Older Cigars - Can I save them?

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Guy next door stopped smoking cigars and gave me a shoe box size tuperware box full of cigars. Some nice ones....Opus and Padron 64 inside but they are dry. Still smell good.

Anyway to save them?

 

[grateful1]

Are they all dried out?

Do you know how long they were in the tupperware with no humidification?

For starters, get or make a humipak and place it in the tupperware with the sticks - seal it.

 

[Devil Doc]

If they still smell good, chances are all the oils haven't yet evaporated. They might be worth saving. Bring them back slowly.

Doc

 

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1-2 years.....got 65% beads also. almost all are sealed in plastic ziplock bags or cellos.

Put water in the beads and go at it?

 

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I put in a hydrometer yesterday as soon as I opened them and inspected.

Just went in to check, it read 50%, he says he recharged the beads about once every 2 months but hadn't in 4-5 months.

Putting some beads in gradually.

 

[2K6TBSS]

From what I have read, you want to bring the RH back up slowly. Meaning like 2-3% every few months, if you just put them in 65% there's a good chance that the foot will swell and the wrapper will crack.

Recovering them will be a very long process, but if they are salvageable it will be worth the time spent.

 

[louich]

Indeed. keep the stick doule wrapped in a ziplock and slowly open up the 'insulated ziplock to bring back the RH back up. Failing to bring back stick slowlyback nup will make the wrappers crack :-(

 

[SeanBen]

Put them in th ziplock bags sealed properly, this will help you to save it.

 

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Going to try and bump the humdity today.

 

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They are at 56%

Going to try and get them to 58-60% this evening. Hopefully 58%.