You can get the dessicant form West Marine or other marine stores--works great.
wmts
>
> From: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
> Date: 2002/06/18 Tue PM 04:05:59 EDT
> To: "'LGMCAFEE@aol.com'" <LGMCAFEE@aol.com>, land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Imron paint
>
> List;
>
> One suggestion is to buy an empty paint can from Home Depot or somewhere and
> store the can of leftover activator inside. Pound the outside can lid on
> gently and it should seal airtight. A Mason or Ball home canning jar is also
> good but they don't hold as big a can inside.
>
> For really good humidity protection, you can toss in a bag or two of
> dessicant before you seal the outer can lid. Silica gel dessicant is used to
> keep military stuff dry and sometimes small bags of it also come in
> electronics packages.
>
> Bake the silica gel bags in an oven for a few hours at around 300F to drive
> off the moisture ("activate" the dessicant) and then use it immediately. It
> absorbs the water vapor (humidity) out of the air inside the can. There is
> usually a red/blue indicator in mil-spec bags that show when it needs to be
> re-activated.
>
> This works for any hygroscopic material such as brake fluid, etc., where
> "dry is better."
>
> Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ where it's 108 degrees but only 12% relative
> humidity
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LGMCAFEE@aol.com [mailto:LGMCAFEE@aol.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 12:40 PM
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Imron paint
>
>
> In a message dated 6/18/02 1:28:32 PM Central Daylight Time,
> wester6935@attbi.com writes:
>
> << Our local guys, Monte Widdison and Ed Shearer are very knowledgeable
> about
> paint.
>
> Monte says that the activator is like brake fluid, very susceptible to
> moisture and moisture is the thing that starts the chemical reaction with
> the paint. If you are in a higher humidity area, the activator goes bad
> that much faster. Your experience is consistent with those facts ...
> worked
> well when fresh, no good when it was just a month old. Chances are that if
> you get new activator and use it immediately you will have no further
> problems with duPont Imron paint. And this was advice from a PPG paint
> man.
>
> Wes
> >>
> Wes this could very well be the problem (high humidity) we have plenty of
> that in Mo. I just never had that problem before, what can be done to solve
> that problem other than to use a new bottle of activator each time which I
> can't afford to do. Thanks Larry Mac
>
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