I thought everyone knew this:
You’ve probably never given much thought to silica gel packets beyond noting that they’re a mild inconvenience.
The tiny white packets are often included by brands in deliveries of shoes and bags – and we typically throw them out without a second thought upon arrival.
But the silica gel packets contain tiny beans of solid silicon dioxide, a desiccant or drying agent, which means they can absorb up to 40 per cent of their weight in water.
Silica gel can protect items from moisture and keep them dry, so can be a useful solution in areas such as the kitchen sink or bathroom cabinet to stave off mold.
Never mind that sink or bathroom nonsense; I must have dozens of these scattered around in my gun safes and sundry gun bags, all collected from various packages and such. Because:
…and I apologize most sincerely for any distress the above pictures may have caused.
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