Doctoring up cigars w/ beat up wrappers

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sepia5

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Anyone have any advice on how to help out a wrapper that is pretty banged up and split? I picked up 2 601 Habanas today while in Ybor City, and stuck them in my cargo pocket as I was leaving. I forgot about them all day, until I got home, only to find they'd been banged up pretty badly. I'm kicking myself for having let this happen, as I've been wanting to try these for awhile now. :mad:
 
sepia5 said:
Anyone have any advice on how to help out a wrapper that is pretty banged up and split? I picked up 2 601 Habanas today while in Ybor City, and stuck them in my cargo pocket as I was leaving. I forgot about them all day, until I got home, only to find they'd been banged up pretty badly. I'm kicking myself for having let this happen, as I've been wanting to try these for awhile now. :mad:
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"We can rebuild them...We have the technology...But I dont want to spend a lot.."

hehe I always get a kick out of that...

hmmm, thats tough man, if they are banged up pretty bad there is not much you can do about it. If its a split wrapper you can just try and light it up anyways and hope for the best. if its at the foot of the stogie it shouldnt make much of a different in my opinion, but i could be wrong. Anyways its tough to repair but good luck! :cb
 
It seems as if everytime I turn around the band takes part of the wrapper off :-( Good info here!
 
sepia5 said:
Anyone have any advice on how to help out a wrapper that is pretty banged up and split? I picked up 2 601 Habanas today while in Ybor City, and stuck them in my cargo pocket as I was leaving. I forgot about them all day, until I got home, only to find they'd been banged up pretty badly. I'm kicking myself for having let this happen, as I've been wanting to try these for awhile now. :mad:
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I am new to cigars but my advice is to just clip them down to the damage and smoke them. Enjoy what you can.
 
Smoked said:
I am new to cigars but my advice is to just clip them down to the damage and smoke them. Enjoy what you can.
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Or just light it up and go.

Seriously, I would fix a very expensive cigar or something extensively aged and irreplaceable. But the fixes posted seem like a lot of work for anything not too "special". :2
 
Warren said:
Or just light it up and go.

Seriously, I would fix a very expensive cigar or something extensively aged and irreplaceable. But the fixes posted seem like a lot of work for anything not too "special". :2
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No but seriously...some of us are just looking for any little reason to get out all of the paraphernalia and play doctor while smoking another. Ya just gotsa have a repair kit for just those times. ;)

Sometimes I put on a monocle when I do it so I can see those tiny little cracks and rips. :ss
 
Greg's Certo is what I have always used... however most of the time I simply smoke the cigar and don't waste the time to repair...
 
Commander Quan said:
If it starts unwrapping at the top where I cut the cap off I just use lots of slobber until it sticks together again
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I'll second that!

And if that doesn't work I end up peeling enough off so it begins to fall apart... then I puff, spit, puff, spit, puff, spit...
 
I always use pectin (certo, i think). The stuff works wonders.

Also, I keep a few damaged cigars in my humidor. I never intend to smoke them, but often transplant the wrapper to other cigars. I just put a little pectin over the tear/hole, and affix the wrapper like a patch. Doesn't look pretty, but it works.
 
Thanks for all the responses. Hopefully I can either doctor these up, or smoke the hell out of them at a rapid pace. I hear these 601's pack a punch though, so i may end up green. :pu
 
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