On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Subash <pdml.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Bong, actually i happened to ask the guy a while back how he went > about it and i still have his reply. quoting verbatim (and i have never > done this myself): > > <quote> > from a chemist I bought half a kilo of silica gel. I keep the silica > gel wrapped up in a handkerchief in the airtight box along with my > equipment and secure the lid. This is very very effective. About once a > week (when I'm not using the equipment, i.e, when I'm not opening the > box too often) I remove the silica gel and put it in an oven, set to 50 > degree celsius for about half an hour. This has to be done because once > the gel absorbs the moisture in the box, it doesn't work anymore. When > the gel is dry, it is a beautiful, deep blue in colour. Once it has > absorbed moisture beyond its capacity, it turns pink. If you heat it at > a low 50-60 C in an oven or microwave, it'll turn blue again. > </quote> > Thanks! This is very useful!
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