re hydrating cigars???

Depends on the quality of the cigars as it may not be worth your time. But if they are excellent cigars you want to slowly recondition the cigars. Although, they will never be the quite the same. It takes about 6 weeks. So it goes like this place the cigars at 50% humidity for 2 weeks then 60% for 2 weeks and then the ideal 70% for the next 2 weeks at 70 degrees. It is important to recondition the cigar slowly. One may think about placing the cigar in a super humid environment (100%) but this will negatively affect the cigar and cause the wrapper to crack. Good luck and enjoy!

 

I've honestly never had much luck re-hydrating... maybe just me, but has not had
a good result in my experience.

 

This is very true if they are already cracking and in poor condition you may never be able to restore them to smoking condition. Throwing your dried up cigars directly in the perfect humidor conditions at 70-72% humidity and ~70 degrees will not provide the best results. The key is they need to be slowly reconditioned. The question is it worth going through the hassle? Well, if they are Havana, Montecristo A's I would do anything to get these cigars up to par.

 

You absolutely can re hydrate them. Just do exactly as 4re456 said. I'm currently rehydrating a Montecristo that I found in my Father's desk. It had been in there for about 20 years!

 

Easy fix.... Just watch the humidity level or they're going to crack open.

 

That's probably what I screwed up on... just popped them into the humidor - a week
later they had all cracked.

Is there any specific advice? I found a box of [I don't know what - no bands - bought
in Canada and pulled the bands] 10 or so that are quite dry, but intact. What humidity
for what time frame should I try?

Jedi

 

60-65 for ~3 months

 

Sure it's worth it if it gets your humidor up and running, ready to accept more stickage!

 

Thanks Darth... I'll try that. 10 good stogies have their lives depending upon your advice




Jedi

 

as a cheap fix you can try placing the cigars in a closed plastic bag with a damp paper towel inside of it. just don't keep it in there too long; they could get mushy. give it a try.

 

I agree but I would go for 6 months.

And if it has not been mentioned, I also make sure to take the band off. In some cases I have see cigars that are dry swell up bigger than they were before the humidity evens out in them, and the band can cause damage.

 

I have had luck separating the cigars and paper towels with the plastic bags in the middle. It was just a box of romeo's from cuba most likely fakes anyhow but it worked ok. My friends enjoyed them and I wimped out with a Macanudo