desiccant supplier?

Hi,

I would like to get a couple little bags of silica desiccant to keep with my squares and straight edge. Where can I buy a few packages? I see that McMaster has them but that is a big deal to order from Canada for such a little item. What type of store sells this stuff that might be local?

Thanks, Peter

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petermichaux
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No capacity to those tiny packets except in a small, sealed, vapor-barrier container.

Suggest calcium chloride in a large polyethylene tub with tight lid (like Tupperware). Sold expensively at the hardware or boat store as a dessicant, or cheaply in bulk as a deicer (you said Canada) or as a swimming pool calcium hardness increaser (Wal-Mart). Regenerable in your oven.

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Richard J Kinch

You can buy silica gel at a crafts store, I bought some to do the same job as you are trying to do.It is used for drying flowers to preserve them.You will pay more at a tool supply for the same product.The craft store price is a whole lot cheaper for the same product.The product is loose in the package,I put some in brown craft paper like the ones from the supermarket shopping bags.Cut the paper into a small packet and staple it closed.This paper is porous enough to absorb any moisture in your toolbox.Works great.

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Time Traveler

Go to your local big box electronics store, and ask for some. They come in most electronics. Machine tool dealers also.

Although..if I was you...Id go to the nearest Indian speciality market and get a box of camphor cubes, or even a few ounces of camphor oil and put some on a piece of felt in each drawer.

As long as the squares and straight edge are Not plastic.

Gunner

Leftwingers are like pond scum. They are green, slimy, show up where they are not wanted, and interfere with the fishing.

Strider

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Gunner

Greetings.

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has everything you could possibly want

-- descants, oxygen absorbers, bags, sealers, etc. -- and a bit of information, too.

Cordially, Richard Kanarek (Occasional customer)

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Richard Kanarek

Several good sources were suggested by others. Strangely enough silica gel is also sold as kitty litter in pet stores these days.

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John Ings

Send me an email with your name and address. We throw away dozens of packets that come with our surface- mount IC's. I'll stick a handfull in the mail for you.

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Jim Stewart

Budda bing!

God I love this newsgroup.

Gunner

Leftwingers are like pond scum. They are green, slimy, show up where they are not wanted, and interfere with the fishing.

Strider

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Gunner

Will camphor damage plastic? Like screwdriver handles and whatnot?

-Ron

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Ron DeBlock

EZ Dry (?) is a product for keeping RV's and such dry. Sucks lots of water out of the air; I was really impressed. You can get refill packages in plastic bags at any RV or big box store. Put it in an old sock, wrap it up in a piece of newspaper, or sew it into a piece of denim. However you want to make it happen, and you can dry it in your oven for reuse.

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carl mciver

Hi Jim,

Thank you very much for your offer. Very generous. I'm going to look into a couple of the other options and if they don't work out I might take you up on your offer.

Thanks again, Peter

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petermichaux

Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. I'm glad I asked!

Peter

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petermichaux

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