Ghost
12-09-2008, 06:47 PM
Desicants...."Silica Gel" works well until it becomes WET..which it will after awhile. However, IF you can get to the Silica Gel containers, and remove them from the boat periodically, you can put them in the oven and bake them dry and reuse them.
Silica Gel is dark BLUE, when it's DRY, and PINK when it's wet. Once it absorbs enough moisture (Pink) it will No Longer absorb any more and MUST be baked out. :yes: John
That's exactly my experience as well. I bought a bunch of reusable ones from a fairly industrial supplier. Each has a plastic case a little bigger than an old "Chunky" candy bar and is supposed to handle several cubic feet. Over the winter storage, all went from blue to pink and thus needed the moisture driven out with a long, low temperature oven spell. Supposed to be good for many re-uses.
Silica Gel is dark BLUE, when it's DRY, and PINK when it's wet. Once it absorbs enough moisture (Pink) it will No Longer absorb any more and MUST be baked out. :yes: John
That's exactly my experience as well. I bought a bunch of reusable ones from a fairly industrial supplier. Each has a plastic case a little bigger than an old "Chunky" candy bar and is supposed to handle several cubic feet. Over the winter storage, all went from blue to pink and thus needed the moisture driven out with a long, low temperature oven spell. Supposed to be good for many re-uses.