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desiccant

1022man1022man Member Posts: 512 ✭✭✭
edited January 2007 in Ask the Experts
Does anyone know where, as in store not net, where I could buy dome desiccant bags for my gun safe? A lot of the net palces want to sell unteen hundred bags, I only want a couple.
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  • cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,640 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Check out Fisher Scientific. I'm at home now and don't have their catalog here. I think they have small quantity bags available.
    It's too late for me, save yourself.
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  • sherpasherpa Member Posts: 171 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    they sell this stuff in the grocery store here in florida under the name "damp rid" for use in closets.
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  • JimmyJackJimmyJack Member Posts: 5,516 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Unless you live in a very dry climate, dessicant bags are very chancy. Break down and buy one of the heat bars and sleep better. Why take a chance, for even inexpensive guns?
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  • gotstolefromgotstolefrom Member Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I bought a gallon sized bucket of desciant from a hobby shop (the proposed use was for drying flowers). It works well in sucking up moisture, and I've re-generated it in the oven (250 F. for 6hr+).

    Unfortunately, I live in a humid environment. A quart plastic jar, perforated, will last 2 days in my safe. It will keep the contents of most ammo cans dry for about a month. Some cans look fine, but must not seal well and will turn the desicant in a couple of days.

    Go with JimmyJack's advice, it is the only thing that works around here.

    GOOD LUCK
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