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Forum THE LOUNGE Is silica gel really effective with humidity?

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    • Vienna Blue in France
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        So, the question is in the title….lol

        My neighbours’ basement is very very VERY humid (floods I think) and humidity seeps through the wall to my basement.

        Has anybody had any experience with Bags of silica gel (except for in new-shoe boxes)

        Obviously not to be accessible or eaten by furbabies…


      • Gina.Jenny
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          A cheap dehumidifier might work better? I got one last year, as we were having mould problems in the bathroom. I put it one for a few hours overnight, on cheap rate electricity, and at first it was collecting over a litre a night. It took months of around four hours a night to dry out a house I didn’t think was damp.


        • Vienna Blue in France
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            !!! Goodness me !!!


          • Vienna Blue in France
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              But I’ve heard that dehumidifier will actually attract humidity (you don’t say?) but more humidity that is there… I’m worried with that approach that the entire humidity of next doors basement will be drawn through to mine…. I just want to keep mine as dry and as cheap and as possible…

              Anyone else with basement / garage humidity probs?


            • MiNinoJack
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                I’ve used silica at work. I work as a pastry chef and when we have cookies or other items that are affected by humidity we put in little packs of silica to keep the air dry and the product viable – so it DOES work. However, they are temporary and need to be “recharged.”

                The ones we use start off blue, and when the go clear they are used up, so we put them in the oven and once they are blue again we put them back into the boxes.

                So I would say that yes, silica works, but they require maintenance. Also, you would need a lot for a large area like a basement for them to be effective.

                Dehumidifiers work like air conditioners, but without the cooling part in my experience. Maybe you should go for a dehumidifier/silica combo?


              • Vienna Blue in France
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                  Silica gel in food packaging !! Good gracious me! Really ? I’ve seen them in new shoe boxes, but never in any foodstuffs!

                  Yes I did wonder about the required surface area…. I’ve heard of people putting bags in their cars as the windows steam up in winter which gave me the idea.


                • Azerane
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                    The only time I think I’ve seen the silica gel in food is for vitamin tablets, they have a little capsule in the jar to keep them fresh, I suppose because fingers often harbor moisture.

                    I’m honestly not sure about the dehumidifier. I understand the concern with essentially drawing in the moisture from the other side. Because if your side is dry, it will essentially be able to absorb more moisture again. So it really just needs to be an ongoing thing it sounds like, not just a once off drying of it because it will continue.


                  • Vienna Blue in France
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                      lol – – thanks for the…. advice Azerane !!!! Very helpful…. LOL


                    • MiNinoJack
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                        Posted By Vienna Blue in France on 6/16/2016 2:38 PM

                        Silica gel in food packaging !! Good gracious me! Really ? I’ve seen them in new shoe boxes, but never in any foodstuffs!

                        Not in packaging! Just as a separate pack in a box where we store stuff. I take a aluminum disposable cup (like for a cupcake) put the silica gel in then wrap it in plastic wrap. Then I poke holes in it and put it in the box I’m storing the items in. It does wonders for shaped tuiles. 


                      • MiNinoJack
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                          Oh! I forgot – I used to live in a basement apartment and the landlords had a dehumidifier in a back room where they kept their papers. I had to empty the bin about once a week that would be full of water. The room was small, but very dry.


                        • Gina.Jenny
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                            Can you speak to your neighbours? Like Azerane says, if next doors stays damp, it will keep coming through regardless what method you use to remove the damp you have now. Attacking it from both basements and eliminating the source of the dampness would be the best solution all round, surely they don’t want damp rot or worse?

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