I have let them dry or left them in a warm oven till they are bone dry. Other than having to wet the tip so it doesn't crumble in my mouth I've never had a problem. They smoke fine.How long should someone dry their cigars?? I've been rolling a few out of bright leaf lately just to get in the mindset of doing it. The problems I have is getting the sodding thing to roll. I can get the wrapper and binders on, but I never have any idea how much filler to stick in there??
Also if I find I'm a terrible cigar roller can cigar tobacco be smoked in cigarettes??
Kiln is on for next month, got my 4 dollar thrift store crock pot, remote temp / humidity sensor.I highly reccommend getting started on your kiln Chris, It makes all the difference.
Here are a few I just whipped up. It took 40 minutes to do these six, but the wrapper was semi-prepped.
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Chris, Any chance you can get a dead upright freezer? I did years ago and like it. It's easy to gut and everything else is all built for you. I got mine from my garbage man but I see old freezers listed all the time on Craig's list. Two problems with mine -- It's outdoors and I have a bit of trouble keeping it hot enough. (Need to add insulation) The humidity seems low. If I had it to do again I wouldn't drill vent holes. Moisture just seems to leak out by itself.Kiln is on for next month, got my 4 dollar thrift store crock pot, remote temp / humidity sensor.
Going to Lowes and get thermostat, but not sure what to make it out of yet, going for a 4 x 4 x ? on height.
It's going in laundry room.