Spilled Jar of Gel

Joined Aug 2004
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Joplin, MO
Let me start this by relaying that I am an idiot!

I bought my brother-in-law a humidor for Christmas. I had to travel with it. I had forgot to put the lid back onto a small jar of that gel stuff. Well, the humidor got tilted over in the car, and the black lid with holes popped off, and the gel went all over the humidor. The wood is fine, but there are stains where each part of the gel was laying in it. I am curious, will any of the chemicals from the gel (prop. glycol, correct?) hurt the humidor? Will it ever hurt the cigars in the humidor? What can I do to best clean it up? I was thinking about wiping it out again, with a damp cloth.

Any help would be appreciated!! Thanks...
 
I think if you just wipe it down with a damp cloth again - you should be okay. Just make sure it is not too wet so you don't warp the wood. I am sure the damage control that you have done already has taken most of the chemical effect out of the equation.
 
I agree with Kev. Just give it a good cleaning or even reseason it. It should be god to go.