I like to carry a few cans with me at all times. I have something strong, something min, and something sweet. Just have to be prepared, eh? However, this means I can be carrying a can in my pack for several days. Sometimes, they can get very very dry.
I know it would help to keep them in the fridge at night, and I usually fall asleep thinking that very thought ;-) I never actually get up and put them there, though.
I tried putting a bit of apple in the can - read that somewhere - but then I had a bunch of soggy, smelly snus that tasted like old apples. I wasn't able to think of anything else that would do the trick that didn't have some taste of its own. And there was no real control over HOW moiste things got.
So, here's my current experiment:
One day, at the drug store, I saw a box of those super-chamois-substitutes: Sham-Wow. Great product, works like advertized. Worth the 20 bucks for a box of many. So many that I have several that haven't ever been used. They come in two types in the box. One is thick and orange, the other is thin and blue.
What I've done, with a few cans, is cut off a bit of the blue, thin sham-wow and toss it in the can with a few drops of water on it. It has no taste (I'd probably wash it once before doing this) and it holds the water away from the snus really well. It seems to do the trick.
So far, I've found that you can overwater, and the snuss gets a bit wetter than a white portion should be, but I don't think it actually hurts anything, and I can just take the scrap out and put it in the container lid for safe-keeping while the snus dries out a bit. The whole process may take more pactice, but it looks like a winner.
Next step, I think, will be to buy a bunch of those little tiny zip-lock bags - about 1/2 inch square - poke pinholes in them, and put a bit of sham-wow in each. That may help regulate the amount and rate of moisture release. It also would keep the tobacco from staining them.
Does anyone already have something handy to keep snus from drying out - even when abused and kept in a pack for several days?
I know it would help to keep them in the fridge at night, and I usually fall asleep thinking that very thought ;-) I never actually get up and put them there, though.
I tried putting a bit of apple in the can - read that somewhere - but then I had a bunch of soggy, smelly snus that tasted like old apples. I wasn't able to think of anything else that would do the trick that didn't have some taste of its own. And there was no real control over HOW moiste things got.
So, here's my current experiment:
One day, at the drug store, I saw a box of those super-chamois-substitutes: Sham-Wow. Great product, works like advertized. Worth the 20 bucks for a box of many. So many that I have several that haven't ever been used. They come in two types in the box. One is thick and orange, the other is thin and blue.
What I've done, with a few cans, is cut off a bit of the blue, thin sham-wow and toss it in the can with a few drops of water on it. It has no taste (I'd probably wash it once before doing this) and it holds the water away from the snus really well. It seems to do the trick.
So far, I've found that you can overwater, and the snuss gets a bit wetter than a white portion should be, but I don't think it actually hurts anything, and I can just take the scrap out and put it in the container lid for safe-keeping while the snus dries out a bit. The whole process may take more pactice, but it looks like a winner.
Next step, I think, will be to buy a bunch of those little tiny zip-lock bags - about 1/2 inch square - poke pinholes in them, and put a bit of sham-wow in each. That may help regulate the amount and rate of moisture release. It also would keep the tobacco from staining them.
Does anyone already have something handy to keep snus from drying out - even when abused and kept in a pack for several days?
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