Recharging Dessicants

[dispatch55126]

Quick question. How do I recharge these dessicants?

Dessicants

I have several in my ammo cans but I threw the directions away.

Thanks.

 

[dagger dog]

Put them in the oven, if they are in plastic or paper you have to keep the temp down below 200 for at least 2 hours. If they are in cannisters you can bump the temp up and to 300 drop the time.

 

[dispatch55126]

Thanks. Just to show my intellectual superiority, as I was placing these in the oven, I noticed the directions were stamped on the container.

 

[OldCowHand]

Low temperature for longer times seems to work better (I put them in the warming shelf, about 200 degrees, for about six hours). All of the instructions I've seen for various products also specify wrapping them in plastic until they cool down, or they'll just suck the moisture out of the room and be mostly saturated before you ever get them back where they belong.