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Re:Silica Gel Took over the World by moebrowne on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @08:09AM (#43555807)
They can also be died at much lower temperatures, it just takes a lot longer. I dry mine by leaving them on top of a computer at ~35C for a week, I believe the air flow from the fans is important.

The color indicating ones are useful so you can see when they are dry.

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Re:Silica Gel Took over the World by timerol on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @10:43AM (#43557277)
At what ambient humidity do you do this? Where I am we are having a dry day at 45% humidity today. Tomorrow it'll be over 90%, and it'll stay between 50% and 90% through the weekend. I would expect that you need a more consistently dry environment for this to work
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