understand what you mean. To make you better understand and for you to have a better picture in your mind of how my humidor looks right now with the weather stripping, the weather stripping is stuck to ONLY the exterior part of the humidor. None of the weather stripping goes inside the seam. The weather stripping is ONLY on the "edge" of the lid and ONLY on the "edge" of the body of the exterior part of the humidor. And the weather strips "meet" with each other ONLY on the exterior part of the humidor when the lid is closed shut to the body of the humidor. So, there is NO WAY that any odor from the weather stripping can get inside the humidor. This is the ONLY fix that can be done to help seal my humidor. Any of the other fixes will not correct the leak in the seal. The weather stripping acts as a barrier or wall to stop humidity from exiting the humidor. And it is only exposed to the outside air of my room. It is not exposed to the inside of the humidor or to the inside of the seal of the humidor in any way. If it does give off any odor, it will be temporary because the air circulation of the room will cause the odor to go away with time. It's not like the weather stripping is enclosed inside the humidor or anything like that. It isn't.
I spoke to Viper about the way that I set up the weahter stripping on my humidor and he told me that the odor that the weather stripping is giving off will not affect my cigars because it is located on the exterior part of the humidor and not on the interior of the humidor. The odor should go away with a little bit of time from being exposed to the room's air circulation. It is the same type of weather stripping that's used for windows and doors. Viper also told me that this type of fix with weather stripping is a very common fix.

I don't know what else to tell you about this, but I hope that you understand what I am trying to say here. The odor of the weather stripping should not affect the cigars because it's on the outside, not on the inside of the humidor.

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This isnt' the only fix. See my post.
-E

 

[emodx]

I placed the weather stripping ONLY on the outside part of the humidor along the edge of the lid and along the edge of the body of the humidor right before where the lid "meets" with the body of the humidor on the edge of the seam.

NONE of the weather stripping is exposed to the inside of the lid of the humidor. There is an odor that the weather stripping emits, but the odor that is being emitted is exposed only to the exterior part of the humidor. When the lid is closed shut, both strips of the weather stripping meet with each other to act as a seal on the outside part of the humidor along the seam where the lid meets the body of the humidor.



Well, if the weather stripping is completely sealed off from the humidor, then the weather stripping is unnecessary, since that would mean your humidor is perfectly sealed inside the lip. However, if your humidor is not perfectly sealed, I would  be concerned about the smell of the stripping. It sounds like it is in an enclosed space, and has nowhere to go except inside your humidor.

JK


I don't understand what you mean. To make you better understand and for you to have a better picture in your mind of how my humidor looks right now with the weather stripping, the weather stripping is stuck to ONLY the exterior part of the humidor. None of the weather stripping goes inside the seam. The weather stripping is ONLY on the "edge" of the lid and ONLY on the "edge" of the body of the exterior part of the humidor. And the weather strips "meet" with each other ONLY on the exterior part of the humidor when the lid is closed shut to the body of the humidor. So, there is NO WAY that any odor from the weather stripping can get inside the humidor. This is the ONLY fix that can be done to help seal my humidor. Any of the other fixes will not correct the leak in the seal. The weather stripping acts as a barrier or wall to stop humidity from exiting the humidor. And it is only exposed to the outside air of my room. It is not exposed to the inside of the humidor or to the inside of the seal of the humidor in any way. If it does give off any odor, it will be temporary because the air circulation of the room will cause the odor to go away with time. It's not like the weather stripping is enclosed inside the humidor or anything like that. It isn't.
I spoke to Viper about the way that I set up the weahter stripping on my humidor and he told me that the odor that the weather stripping is giving off will not affect my cigars because it is located on the exterior part of the humidor and not on the interior of the humidor. The odor should go away with a little bit of time from being exposed to the room's air circulation. It is the same type of weather stripping that's used for windows and doors. Viper also told me that this type of fix with weather stripping is a very common fix.

I don't know what else to tell you about this, but I hope that you understand what I am trying to say here. The odor of the weather stripping should not affect the cigars because it's on the outside, not on the inside of the humidor.

W/ all due respect, it doesn't watter where the weather stripping is at. If humidity can exit via the seal, odors and enter via the seal. So if the stripping is on the outide, it would be less likely for odor to enter. Not impossible. Here are your best options:

- Buy the wax for 2 dollars and fix the seal.
- Buy a humidifier for $35 and the cost of electricity, run it in the room.
- Buy something that already has a good seal.
- Stick with your weather srtipping and cross your fingers.

-E

 

[Bill Clinton]

As you know, two days ago, I put weather stripping around the lid and around the body of my humidor so when the lid and the body of the humidor close shut and "meet", the weather stripping could also "meet" and make a better seal around the seam of the lid. Well, I just got back from my office and I want to update you on what's going on. I checked the hydrometer inside my humidor again and the humidity level was only at 58%. I cannot understand WHY the humidity level didn't go up even after I put the weather stripping on? When I saw this, I made a decision and I put an extra 2 strips of weather stripping on all 3 sides (on the front and on the 2 sides) of my humidor over the original weather stripping in order to add a better seal. I also noticed that the odor of the original weather stripping was almost gone which is a good thing. I also recharged the 2 humistats again. The next thing that I did was add a lot of weight on top of the lid (I used some large books) to keep the lid pushed down and the seal between the lid and the body of the humidor nice and tight. I hope that I can see an increase in the humidity level with the extra insulation and with the weight that I put on top of the lid. I cannot think of WHY the humidity level didn't go up to 70% the 1st time that I used the weather stripping on my humidor. Maybe I need to reseason the humidor again? I don't know. I hope that the humidity will reach 70% with the extra weather stripping. I am really getting fed up with this humidor.

I am also still waiting for Viper's 1 1/2 lbs of 70% humidification beads. I am going to recharge them with distilled water and put them inside the humidor right away when I get them and hope that the humidity level goes up to 70%.

 

[emodx]

From what I remember, beads work best with water vapor and not being soaked with water.

-E

 

[emodx]

Also, what is the average temp in the room. As the temp decreases, the maximum RH level decreases also.

-E

 

[gandolf565]

I caught something that may be relevant.

Someone mentioned footlocker, is that what you are using?
What are the dimensions? What kind of wood is it made from? What kind of finish does it have? What kind of construction is used on the joints?

If it is a footlocker as I know footlockers it is probably never going to work as a humidor as they are not built to be one. You may be able to seal it up with a good latex paint on the outside, and silicone along all the seams, but it would be hard to justify the trouble and expense.

 

[Rob_k]

I caught something that may be relevant.

Someone mentioned footlocker, is that what you are using?
What are the dimensions? What kind of wood is it made from? What kind of finish does it have? What kind of construction is used on the joints?

If it is a footlocker as I know footlockers it is probably never going to work as a humidor as they are not built to be one. You may be able to seal it up with a good latex paint on the outside, and silicone along all the seams, but it would be hard to justify the trouble and expense.

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i'd be more worried about the odor from the silicone, that stuff is nasty smelling, and takes a very long time to dissapate.

 

[tandblov]

You know fellas,

This guy post at a different board under a different name and asked the same questions. One thing I've noticed is that he asks the same questions over and over again and it doesn't matter if you give him helpful suggestions or not. He simply won't take them. Usually he then accuses people of not "paying attention" or "getting off subject" giving 'bad opinions", and is generally annoying. My favorite is that he will ask for opinions, then we he gets them, he will tell you your wrong. He has begun many flame wars in his short history on the boards in this fashion.


just wait until he starts to laud the wonderful Ron Jeremy or John Holmes in every one of his posts...

 

[emodx]

You know fellas,

This guy post at a different board under a different name and asked the same questions. One thing I've noticed is that he asks the same questions over and over again and it doesn't matter if you give him helpful suggestions or not. He simply won't take them. Usually he then accuses people of not "paying attention" or "getting off subject" giving 'bad opinions", and is generally annoying. My favorite is that he will ask for opinions, then we he gets them, he will tell you your wrong. He has begun many flame wars in his short history on the boards in this fashion.


just wait until he starts to laud the wonderful Ron Jeremy or John Holmes in every one of his posts...

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Thanks for the heads up!

 

[AVB]

You use "food grade" and not the stuff you seal windows with.

I caught something that may be relevant.

Someone mentioned footlocker, is that what you are using?
What are the dimensions? What kind of wood is it made from? What kind of finish does it have? What kind of construction is used on the joints?

If it is a footlocker as I know footlockers it is probably never going to work as a humidor as they are not built to be one. You may be able to seal it up with a good latex paint on the outside, and silicone along all the seams, but it would be hard to justify the trouble and expense.

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i'd be more worried about the odor from the silicone, that stuff is nasty smelling, and takes a very long time to dissapate.

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[Bill Clinton]

You know fellas,

This guy post at a different board under a different name and asked the same questions. One thing I've noticed is that he asks the same questions over and over again and it doesn't matter if you give him helpful suggestions or not. He simply won't take them. Usually he then accuses people of not "paying attention" or "getting off subject" giving 'bad opinions", and is generally annoying. My favorite is that he will ask for opinions, then we he gets them, he will tell you your wrong. He has begun many flame wars in his short history on the boards in this fashion.


just wait until he starts to laud the wonderful Ron Jeremy or John Holmes in every one of his posts...

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You are making a mistake. I have a humidor that truly has a problem with keeping the humidity level at 70%. I don't like of being accused of telling people that they are giving me "bad opinions". This is not true. I like it when people that give me advice "stay" on the subject. That's all that I ask for.

And to the person in here that wants to know what type of footlocker humidor that I won. It's a Don Salvatore Footlocker style humidor.

 

[emodx]

You know fellas,

This guy post at a different board under a different name and asked the same questions. One thing I've noticed is that he asks the same questions over and over again and it doesn't matter if you give him helpful suggestions or not. He simply won't take them. Usually he then accuses people of not "paying attention" or "getting off subject" giving 'bad opinions", and is generally annoying. My favorite is that he will ask for opinions, then we he gets them, he will tell you your wrong. He has begun many flame wars in his short history on the boards in this fashion.


just wait until he starts to laud the wonderful Ron Jeremy or John Holmes in every one of his posts...

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You are making a mistake. I have a humidor that truly has a problem with keeping the humidity level at 70%. I don't like of being accused of telling people that they are giving me "bad opinions". This is not true. I like it when people that give me advice "stay" on the subject. That's all that I ask for.

And to the person in here that wants to know what type of footlocker humidor that I won. It's a Don Salvatore Footlocker style humidor.

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Fair enough, but I still think if you dont address the seal, then you are wasteing your time. If you are truely looking to fix your footlocker, then why didn't you even acknowledge my posts? Right now this smells fishy. I have offered my expertice, I think you have enough info go go on. Probably best if you just drop the thread altogether.

Emo

 

[Bill Clinton]

I am going to check out my humidor again on Christmas day after 24 hours go by. I want to see if the humidity goes up to 70%. If it doesn't, I will probably go out and purchase a tupperdor and use the beads that I get from Viper in my tupperdor. If I go the tupperdor route, I will definitely need advice on how to set up the tupperdor.
I will update you on the progress of my humidor after I recheck it tommorrow.

 

[emodx]

I am going to check out my humidor again on Christmas day after 24 hours go by. I want to see if the humidity goes up to 70%. If it doesn't, I will probably go out and purchase a tupperdor and use the beads that I get from Viper in my tupperdor. If I go the tupperdor route, I will definitely need advice on how to set up the tupperdor.
I will update you on the progress of my humidor after I recheck it tommorrow.

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You're too much. I just told you how to fix your seal. And you aren't going to at least try a 2 dollar fix because you can't take a bit of good advice. Go ahead, get some tupperware. Hard headed buffoon.

-E

 

[Bill Clinton]

I'm sorry. I will take and make use of your advice about the sailor's wax. I am sorry that I did not acknowledge anything about the advice that you gave to me in your post. I WILL definitely take your advice about the sailor's wax. I will have to purchase the wax on Monday after the holiday and give it a whirl. I promise.

 

[SMOKE!]

yeah

 

[JimK]

What is the weather stripping made of?  I'm afraid that the weatherstripping or the adhesive may outgas and produce unpleasant smells in your humi.

JK

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I placed the weather stripping ONLY on the outside part of the humidor along the edge of the lid and along the edge of the body of the humidor right before where the lid "meets" with the body of the humidor on the edge of the seam.

NONE of the weather stripping is exposed to the inside of the lid of the humidor. There is an odor that the weather stripping emits, but the odor that is being emitted is exposed only to the exterior part of the humidor. When the lid is closed shut, both strips of the weather stripping meet with each other to act as a seal on the outside part of the humidor along the seam where the lid meets the body of the humidor.

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Well, if the weather stripping is completely sealed off from the humidor, then the weather stripping is unnecessary, since that would mean your humidor is perfectly sealed inside the lip. However, if your humidor is not perfectly sealed, I would be concerned about the smell of the stripping. It sounds like it is in an enclosed space, and has nowhere to go except inside your humidor.

JK

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I don't understand what you mean. To make you better understand and for you to have a better picture in your mind of how my humidor looks right now with the weather stripping, the weather stripping is stuck to ONLY the exterior part of the humidor. None of the weather stripping goes inside the seam. The weather stripping is ONLY on the "edge" of the lid and ONLY on the "edge" of the body of the exterior part of the humidor. And the weather strips "meet" with each other ONLY on the exterior part of the humidor when the lid is closed shut to the body of the humidor. So, there is NO WAY that any odor from the weather stripping can get inside the humidor. This is the ONLY fix that can be done to help seal my humidor. Any of the other fixes will not correct the leak in the seal. The weather stripping acts as a barrier or wall to stop humidity from exiting the humidor. And it is only exposed to the outside air of my room. It is not exposed to the inside of the humidor or to the inside of the seal of the humidor in any way. If it does give off any odor, it will be temporary because the air circulation of the room will cause the odor to go away with time. It's not like the weather stripping is enclosed inside the humidor or anything like that. It isn't.
I spoke to Viper about the way that I set up the weahter stripping on my humidor and he told me that the odor that the weather stripping is giving off will not affect my cigars because it is located on the exterior part of the humidor and not on the interior of the humidor. The odor should go away with a little bit of time from being exposed to the room's air circulation. It is the same type of weather stripping that's used for windows and doors. Viper also told me that this type of fix with weather stripping is a very common fix.

I don't know what else to tell you about this, but I hope that you understand what I am trying to say here. The odor of the weather stripping should not affect the cigars because it's on the outside, not on the inside of the humidor.

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It's really simple. If it is impossible (as you say) for the odor from the weatherstripping to get in your humidor through the seal, then it is impossible for humidity to get out through that same seal.

Look, the real story here is that you worry and post way too much about these things. I remember one of your other posts on another board where you bought a bunch of cigars and wanted everyone to critique your purchase. You worried so much about what everyone thought, and should you have bought something different, and on and on, just like here. It gets really old.

You have gotten the best advice you are going to get on this thread. Try what has been suggested and if it doesn't work, you need to ditch the footlocker and get a good humidor. If you have over $1000 in cigars as you say, it really shouldn't be a big deal to go to Bargain Humidors and get a $99 decent humidor to keep them in. It's that simple.

 

[Bill Clinton]

yeah

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Yeah is right!