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MarleysGhost
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Finding desiccant
#5353964 - 03/01/06 03:43 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Where can I find desiccant to dry out shrooms? I have no idea where to start to look.
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Fraggin
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Home depot or Lowes on the aisle with the cleaning products. But, don't waste your money. If you plan to dry more than a couple of hundred wet grams at once, buy a nesco dehydrador for only about $20 more than your first purhcase of damp-rid.
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rDr4g0n
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Re: Finding desiccant [Re: Fraggin]
#5353985 - 03/01/06 03:49 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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i found mine at home depot in the storage section with all the shelving and stuff.
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MarleysGhost
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Re: Finding desiccant [Re: rDr4g0n]
#5354034 - 03/01/06 04:05 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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What are some generic names for desiccant that I'd find? I'll probably look into getting a dehydrator later.
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rDr4g0n
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damp rid is one off the top of my head. anything that is made to put in a closet to absorb moisture. i know my home depot sells buckets of it, but i just got a little closet thingy and cut it open and used that.
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Re: Finding desiccant [Re: rDr4g0n]
#5354280 - 03/01/06 05:26 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Use a fan before you use the desiccant. Let the fan dry the mushrooms for at least 1 full day before putting them in a desiccant chamber. Mushrooms have wayyy too much water and require a ridiculous amount of desiccant if not fan-dried first.
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mrTtheH
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i found the little packets similar to the ones that come with stereo stuff and say "DO NOT EAT" on them in walmart next to the cleaning supplies and mouse traps. i think it was like 25 - 50 packets for several bucks. ive also noticed that taking a big wet shroom and cutting it half longways to increase the surface area of it will dry them out faster. fan them for at least overnight and then place them in a sealed container with yer desiccant
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rDr4g0n
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Re: Finding desiccant [Re: mrTtheH]
#5354390 - 03/01/06 06:07 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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can i just put a fan inside my desiccant chamber?
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mrTtheH
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Re: Finding desiccant [Re: rDr4g0n]
#5354433 - 03/01/06 06:19 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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dont see why not. unless it woulnt fit 
i use a tuperware container about 9X13 inches with a nice air tight sealing lid. after fan drying load with semi-dry mushies then load with as many desiccant packs as you can jam in there. seal and wait.
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MarleysGhost
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Re: Finding desiccant [Re: mrTtheH]
#5354525 - 03/01/06 06:54 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Now my quest begins for damp rid. Thanks for all the help because i didnt know about using a fan first.
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rDr4g0n
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Re: Finding desiccant [Re: rDr4g0n]
#5354609 - 03/01/06 07:17 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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i wanna see if, instead of fan drying then tossing in chamber if i can put a fan in the chamber that will circulate the air to help em dry faster. so instead of 2 or 3 days fan and a day or 2 in the chamber, im hoping to make it 1 or 2 days in a chamber with a fan.
question is, do i put the fan in the top, blowing air down into the mushies (which then goes past the desiccant), or should i put the fan in the bottom blowing air up through the desiccant then into the mushies and out the top (filtered).
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Edited by rDr4g0n (03/01/06 07:18 PM)
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mrTtheH
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Re: Finding desiccant [Re: rDr4g0n]
#5355112 - 03/01/06 08:52 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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i would place the fan in whatever arrangment that got the most air circulation in the box.
seems like that would be your best option
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"Human beings, the potentially highest form of life expression on this planet have built the vast pharmaceutical industry for the central purpose of poisoning the lowest form of life on the planet--germs!"--Dr. Richard Murray
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Re: Finding desiccant [Re: mrTtheH]
#5355200 - 03/01/06 09:08 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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If you place the fan inside of the desiccant chamber then the desiccant will still need to hold the moisture, which like I said would require an assload of desiccant.
Just fan dry in open air, then into the desiccant chamber. You can use the fan in there to get things to move faster.
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Nephlyte
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Yup, i'm switching to a dehydrator as we speak from damp-rid.
A desiccant is a great tool for someone who is starting up with a few PF cakes. You never know, you might totally suck at this hobby and wouldn't want to invest a lot of money into it right off the bat. But after your first batch, you'll quit with the desiccant business and get a convection dehydrator.
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MarleysGhost
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Re: Finding desiccant [Re: Nephlyte]
#5372603 - 03/06/06 10:09 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Don't convection dehydrators use heat though? I thought you weren't supposed to dry em with heat.
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Premedman1
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A little heat doesn't hurt, and can go a long way in speeding things up. Will low heat affect potency? (Clickety-click)
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nuk1m
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Re: Finding desiccant [Re: Premedman1]
#5372759 - 03/06/06 10:57 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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do you guys fan dry for a day before putting shrooms in dehydrator??
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Re: Finding desiccant [Re: nuk1m]
#5372782 - 03/06/06 11:05 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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You can get Drierite desiccant at mycosupply.com. It's blue and turns pink when the max moisture level is reached. Then you can just spread it on a cookie sheet and regenerate it in the oven.
"Drierite is a laboratory grade desiccant. Please be advised that there are different grades of desiccants. Unlike store bought, or "paint grade" desiccants that only absorb a small percentage of their mass. Drierite instantly absorbs 6.6 weight percent water by chemical action, creating the hemihydrate of calcium sulfate. drierite granules have 38 percent pore space volume, which accounts for its high absorption capacity. Myco Supply carries both an indicating drierite and a non-indicating drierite. Indicating drierite is blue when dry and changes to pink upon absorption of moisture. The color change is pronounced and clearly visible. This makes indicating drierite valuable when it is necessary to know with certainty that dryness is being maintained and to signal when the drying agent should be refreshed. It has the same efficiency as regular drierite, and somewhat greater capacity due to the desiccating effect of the cobalt chloride. The non-indicating white drierite is suitable if moisture indication isn't important in your operation.
Regeneration: For the regeneration of drierite, the granules may be spread in layers one granule deep and heated for 1 hour at 210? C or 425? F. The regenerated material should be placed in the the original glass container and sealed while hot. "
http://www.mycosupply.com/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi?preadd=action&key=DRIE01
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