Yeh, that's what I meant.
Thanks Kimo
Gordie
> A friend of mine gets about 1 kilo bags of silica beads from
> a Harley shop
> (used for large crates, like bikes or engines). This can be
> baked at 250
> degrees F (try overnight) to drive out any absorbed moisture, and then
> placed into muslin bags or pillows (seal well, as the dust is
> abrasive).
> For metals, you want very low humidity, about 15 to 20
> percent, so lots of
> silica is needed, and it must be bone dry before using, or it
> will release
> moisture (it tries to reach equalibrium with the atmosphere).
> You must also
> get an air-tight seal to keep humidity low. If you have
> parts with a mix of
> rubber or plastic and metal, the low humidity will cause cracking and
> hardening of these materials, so you need to keep a higher
> humidity of about
> 40 to 50 percent (above the point iron will rust). The little bags in
> stereos and computers is mostly cosmetic, it will not keep a
> dry environmet
> for long term storage. The cardboard box does a better job
> of buffering
> humidity at that size.
>
> Kimo Tichgelaar
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