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16-11-2020, 20:01 #121
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Re: Guns Rusting in Safe
Currently have two of the Solenco dehumidifiers in my safes, both standing in a high moisture area and no complaints. One is about 3 years old and the other a couple of months.
Did see some complaints on Takealot that they did not work out the box, so just check that if you do buy one.
They do what they need to, so happy with them.
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16-11-2020, 20:01 #122
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Re: Guns Rusting in Safe
"Anti spill", I knocked one over inside my safe. I thought I cleaned up everything but didn't notice a tiny bit of splatter due to the lighting. A few weeks later I opened the particular safe and noticed that dreaded orange brown tinge on both my shotguns and my T56...
The contents is very corrosive.
The Solenco gadget is ok, just monitor it regularly so that it can be "recharged".
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16-11-2020, 20:08 #123
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16-11-2020, 20:16 #124
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16-11-2020, 21:22 #125
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Re: Guns Rusting in Safe
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Nothing - weapons are oiled and waxed properly, safe is opened regularly. I live on a point and have sea east, west and south of me closest coast about 11 km furthermost about 20 km.
I can occasionally get light powder mold on stocks and rust where metal was touched, but only if I do not oil and wax proper. No weapon gets looked at with out a oil wipe over.
(TIP --- take 3 Marmite bottles and cut like four rags for in each bottle, mark them 1 -3. Take some thin penetrating type oil (I mix my own magic stuff) and put a few drops 10/20 in bottle 1, take your best gun oil for jar two (I mix my own) and lastly jar 3 a thick oil (I mix my own).
When a rifle comes home it is wiped with a dry cloth, then cleaned with jar one oil cloth and then wiped with toilet paper. Cloth 1 is used till black and dirty.
Then it is wiped with cloth 2 and put away.
Weapons that need long storage like when applying for licence, or once a year use guns get wiped with cloth 3 before storage.
This has served me well 18 years abouts.
I want a dehumidifier because its good insurance.
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16-11-2020, 21:32 #126
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Re: Guns Rusting in Safe
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You will eventually see your arse with those containers, one day is one day they will bite you. ( This has been mentioned before in brother, sister threads.
If it overflows, cracks or spills in will F***** you over properly, just believe me, you really must.
If you forget one of those in a safe over xmas and come back to a month late exchange, that thing will show you how to destroy metal and wood.
They sometimes crack and leak and sometimes spill, both will make you wish you could turn back time. Take your next full container and empty it over some metals and wood, take a nice piece of treated varnished good looking wood, empty container into a bucket and put wood in bucket with lid on. (hang on wire if you wish not to lay it in liquid)
Those little containers are like riding a bike without a helmet, "yutte boet but its lekker, never been hurt ..........yet"
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16-11-2020, 21:36 #127
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Re: Guns Rusting in Safe
I did not realize this was a old post,did not look at date (blush), but do go read my post # 26. Actually read this thread start to end.
( I was amazed at AR giving such "the same" advice as long ago - thats when I looked at dates "OOOOpps"
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16-11-2020, 21:38 #128
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17-11-2020, 05:57 #129
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Re: Guns Rusting in Safe
Nice, gonna get me a Solenco then and chuck out the accidents waiting to happen, and take treeman's advice and do proper maintenance.
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21-11-2020, 17:19 #130
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Re: Guns Rusting in Safe
After one of those moisture absorbers partly dissolved itself dumping its content onto my shotgun, rusting it badly. I decided to stop messing around with light bulbs, silica, wax etc. bit the bullet and bought a proper refrigerant dehumidifier. it has a continues drainage function, so I have it drain into a 25L drum
My first safe was under the stairs in a small enclosed aria and I am a stone throw from the ocean, its amazing, especially in summer how water that thing pulls out of the air. no silica based unit will ever come close
Got a second safe in a seperate room with a second dehumidifier. the whole room is kept between 40%/50% humidity, so everything in there is well taken care of. I also keep other tools etc in my "dry room"
Refrigerant units are not cheap to purchase and is very much a grudge purchase, but for how well they work, the large space they cover it is a no brainer in my book. (electricity consumption is not really noticeable on my two)
And well worth the price to avoid that feeling I got when I saw the "carnage" caused by the spillage. and what is cost to repair and replace firearms makes and even stronger case to pull the trigger on a dehumidifier
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