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eastwood44mag · 01-08-2006, 10:46 AM

Apparently I did. Pulled the container out last night, and I have mold growing on my beads. Yes, I was using distilled water.

WTF?

01-08-2006, 10:57 AM

You sure the room mates aren't funnin' with ya? Maybe they watered the beads with fruit juice or something while you were gone...

red · 01-08-2006, 12:07 PM

You've picked up mold spores from somewhere.

Did you leave them out somewhere for a while before putting them in?

jkr · 01-08-2006, 12:25 PM

Sounds like you forgot to put four layers of weatherstripping and 4 concrete blocks and a stack of books on top of them.

(I have no idea where the mold could have come from.)

Rebgen · 01-08-2006, 02:02 PM

After you find a way to get rid of the mold, you might try what I do and see if it helps. I simply place a shot glass half filled with distilled H20 in the container of beads. The H20 evaporates from the shot glass and is absorbed by the beads slowly over time. It's as close to maintainance free I've come.

Good luck!

Krakatoa · 01-08-2006, 02:50 PM

That's a real shame indeed, especially at $25.00 - $30.00 a lb. for those suckers. Next time try the ExquisiCat Unscented Crystals which are about $1.50 a lb. and apparently do the exact same thing I've heard from several experienced people.

Here's a thread about them:

http://www.cigarwise.net/forums/show...272#post289272

01-08-2006, 03:17 PM

Plus, kitty litter never molds, glows in the dark so you can see your cigars in a power outage, and in a pinch you can eat it.

01-08-2006, 03:25 PM

Mold forming on the beads is rare but does happen. Generally it is because they were kept too wet, sometimes even sitting in water. When hydrating the beads add only enough distilled water to make 65%-70% of the beads clear.

Anodyne · 01-08-2006, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viper139

Generally it is because they were kept too wet, sometimes even sitting in water. When hydrating the beads add only enough distilled water to make 65%-70% of the beads clear.

I hope, for his own sake, that a certain evil dictator reads this.

fvfanmc · 01-08-2006, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jkr

Sounds like you forgot to put four layers of weatherstripping and 4 concrete blocks and a stack of books on top of them.

(I have no idea where the mold could have come from.)

Probably from the red caps!

01-08-2006, 10:46 AM	#1
eastwood44mag Club Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chicago.......ugh Posts: 4,559	How could I screw up with beads? Apparently I did. Pulled the container out last night, and I have mold growing on my beads. Yes, I was using distilled water. WTF? __________________ I am a mushroom. They keep me in the dark and feed me horse shit. "My cigars tend to attract the kind of women that b#*ch a lot" --N99

01-08-2006, 12:07 PM	#3
red Herf Meister Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: New Castle, IN Posts: 7,207	You've picked up mold spores from somewhere. Did you leave them out somewhere for a while before putting them in? __________________ I dropped a bone on the wife last night. She did not enjoy it...Briandg Of course there's no substitute for a Cuban woman. They just have that twang...Elkie Yeah, but whodababydaddy?...TommyBB You guys must be tonguing the hole or something...Smokerch

01-08-2006, 10:57 AM	#2
ElkTwin Guest Posts: n/a	You sure the room mates aren't funnin' with ya? Maybe they watered the beads with fruit juice or something while you were gone...

01-08-2006, 12:25 PM	#4
jkr Club Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 1,794	Sounds like you forgot to put four layers of weatherstripping and 4 concrete blocks and a stack of books on top of them. (I have no idea where the mold could have come from.)

01-08-2006, 02:02 PM	#5
Rebgen Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Des Moines, IA Posts: 543	After you find a way to get rid of the mold, you might try what I do and see if it helps. I simply place a shot glass half filled with distilled H20 in the container of beads. The H20 evaporates from the shot glass and is absorbed by the beads slowly over time. It's as close to maintainance free I've come. Good luck!

01-08-2006, 02:50 PM	#6
Krakatoa Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 162	That's a real shame indeed, especially at $25.00 - $30.00 a lb. for those suckers. Next time try the ExquisiCat Unscented Crystals which are about $1.50 a lb. and apparently do the exact same thing I've heard from several experienced people. Here's a thread about them: http://www.cigarwise.net/forums/show...272#post289272

01-08-2006, 03:17 PM	#7
ElkTwin Guest Posts: n/a	Plus, kitty litter never molds, glows in the dark so you can see your cigars in a power outage, and in a pinch you can eat it.

01-08-2006, 03:25 PM	#8
Viper139 Guest Posts: n/a	Mold forming on the beads is rare but does happen. Generally it is because they were kept too wet, sometimes even sitting in water. When hydrating the beads add only enough distilled water to make 65%-70% of the beads clear.