texashuntingforum.com logo
Main Menu
Advertisement
Affiliates
Advertisement
Newest Members
TraeMartin, Beatixre, MooseSteed, Trappernewt, casyoo
71987 Registered Users
Top Posters(All Time)
dogcatcher 110,788
bill oxner 91,416
SnakeWrangler 65,414
stxranchman 60,296
Gravytrain 46,950
RKHarm24 44,585
rifleman 44,461
Stub 43,764
Forum Statistics
Forums46
Topics536,989
Posts9,719,185
Members86,987
Most Online25,604
Feb 12th, 2024
Print Thread
Min-dehumidifiers? #5773931 06/04/15 04:57 PM
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 25,138
Creekrunner Offline OP
THF Celebrity
OP Offline
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 25,138
I have a Liberty gun safe. For several years now I've tried one of those mini-dehumidifiers that you plug in the wall to dry out. Blue for dry, pink for saturated. Darn thing turns pink in a couple of days inside the cabinet. It's always been that way, not just since the "month of rain". San Antonio area is more humid than Dallas. The rifles and pistols always look and function just fine.

Do I even need to hassle with this? My dad kept rifles in the corner of a closet, or in a plain cabinet in the living room and there wasn't a spot of rust on any of them.

On the plus side recently - the humidity in my cigar humidor is perfect.


...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
Re: Min-dehumidifiers? [Re: Creekrunner] #5774045 06/04/15 06:09 PM
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,401
O
OkieDokie Offline
Pro Tracker
Offline
Pro Tracker
O
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,401
I use the golden rod and have had it for 10 years or more and never have had a problem. Every once in a while I will touch it to make sure it is still warm and my safe is out in my garage. All guns have been wiped down with oil and are not in a case.


Maybe Today.
raptureready.com
Re: Min-dehumidifiers? [Re: Creekrunner] #5774225 06/04/15 07:55 PM
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 4,538
P
patriot07 Online Content
Extreme Tracker
Online Content
Extreme Tracker
P
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 4,538
I've never used anything and never had a problem. I think it's one of those products that is useful for a few folks that live in really humid environments or if you stick your safe outside in a non-climate-controlled environment, but they've convinced a ton of folks to buy them who don't really need them.

But OkieDokie for instance has his safe in his garage - he should absolutely put a dehumidifier in there. But if your safe is indoors and you don't live in south Louisiana, I wouldn't worry about it.

Re: Min-dehumidifiers? [Re: Creekrunner] #5774280 06/04/15 08:28 PM
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 25,138
Creekrunner Offline OP
THF Celebrity
OP Offline
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 25,138
Yep, it's indoors in air-conditioned (and heated) room. Thanks guys.


...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
Re: Min-dehumidifiers? [Re: Creekrunner] #5774286 06/04/15 08:32 PM
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 22,630
Cast Offline
THF Celebrity
Offline
THF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 22,630
Use a Golden Rod. Put the desiccant in there and it won't turn. I have both in my safe, maybe the Golden Rod dries the desiccant?


Cast

[Linked Image]

I have a short attention spa
Re: Min-dehumidifiers? [Re: Cast] #5774301 06/04/15 08:39 PM
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 3,647
S
Southtexas36 Offline
Extreme Tracker
Offline
Extreme Tracker
S
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 3,647
Originally Posted By: Cast
Use a Golden Rod. Put the desiccant in there and it won't turn. I have both in my safe, maybe the Golden Rod dries the desiccant?


I use desiccant alone, never had a problem and I live in S LA where 90% humidity is very common.

Re: Min-dehumidifiers? [Re: Creekrunner] #5774934 06/05/15 06:58 AM
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 2,062
T
Toxarch Offline
Veteran Tracker
Offline
Veteran Tracker
T
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 2,062
The Golden Rod is just there to create heat and circulation in the safe. With circulation, vapor can't condense on anything in the safe so no rust. It won't remove moisture.


It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger.

� Dwight D. Eisenhower
Re: Min-dehumidifiers? [Re: Creekrunner] #5775125 06/05/15 01:39 PM
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 472
R
rentzington Offline
Bird Dog
Offline
Bird Dog
R
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 472
I too use one of those plugin units and it doesn't take long at all to turn pink on the indicator which usually means i'll plug it in somewhere and then forget about it and add it back to the safe a week later.

before I got this I noticed some slight slight rust on a mosin, not bad just very slight....i should get a golden rod but my safe didn't have predrilled holes or outlets for one.

Re: Min-dehumidifiers? [Re: Creekrunner] #5775348 06/05/15 04:57 PM
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 2,919
M
maximum Offline
Veteran Tracker
Offline
Veteran Tracker
M
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 2,919
go to your nearest dollar tree store, and look for the desiccants
they sell. they're roughly quart-sized and do a really good job
in deep east Texas humidity and mosquito city.
and. . . .they're only a dollar up

Re: Min-dehumidifiers? [Re: Creekrunner] #5775388 06/05/15 05:24 PM
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 4,175
K
Korean Redneck Online Content
Extreme Tracker
Online Content
Extreme Tracker
K
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 4,175
I live in houston where humidity is generally high in the summers. I've had some minor rust problems before with guns that most sat in my safe. I haven't tried and of the electronic ones but I use one of those large silica packets. In fact, I bought one online somewhere and then I have 2 giant ones (probably about half pound per bag) that I got with some furniture I bought. Haven't had any problems since.


I'm a dude who likes long barrels!
Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread

© 2004-2024 OUTDOOR SITES NETWORK all rights reserved USA and Worldwide
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.3