Need some help in rehumidifying tobacco that has gotten to dry, please!

Tuxedo007

I have some Mac Barren tobacco that, due to my being hospitalized & then going thru rehab has dried out!  I thought that I saw some posts on here somewhere that looked very interesting, but I cannot find them now!  Your guidance and help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks a lot, & Merry Christmas!

Tuxedo007

mfresa

@Tuxedo007 if you use the search box at the top of the page( not easy to find) you should find it. I tried re-humidifying some Pelican two weeks ago and had limited success.

Woodsman

One method for a tin or so is to wet a piece of paper towel cut to fit on top of the tobacco in it's container, cover and check next day, repeat if necessary. Use the  purest water you have.

Tuxedo007

Thanks for the inputs, I appreciate it! @mfresa, you are sooo right, the search box is extremely hard to find!

mfresa

@Tuxedo007, yes, it is a white box on a white background - BRILLIANT, if you don't want your users to use it, eh?

Tuxedo007

Perhaps they don't know the answers like the members do! Merry Christmas, @mfresa!

xDutchx

Tuxedo, I just put my tobacco in a small Tupperware style container, and spray the underside of the lid with distilled water. Usually within 24 hours, the tobacco will have drawn the water completely from the underside of the lid. Rinse and repeat as needed.

piperdave

@Tuxedo007 I found an old TPL post Hope this helps with the re-hydrating. It was called
"Tried & True Ways to (re)Moisten Dry Tobacco?"

Hawkeyeted

Place your opened tin of tobacco in the bottom of a large dish (I use a square Pyrex dish).  Then take a smaller dish (like dipping sauce size, or something similar) and fill with hot water and place it in the bottom of the large dish.  Cover the large dish with plastic wrap and let it sit overnight.  The hot water humidifies the air under the plastic wrap.  The dry tobacco in the tin absorbs the humidity.  The next morning, re-hydrated tobacco.

buflosab

I tried the apple slice inside of the bag and let sit for a couple of days,worked well,haven't tried the orange peel yet.

AnantaAndroscoggin

I remember someone once telling me that a potato slice would do the same thing as an apple slice, but "without changing the taste like the apple would."

Tuxedo007

Thanks for all the help! It is greatly appreciated.  May you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Woodsman

I used to put a thin slice of Apple in my tobacco pouch to keep the tobacco moist. Many say the Apple will mildew/mold but I never had that happen. When the pouch was empty I'd throw the slice out

PappyJoe

I have used orange peel and it doesn't really change the flavor of the tobacco. I've tried the apple and didn't like the results and would never try a slice of potato. Cut a potato and set it on a counter. In 5 or 6 minutes it will start turning black. For that matter an apple will start turning brown also.

motie2

Don't use orange pell.... leads to mold; use orange zest only.

PappyJoe

@motie2 - I've never had the problem with mold while using an orange peel. I also don't leave the peel in for more than a day or two though.

motie2

I bow to your experience, Pappy!

motie2

A primer on tobacco moisture

https://pipesmagazine.com/blog/out-of-the-ashes/dust-in-the-wind-a-primer-on-tobacco-moisture/

KA9FFJ

@motie2
Your entry forced me to go back and reread these posts.
@xDutchx used the same method I still use today...
To add to this technique, instead of confining it to a Tupperware container, I sometimes just fine mist the underside of the lid of my mason jar(s) with distilled water and place them back on the shelf. Then I check on them in 1 or 2 days. If I find them still wanting, I repeat... works for me...

RSPiper

You would be surprised how well a piece of bread works.

bbrown626

I agree with KA9FFJ, although I have a big coffee can for the process  Misting with distilled water until I get the moisture level I want

motie2

Mason jar. Fill with dried tobacco. Put moistened (not sopping) clean paper towel in jar with tobacco. Screw lid tight. Put in sun for a couple of hours. Remove paper towel. Voila!

PappyJoe

I still believe pieces of orange peel works best.

motie2

Listen to @PappyJoe ………. but there ain’t no rhyme for orange, other than the archaic “sporange,” a botanical term.

Other words that have no rhyme include: silver, purple, month, ninth, pint, wolf, opus, dangerous, marathon and discombobulate.