AJC1
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With all the testing and discussion surrounding keeping your powder dry, is anyone using desiccant or something else to keep your powder dry.
I keep mine in the house in the ac. I also return the powder to the bottle after my load tray is full. I most likely wont have the big swings some do, and was trying to keep all the stabilizer from off gassing. 4227 has the strongest solvent smell, I love it.Mine is kept in the original containers on a shelf in an insulated garage. I don’t recall ever seeing any condensation inside of them.
Stay safe.
Ya, that is one corroded can!243winxb, I'd be real leery moving powder from a can with that much corrosion into a new plastic bottle.
The powder may well continue to deteriorate in its new quarters and could possibly start a fire.
Check it out carefully for proper appearance and smell before you repackage it into HDPE containers and put it back into storage.
Not a desiccant user. Powder is kept in a temp and humidity controlled environment.
Our coastal retirement location reaches 100% humidity during winter rain season.With all the testing and discussion surrounding keeping your powder dry, is anyone using desiccant or something else to keep your powder dry.
I would guess, not fact, that the majority of issues come from leaving powder in the dispincer long term. The more difficult the dispenser to empty the bigger the issue.Our coastal retirement location reaches 100% humidity during winter rain season.
All the powders are kept in factory original plastic containers and any powder remaining in the hopper is dumped back into containers.
Going on 7th year and no moisture issues.
No one I know uses desiccant in the powder hopper.majority of issues come from leaving powder in the [dispenser/measure] long term.
keeping your powder dry, is anyone using desiccant or something else to keep your powder dry.
My 1" wood powder magazine is in a damp basement. Only issue was old IMR metal powder cans containing 4198 & 4895. Takes over 10 years to form rust in the can or the powder goes bad?
*Edit- Move powder to plastic before any signs of deterioration.
The new plastic containers should solve any problems. Any HDPE marked bottle in black should be ok to use. HDPE is on the bottom of some Hodgdon smokeless bottles i have. Black is to keep the sun off the powder. Transfer powder from metal cans to HDPE plastic.
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The 2 other cans of IMR 4895 had no issues. But may have been a different lot number? Age?