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Offline Badger

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Disiccants for keeping wood dry
« on: May 30, 2018, 06:27:55 am »
  Has anyone here used desiccants instead of heat for keeping bows dry? I was reading up on common desiccants and they seem like a perfect solution. Calcium chloride granules are cheap and easy to get. They can be dried out and reused if necessary also. Might create a problem of getting wood to dry not really sure.
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Disiccants for keeping wood dry
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2018, 06:37:01 am »
The thought did cross my mind years ago but I never followed through with it.  Those little desiccant packs you get are silicon dioxide and are usually just thrown away, I had the thought of keeping them and using them for that purpose
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Re: Disiccants for keeping wood dry
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2018, 06:41:56 am »
  From what I have been reading it doesn't take near as much desiccant as I would have expected. A small amount will actually keep a closet dry.
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Disiccants for keeping wood dry
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2018, 06:54:26 am »
I was thinking about this same thing the other day.  I believe some of those mini dehumidifiers use this same concept
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Disiccants for keeping wood dry
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2018, 06:59:36 am »
I use them in my ammo box.  I don't see why it wouldn't work for bow storage. 
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Re: Disiccants for keeping wood dry
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2018, 07:01:31 am »
  Charcoal, plaster of paris, coffee creamer, all kinds of things will work, I think dried out coffee grounds would even work.
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Re: Disiccants for keeping wood dry
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2018, 07:08:18 am »
I use them in my roll around tool box in the garage. When I consider how much moisture could be a 6 foot long piece of wood, I'm not sure those tiny bags would do much. Unless you saved about 100 of them.
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Offline ksnow

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Re: Disiccants for keeping wood dry
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2018, 07:19:53 am »
I keep 5 pound bags of it in my garage tool box and my gun cabinets.  You'd have to have a lot of it and keep the staves in a fairly tightly sealed room.

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Offline Pat B

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Re: Disiccants for keeping wood dry
« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2018, 08:12:27 am »
When I was in Colorado elk hunting Kenneth and I kept our bows in a PVC tube with uncooked rice in it as a desiccant. It rained every afternoon and we were camped near a stream with very little sunlight so it was very humid. We were hunting with selfbows and sinew backed bows and never saw any decrease in power due to the moisture.
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Re: Disiccants for keeping wood dry
« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2018, 08:20:14 am »
I kept 8 [2 sinewed] bows inside a sealed type PVC tube with a few bags of those at an event I stayed at for 4 days.It rained a lot 3 of those days.I did'nt exactly weight test the bows but I did'nt feel any or much at all reduction in draw weight.


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Re: Disiccants for keeping wood dry
« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2018, 10:05:58 am »
I just bought one.....

I'll let you know how it works.  I plan to just leave it in my hot box (without the light bulbs on)
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Re: Disiccants for keeping wood dry
« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2018, 10:21:40 am »
You need to disable the link.  It's against PA rules
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Re: Disiccants for keeping wood dry
« Reply #12 on: May 30, 2018, 10:22:54 am »
Sorry, wasn't aware of that.  I took it off.
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Re: Disiccants for keeping wood dry
« Reply #13 on: May 30, 2018, 10:31:36 am »
Ben, read the rules just so you won't make the mistake again.   :OK
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Re: Disiccants for keeping wood dry
« Reply #14 on: May 30, 2018, 10:50:27 am »
Pat, I read the rules when I first signed on, and I just re-read them.  I interpreted the rules as no link posting if you are promoting the item to sell it or trying to get someone to your website. 
I just wanted to give a visual to what I was talking about, but no problem I won't post links anymore. 
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