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jaxgoldenboy · 04-30-2006, 06:23 PM

I've used a solution (not50/50) for a few years now and have generally been happy besides the fact it seems to evaporate faster than I'd like. I picked up a bottle of 50/50 with germicide today and while filling my credos noticed it was sticky, like sugar water. I'm hoping this will last longer. Anyone else use 50/50? And how do you like it. I know. One day I'll get some beads.

b0rderman · 04-30-2006, 06:37 PM

do you fill your credo's with 50/50 everytime???

That might be your problem because i think PG will stick around in the foam while the water evaporates and if you keep filling with 50/50 solution and not distilled water you'll eventually clog all your oasis foam with PG, prolly not the case with you but just a thought

stonewallcadet · 04-30-2006, 07:54 PM

pg only needs to be used first time it also kills mold so not sure if the germicide has something extra in it or not.

Deriffe · 05-01-2006, 03:08 AM

50/50 to initally charge the credo. Then use distilled water to recharge the credo. About every 6 months or so, you'll need to use some 50/50.

That's why I went to beads. No more guess work.

Herfnerd · 05-01-2006, 04:28 AM

You can make your own cheaper than buying it.

And PG has mild anti-microbial properties - they really don't add a germicide or anti-biotic to it......

KatDad · 05-01-2006, 05:36 AM

When I used that type of humidification, I would use 50/50 PG solution about once every three or four recharges. Now I use beads!

debaire · 05-01-2006, 12:48 PM

I didn't know that about the 50/50 PG solution...hm...interesting...

Emmo · 05-01-2006, 03:42 PM

In the winter months I just add distilled water. In the summer I'll add 50/50 twice.
Every couple of years I cut new blocks of foam and start over.

jaybo41 · 05-02-2006, 04:46 PM

Beads took all the guesswork out of the various solutions, foam and mold questions for me

hijerky · 05-02-2006, 08:13 PM

i was at the local JR today and they have beads made by madelaine (the company that makes 50/50 solution, the logo looks like groucho marx). they come in a small plastic jar and say they are pre-charged, just added distilled water if they start to go dry. has anybody used these? how do they compare with vipers beads? on the label it says they regulate at 70-72%.

also, for a small humidor (like this one http://www.jrcigars.com/index.cfm?pa...HU150&type=hum) would one jar of those beads be enough?

04-30-2006, 06:23 PM	#1
jaxgoldenboy Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jacksonville, Florida Posts: 1,682	50/50 Solution I've used a solution (not50/50) for a few years now and have generally been happy besides the fact it seems to evaporate faster than I'd like. I picked up a bottle of 50/50 with germicide today and while filling my credos noticed it was sticky, like sugar water. I'm hoping this will last longer. Anyone else use 50/50? And how do you like it. I know. One day I'll get some beads. __________________ When the Prophet speaks, the thinking has been done.

04-30-2006, 06:37 PM	#2
b0rderman Club Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Boca Raton, FL Posts: 3,293	do you fill your credo's with 50/50 everytime??? That might be your problem because i think PG will stick around in the foam while the water evaporates and if you keep filling with 50/50 solution and not distilled water you'll eventually clog all your oasis foam with PG, prolly not the case with you but just a thought __________________ Stefan I'm just a yoot "Cigar smoking is a treasure for its pleasure of the senses" - T2B

04-30-2006, 07:54 PM	#3
stonewallcadet Club Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Utah Posts: 1,060	pg only needs to be used first time it also kills mold so not sure if the germicide has something extra in it or not. __________________ "Eating and sleeping are the only activities that should be allowed to interrupt a man's enjoyment of his cigar." -- Mark Twain

05-01-2006, 03:08 AM	#4
Deriffe Herf Meister Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: St Louis Missouri Posts: 8,683	50/50 to initally charge the credo. Then use distilled water to recharge the credo. About every 6 months or so, you'll need to use some 50/50. That's why I went to beads. No more guess work. __________________ "This really sucks." http://www.myspace.com/deriffe01

05-01-2006, 04:28 AM	#5
Herfnerd Club Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Fort Mill, SC Posts: 1,817	You can make your own cheaper than buying it. And PG has mild anti-microbial properties - they really don't add a germicide or anti-biotic to it...... __________________ Smoke 'em if ya got 'em

05-01-2006, 05:36 AM	#6
KatDad Herf God Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Overland Park, Kansas Posts: 30,265	When I used that type of humidification, I would use 50/50 PG solution about once every three or four recharges. Now I use beads! __________________ The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it George Bernard Shaw The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it H. L. Mencken The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants Albert Camus The Land of the Free Because of the Brave

05-01-2006, 12:48 PM	#7
debaire Herf Meister Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Oviedo, FL Posts: 5,185	I didn't know that about the 50/50 PG solution...hm...interesting... __________________ Steve Fine, twist my arm, I'll smoke a cigar. RIP cubano67, knife Full Flavor Federation (FFF) - Charter Member

05-01-2006, 03:42 PM	#8
Emmo Club Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: What I ask myself every mornin Posts: 1,841	In the winter months I just add distilled water. In the summer I'll add 50/50 twice. Every couple of years I cut new blocks of foam and start over. __________________ Q. Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in them and has actually seen them on at least two occasions. What are they? A. Charley Weaver: His feet..

05-02-2006, 04:46 PM	#9
jaybo41 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: One Sweet World Posts: 2,418	Beads took all the guesswork out of the various solutions, foam and mold questions for me

05-02-2006, 08:13 PM	#10
hijerky Starting Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: north jersey Posts: 41	beads/gel i was at the local JR today and they have beads made by madelaine (the company that makes 50/50 solution, the logo looks like groucho marx). they come in a small plastic jar and say they are pre-charged, just added distilled water if they start to go dry. has anybody used these? how do they compare with vipers beads? on the label it says they regulate at 70-72%. also, for a small humidor (like this one http://www.jrcigars.com/index.cfm?pa...HU150&type=hum) would one jar of those beads be enough?