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 Fd3000
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 EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! 
#778784 - 07/26/02 04:32 PM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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Hey gang,
Not many people know this so i figured id attempt to get the word out! If you cant find dessicant, cant afford it etc. you can just get some epsom salt!
You have to bake it in the over at 400 degrees F for 45 mins and it works great! I just read that on another thread and called up my friend to try it, he said it works well....
Spread the word
Fd 
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 BlipKorterly
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 Re: EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! [Re: Fd3000]
#778833 - 07/26/02 05:01 PM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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Thanks for the great idea! I've been fan-drying and using a low heat from my computer monitor to crisp them up, but I like this epsom salt thing--easy to find, too!
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Re: EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! [Re: Fd3000]
#778930 - 07/26/02 05:47 PM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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ehh... I still suggest just getting a pale of Silica Gel
http://www.desiccare.com
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Re: EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! [Re: Fd3000]
#778956 - 07/26/02 06:00 PM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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Why not just buy some silica gel in the form of cat litter?
Here?s what the stuff looks like. Should be in any store.
Ingredients...
Peace.
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Re: EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! [Re: mickey_rourke]
#779019 - 07/26/02 06:30 PM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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Rock salt, road salt, pickling salt & epson salt all work. Hell, they used to mummify peaple with salt. I bet peaple are hard to get cracker dry  , but they managed, so it works. Just bake a bunch & use as a drying agent after putting a fan to the crop for a day. Simple as that. SixTango 
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Re: EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! [Re: SixTango]
#779046 - 07/26/02 06:36 PM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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lowe's has damp rid in a convienent little container for $3, and you can get a 45lb bag of silica drying compound at advanced auto parts for $5, but whatever works for you.
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Re: EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! [Re: Shaw]
#779240 - 07/26/02 08:31 PM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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Man, what the hell is wrong with my lowes and home depot over here. I searched and searched both stores and found no type of dessicant at all. I even asked some people there and they had no idea what the hell I was talking about. I even tried walmart, k-mart, and targe(all in the detergent sections) and still cant find the shit. I read that walgreens is suppose to have it but I havent checked there yet.
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Fd3000
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Re: EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! [Re: Killa420]
#779520 - 07/27/02 03:20 AM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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Same here, i went to nearly 22 stores all around town, nobody new wtf i was talking about!
I went to the paint sections, car sections, sports sectoin and nobody had it or knew what it was.
I went to a pet store as well and couldnt find silica cyrstals....
Epsom salt works great so why pay more?
Fd
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Re: EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! [Re: matts]
#779635 - 07/27/02 05:42 AM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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>most people are stupid and don't know what "dessicant" is
Perhaps because it?s desiccant and NOT dessicant....
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[Re: Anno]
#779652 - 07/27/02 05:55 AM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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Anno
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Re: EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! [Re: matts]
#779662 - 07/27/02 06:07 AM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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That was not my point 
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Re: EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! [Re: Anno]
#779700 - 07/27/02 06:38 AM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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Therees alote tu bee saide foor speel chek! 
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Re: EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! [Re: sixpac440]
#779709 - 07/27/02 06:46 AM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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I had great luck with finding desiccant here, but that is a good idea about the Epson sault, I actually got it for a school project, but I had to buy a big bottle, and thought the rest would go to waste, but I guess not !
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Re: EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! [Re: Killa420]
#779722 - 07/27/02 07:00 AM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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IT'S NOT CALLED DECCICANT!!!!I almost missed it myself, at lowe's. it was on the bottom rack, across from the mops, and had just been stocked. they may have just started carrying it. this was last week. I was still able to find 45 LBS!!! of COLOR INDICATING silica floor dry FOR $4.99!!! Turns blue when it's spent. said right on the bag. too bad i don't need 45lbs of the stuff. it seemed pretty safe too. it advised it be used as charcoal grill liner as an alternate use. And the cat liter kind anyway. It's out there, you just can't find it.
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Re: EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! [Re: Shaw]
#779728 - 07/27/02 07:04 AM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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>IT'S NOT CALLED DECCICANT!!!!
You?re right, it?s not called deccicant.
(I?m just teasing you )
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Re: EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! [Re: Fd3000]
#779765 - 07/27/02 07:34 AM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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I just found this out the other day myself, here is a thread that demonstrates how epsom or rock salt works!! I think Im going to give it a try since its cheap and reusable: oops waked and baked and forgot the link:
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=Forum2&Number=401952&page=&view=&sb=&o=&fpart=1&vc=1
Also I was just at WALLY WORLD last night and saw damp rid, they keep it in the detergent section at the store i was at.....
Edited by Darkmoon (07/27/02 08:50 AM)
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Fd3000
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Re: EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! [Re: ]
#779866 - 07/27/02 08:34 AM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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Desiccant, deccicant, dessicant whatever the fuck you wanna call it(i call it calcium chloride ) i cant find it here!
Epsom salt is cheaper, easyer to find and works just as good as calcium chloride.
Well for those who cant find calcium chloride epsom salt is a life saver, it saves you from haveing to use any heat(black shirt tek).
Fd
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"I could walk up to the president and blow smoke in his stupid monkey face and all he could do is stand there grooving on it" - Homer Simpson
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Re: EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! [Re: Killa420]
#779891 - 07/27/02 08:49 AM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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I'm suprised they don't have dessicant since you live in such a humid climate. Go figure. Like someone said earlier they might not know what the hell you're talking about. Ask for brand names or "stuff that absorbs moisture" or something like that. I went to Home Depot yesterday and bought a 3 lb container of Damp-Rid for about $3. I got everything I need other than the spores at Wal-Mart and Home Depot.
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Re: EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! [Re: Fd3000]
#779910 - 07/27/02 09:02 AM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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if you are realy desperate and cheap you could always goto a clothing store and jack all the silica gel packets out of the pockets of clothes.
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Fd3000
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Re: EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! [Re: bugabuga420]
#779953 - 07/27/02 09:24 AM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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Or you can just use use baked epsom salt!
Fd
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"I could walk up to the president and blow smoke in his stupid monkey face and all he could do is stand there grooving on it" - Homer Simpson
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#780630 - 07/27/02 04:01 PM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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Re: EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! [Re: matts]
#780689 - 07/27/02 04:30 PM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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matts two words private message
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 Re: EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! [Re: Fd3000]
#780855 - 07/27/02 06:17 PM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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When using Epsom salts I bet you don't really need to be as anal about keeping them seperate from the shrooms.
As in you can make a baggie....(take apart tea bag-staple back together with epsom salts in place of tea) and just throw it in right with the shrooms.
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Fd3000
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Re: EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! [Re: badjessejames]
#780872 - 07/27/02 06:27 PM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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Something funky about epsom salt, i baked it at 400 for 1 hour 5 mins (maybe too long?) and it was hard. I had to put it in a zip-lock bag and punch it back into small crystals, now my knuckles are bleeding  Is it supposed to turn hard, perhaps 1 hour 5 mins was too long.
It also seems to react with water after baking. If i put 1 spoon of baked epsom salt in my palm, pour 1 spoon of water it gets hot, very hot! This is kinda cool......
Was baking it 65 mins a bad thing?
Fd
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Re: EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! [Re: Fd3000]
#780921 - 07/27/02 06:57 PM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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A final word on desiccants...
The best desiccant for drying shrooms is Indicator Drierite (anhydrous calcium sulfate)
It can be purchased from Myco Supply for $19.95 a quart and 1 quart will last anyone the rest of their life. ?It turns from blue to pink (dry to wet) and is re-chargeable unlimitted times by baking at 425F for 1 hour. (The most fun is seeing it get blue again)
It loses it's indication (color changing) capability after 100 or so re-charges, but continues to work forever. ?It is also completely non-toxic.
1/3 cup will dry your 1 oz. of fan-dried shrooms to cracker-dry in less than 12 hours.
Why mess with anything else? ?When drying shrooms, speed is important. ?The faster you complete the process, the more potency you retain.
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Re: EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! [Re: Fd3000]
#780950 - 07/27/02 07:14 PM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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Well, maybe just one more word. The thread about epsom salts was dug up from last September. Why didn't it catch on then? Who knows. Different teks for different folks. That's what makes the shroomworld go round. btw....65 minutes probably didn't hurt anything but your knuckles...next time use a hammer.
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Fd3000
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Re: EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! [Re: 2shrewmen]
#781337 - 07/28/02 02:09 AM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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TripMeister- Ya it might be the best but its $19.95, which is like $40 for me (canadian) + international shipping cost is a lot for a poor guy.
I'll stick with my epsom salt, at least now i dont have to do the black shirt tek....
Fd
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"I could walk up to the president and blow smoke in his stupid monkey face and all he could do is stand there grooving on it" - Homer Simpson
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Re: EPSOM SALT for dessicant replacement, works!!! [Re: Fd3000]
#781434 - 07/28/02 04:34 AM (22 years, 1 month ago) |
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Man thats good stuff. I'd love to watch a Brown Monster punch a bag of rocks 'till it turned to dust and his knuckles bled!
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Edited by church38 (07/28/02 04:37 AM)
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