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kidthatsirishkidthatsirish Member Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭
edited September 2018 in General Discussion
If a gun safe is kept in a garage in a place where the humidity is on average 54% during the year and in the coldest months gets to around 62% and the hot months is around 51 % and it has a golden road in it do you think it will have any issues for the guns in it?
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  • jimdeerejimdeere Member, Moderator Posts: 26,277 ******
    edited November -1
    Is that like the yellow brick road?
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  • danielgagedanielgage Member Posts: 10,583 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    no sir
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  • kidthatsirishkidthatsirish Member Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by jimdeere
    Is that like the yellow brick road?


    Lol....autocorrect got that one![:p]
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  • remingtonoaksremingtonoaks Member Posts: 26,245 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You know it wouldn't hurt to put some of that silica gel pellets in it too. You can get a gallon jug of it for about 20-30 bucks online. I would get the color changing type, that way you can know when you have to rejuvenate it

    It comes in an opaque plastic jug that looks about like a antifreeze jug. But like I said, its opaque that way you can see if the silica gel has changed colors. I just drilled a bunch of small holes in The Jug itself to attract the moisture, and put the whole jug in my safe. It seems to work really good for me. I think I have to take it out about every 3 years to rejuvenate it. And the humidity where I keep my safe is about the same as what you're talking about. And no I don't have an electric dehumidifier in my safe
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  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My friend has had his safe in his garage for 40 years. He collects a lot of antique firearms. He has a golden rod and silicone packets in the safe. Never a problem. He also has it raised off the concrete floor with a pedestal he built. About 6" high, so it doesn't draw moisture in. I put the golden rod in about 10 years ago for him. Before then, he just used the silicone packets.Oak.
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Use the correct size golden rod and keep fabrics out of contact with it, it needs air flow around it. I live in the desert and worry more about too dry. I wish there were a humidostat that would turn the golden rod on and off to maintain a set humidity range.
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  • kidthatsirishkidthatsirish Member Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yeah...one of the things I worry about of course is the temperature swings....winters can be in the single digits and summers in the triple digits.

    Also the contact with the floor is a really good point. Would having it on top of a rubber mat help?
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  • kidthatsirishkidthatsirish Member Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by kidthatsirish
    Yeah...one of the things I worry about of course is the temperature swings....winters can be in the single digits and summers in the triple digits.

    Also the contact with the floor is a really good point. Would having it on top of a rubber mat help?


    Edit...now that I think about it the temperature swings really shouldn't worry me. My guns get that cold when I go hunting or when I go to the range or heat up when I do a rapid shot string and they have never had a problem....I would like a barrier between the safe and concrete that will help keep the powder coat from getting scratched up and thus preventing rust on the bottom.
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