Can you dry silica gel

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Requirement Charts. Contact Us. Return Policy. Learn which plants thrive in your Hardiness Zone with our new interactive map! Silica gel packets are found inside many packing boxes. Shoe retailers commonly place silica packets inside boxes to keep moisture out. Damp shoes can get moldy, rendering them unsellable. Garden stores, nurseries, clothing shops and mail-order companies also use silica packets.

Silica packets can also be dried and reused for many household purposes, from regulating moisture in plant soil to keeping clothes and shoes dry inside storage containers. I think that it has worked for me so far. Working with Sorbead India in this industry have opened my eyes as to how vital are those silica gel packets.

I was just curious if anyone has ever tried using an air fryer to recharge desiccant? Or if you think that may be a suitable methods? A quick search shows me that Air Fryers typically operate at Degrees Centigrade. This is too hot for Silica Gel, which needs about Degrees Centigrade. If yours has a variable temperature that goes down to Deg Celcius, you can definitely give it a try.

Let us know what happens. Only Indicating Silica Gel changes colour when it is saturated. I have one air tight dry box with analog humidity indicator. But I also buy 2 digital type too. I know that lowest and highest value is differs one to another. But when it indicate some stable condition in the middle of range. Which value should I believe.

Which brand of humidity indicator more accurate? However, for the moment I think you should believe your Silica Gel.

If the Silica Gel is pink, it is already time to recharge it. I would investigate whether you should use a bit more of Silica Gel — if it is getting saturated quickly. If you do open it often, remember to recharge the Silica Gel in a timely manner. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

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