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<DIV>John-</DIV>
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<DIV>Where are you.</DIV>
<DIV>One of our technicians here (North Carolina) had some tools ruined by =
oozing silica gel.</DIV>
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<DIV>Ed Sutton<BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message----- <BR>From: "J. R. White=
" <JRWHITELTD@MSN.COM><BR>Sent: Feb 1, 2006 5:46 PM <BR>To: 'Pianotech List=
' <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Subject: RE: desiccant <BR><BR></DIV><ZZZHTML xmln=
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AN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">For=
years I confiscated those little bags out of new pianos at the dealer I wo=
rked with. I keep one or two in each toolbox; and, I’ve never had a=
problem with rust. On the hottest day of each summer, I put these li=
ttle bags on the top of my car for a few hours. This regimen has work=
ed just fine for thirty years, so far.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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AN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">J R=
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Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><=
SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> pia=
notech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B><SPAN style==
"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>John Formsma<BR><B><SPAN style=
="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, <?xml:namespace prefix =
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"2006">February 01, 2006</st1:date> <st1:time w:st="on" Hour="6" Minute=
="57">6:57 AM</st1:time><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPA=
N></B> Pianotech<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B=
> desiccant</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: windowte=
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or=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">L=
ist,<BR><BR>I was searching the web for "regenerating desiccant" and came a=
cross this product: <A href="http://www.zorb-it.com">http://www.zorb-it.c=
om</A><BR><BR>Has anyone used it? I'm going to order some for protecting th=
e tools in my trunk.<BR><BR>With respect to regenerating the desiccant you =
find in pianos, I've heard you can microwave it to regenerate it. Anyone kn=
ow if this works? The drierite.com web site has instructions for doing it i=
n a conventional oven, but I didn't see any instructions for the kind in th=
e paper bags. Anyone know?<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR><BR>John Formsma<BR><BR><BR></=
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