I have an old cedar chest that I was thinking about making into a humidor- I know that I would need to create a good seal for the lid. My question is would regular cedar work sufficiently or would it need to be spanish cedar? Thanks for the help.
Design for new Humidor
- Thread starter Bennett's Dad
- Start date
-
- Tags
- cigar humidors
it HAS to be spanish cedar. Regular cedar is to aromatic and will put that smell into your sticks
Oh well- I will then just have to make do with what I have- until I need to go bigger- but with a three month old baby girl, the likelyhood of that is pretty rare- at least for the time being
why not seal the inside with an acrylic of some sort and then cover the inside with spanish cedar?
I made my coolerdor for about 150 bucks. You could be even cheaper if you went with beads instead of the oasis
Joined Oct 2005
2K Posts | 1+
Lost in translation
56 qt. cooler at walmart: 15 bucks
3 pound container of exquisicat crystal cat litter: 11 bucks
Mesh fileter media bag (to hold cat liter) 2 bucks
4 empty wooden cigar boxes: free
radio shack digital hygrometer: 15 bucks
Total Cost 43 bucks
The coolerdor probably has enough space for 10-12 boxes. The empty cigar boxes can serve as your trays for storage of singles.
3 pound container of exquisicat crystal cat litter: 11 bucks
Mesh fileter media bag (to hold cat liter) 2 bucks
4 empty wooden cigar boxes: free
radio shack digital hygrometer: 15 bucks
Total Cost 43 bucks
The coolerdor probably has enough space for 10-12 boxes. The empty cigar boxes can serve as your trays for storage of singles.
Some very fine crafted cabinets are made with Mahogany lining.
It is said to be very nice wood - though not a lot of people use it.
The cedar boxes and the Mahogany liner can be a very functional
combination.
CC
It is said to be very nice wood - though not a lot of people use it.
The cedar boxes and the Mahogany liner can be a very functional
combination.
CC
CastleCrest said:
CC, do you mean American cedar? Even though it is lined with another wood, couldn't the strong oils and aroma seep through to the mahogany liner?
I did not mean to imply to line the cedar chest -
I agree to strong a flavor will be inparted from Am. Cedar.
Just was thinking a Mahogany lined humdor is a nice thing!
Thinking out loud :roll:
I agree to strong a flavor will be inparted from Am. Cedar.
Just was thinking a Mahogany lined humdor is a nice thing!
Thinking out loud :roll:
CC I agree on the mahogany. I want to say that the spanish cedar aides in maintaining a consistent himidity level by absorbing moisture and releasing moisture when drier air is present, but all wood would do that at some level.
I would also state that you would want a very dense or hard wood for making a humidor with as a humidor is a torturous environment for wood and will test all the joints in a box or cabinet.
I was thinking of what I wanted to use for the floors of my walk in, i was thinking of doing a tile mosaic of the Gurkha legend band on the floor, but I may use ash or mahogany
I would also state that you would want a very dense or hard wood for making a humidor with as a humidor is a torturous environment for wood and will test all the joints in a box or cabinet.
I was thinking of what I wanted to use for the floors of my walk in, i was thinking of doing a tile mosaic of the Gurkha legend band on the floor, but I may use ash or mahogany
Spanish cedar is a mahogany. It isn't even in the cedar family. Also rememer that when people use mahogany in humidors, what they use are still particular species--Honduran and another whose name escapes me.
quagmire teaches all!! Good stuff man. I never claimed to know all that much about wood, but I did not realize the spanish cedar fell into the mahogany family.
Thanks for the new knowledge.
Thanks for the new knowledge.