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Silica packs for gun safe
- Thread starter lostgeorge75
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I think it would be more important in the ammo cans. I oil down all my blued steel firearms with a healthy coat of gun oil before I put them in the silicone saturated gun socks and put them away. No moister is getting in there. I tend to go overbored on all my AR lube jobs so I'm not worried about them. I mean they are coated with fairly corrosion resistant coatings so they will stay free of corrosion. Any parts in there that might be prone to rust get a good amount of lube on it. For the most part AR guns are made to withstand a ton of abuse environment wise so I don't stress about them to much. A good coat of lube on the moving parts keeps them good to go.
There was a thread just a couple days ago about corroded ammo. Keeping ammo in those plastic ammo cans with the rubber seal in them with a desiccant bag in each one will eliminate that problem before it even starts.
https://www.desiccantsonline.com/mil-spec-desiccant-bags.html
20 square feet needs a 80 unit size bag.
20 square feet needs a 80 unit size bag.
https://www.amazon.com/SILICA-SAFES...id=1524687935&sr=8-23&keywords=Desiccant+Bags
I bought a couple bags of these.
I bought a couple bags of these.
I'd put all 3 boxes in there. That should leave you room for one small pistol. 
LOL. That should just about cover it.I'd put all 3 boxes in there. That should leave you room for one small pistol.
I tried to look at a lam-mans terms of how big of a bag you would need for a gun safe and it wasn't clear. 20 square footage translated into 80 units. Now how big is a unit it did not say. It's safe to say that those 3.5x5 bags would handle one ammo can for years ( plus you can recharge them ). I would say 5 to 10 of those bags placed strategically around the safe should give years of dry environment. I would take them out say every six months or one a years and recharge them in the microwave just for good insurance.
I was surprised when I got mine. They came in nice thick plastic bags and were in very sturdy material. I am going to order another packet of the same size and put a few extra in my safe just to be on the safe side. No pun intended. I am going to try and figure out this square footage per bag thing so we can better understande it.
These are good for a safe
https://www.amazon.com/Improved-Eva...D=415TH%2B0UlKL&preST=_SX300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch
https://www.amazon.com/Improved-Eva...D=415TH%2B0UlKL&preST=_SX300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch
I've got one of those as well I just tossed a few of 4x5 bags in there as well after I put one in each of my ammo cans. Couldn't hurt.
Got one of these in my safe. With periodic recharging in the oven, it has worked well for years.
