[meteorite-list] Preserving Meteorites from humidity
From: Mark Miconi <mam602_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:31 2004 Message-ID: <003801c1d1c3$6d0ed100$54b60344_at_ph.cox.net> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0035_01C1D188.C05C0CA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have a friend that lives along the coast of Maryland near the = Chesapeake bay. He is an avid duck hunter and swears by the item below. = It is called a Golden Rod. It is an electric De-Humidifier for Guns. I = have not used them for my weapons or meteorites. They can be found at = Cabelas.com Search on Item number: Golden Rod=20 Item: IC-210423 =20 Price: $29.99=20 My buddy in Maryland has way more money than sense and buys outrageously = expensive shotguns to hunt ducks with. He is anally retentive and keeps = those guns in prisitine condition. His nome is less than 100 feet from = salt water. I have actually been thinking of trying one of these in my meteorite = case. I always worry that I will get busy and forget to check my = cannisters one month and find my Brahin slices rusting, my Nantan = crumbling and my irons browning away. I have a limited budget when it = comes to buying meteorites and hate to lose them to the humidity any = sooner than I have too. We use our evaporative cooler here in Arizona in = the summer time and I have had good luck with the Hydra-Gel cannisters I = recommended in an earlier email today. Just thought I would drop in my thoughts on the subject. Mark M. ------=_NextPart_000_0035_01C1D188.C05C0CA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.3314.2100" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have a friend that lives along the = coast of=20 Maryland near the Chesapeake bay. He is an avid duck hunter and swears = by the=20 item below. It is called a Golden Rod. It is an electric De-Humidifier = for Guns.=20 I have not used them for my weapons or meteorites. They can be found at=20 Cabelas.com Search on Item number<B>:</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><B></B></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><B>Golden Rod</B> </DIV> <TABLE border=3D0 cellPadding=3D0 cellSpacing=3D0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD class=3Dnormal>Item: </TD> <TD class=3Dnormal>IC-210423 </TD></TR> <TR> <TD align=3Dleft class=3Dnormal>Price: </TD> <TD class=3Dnormal>$29.99</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My buddy in Maryland has way more money than sense and buys = outrageously=20 expensive shotguns to hunt ducks with. He is anally retentive and keeps = those=20 guns in prisitine condition. His nome is less than 100 feet from salt=20 water.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have actually been thinking of trying one of these in my = meteorite case.=20 I always worry that I will get busy and forget to check my cannisters = one month=20 and find my Brahin slices rusting, my Nantan crumbling and my irons = browning=20 away. I have a limited budget when it comes to buying meteorites and = hate to=20 lose them to the humidity any sooner than I have too. We use our = evaporative=20 cooler here in Arizona in the summer time and I have had good luck with = the=20 Hydra-Gel cannisters I recommended in an earlier email today.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Just thought I would drop in my thoughts on the subject.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mark M.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0035_01C1D188.C05C0CA0-- Received on Fri 22 Mar 2002 12:03:01 PM PST |
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