Easy, cheap, perfect? Dessicator

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Dr. S. Stone PhD (Drshroomstone) Member Username: Drshroomstone Post Number: 36 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - 10:18 pm: After screwing around with a couple of designs for a dessicant tub, I kept running into small problems like the moisture not draining properly and small aborts falling into the dessicant. Then by chance I walk by the tupperware section of my local store and spot what looks like the perfect solution. Just the usual cheap "gladware" style tubs that stack inside one another. I think it was 5 of 'em for 2 bucks. I noticed that when stacked there was a 1/2 inch plus gap between the bottoms, a perfect amount of room for a layer of Dry-Out. So, with the help of my drill, I turned one upside down, and perforated the bottom with a bunch of holes. This one will hold the shrooms. I repeated this step on another, drilling fewer holes. This one will hold the dessicant, and the holes will allow any moisture to drain out. And that's about it. Just start with one un-drilled one. Slide in the one with just a few holes. Add Dessicant. Then slide in your shroom holding one, add shrooms and cover with a lid. Easy, cheap, small....I love it! Phatty Bong (Phattyb) Member Username: Phattyb Post Number: 24 Registered: 02-2004 Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - 11:08 pm: Cool! I just made one from a tupperware/gladware thingie.I cut a hole in the lid for a small 12V PC fan,and drilled a bunch of holes around the side.After the mushies are 90% dry,I put them in the dessicant tub to finish them off.Works great! It seems those little Gladware containers have 1001 uses in this hobby. Paw Paw.... (Alounacara) Member Username: Alounacara Post Number: 29 Registered: 02-2004 Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - 11:32 pm: Man that looks like it will work perfect Still way cooler than Sucky..... JackKaruac (Jackkaruac) New member Username: Jackkaruac Post Number: 5 Registered: 08-2004 Posted on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - 12:11 am: never in my 3 years of shrooming ..I LIKE IT! Duke X (Dukex) Senior Member Username: Dukex Post Number: 284 Registered: 01-2004 Posted on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - 12:32 am: Very nice... Peace... "I’ll try to be around and about. But if I’m not, then you know that I’m behind your eyelids, and I’ll meet you there." Terence Mckenna - Kona, September 1999 Ramen Cowboy (Synth) Senior Member Username: Synth Post Number: 149 Registered: 05-2004 Posted on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - 01:53 am: yeah, assuming its pretty air-tight, thats just about unbeatable. ive wanted to do someting like that but i could never make anything that 'simple' because i could never find the perfect tupperwares [like yours]. nice job =] Python (Python) Senior Member Username: Python Post Number: 787 Registered: 04-2004 Posted on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - 02:00 am: nice work........ The substance provides continuous high, i'll give you one free, for every five you buy...... Dr. S. Stone PhD (Drshroomstone) Member Username: Drshroomstone Post Number: 37 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - 02:42 am: Thanks for all the kind words everybody! It's pretty darn airtight, you just have to give the top a little downward push. I suppose you could wrap the outside in some saran wrap if you can't find ones that fit together perfectly. I picked these containers up at Kmart, if that helps in finding them. 5 in one package. (Message edited by drshroomstone on August 18, 2004) JackKaruac (Jackkaruac) New member Username: Jackkaruac Post Number: 8 Registered: 08-2004 Posted on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - 02:59 am: A quart with a pint of des. in it with a coffee filter for the fungi to rest on is as cheap and affective Dr. S. Stone PhD (Drshroomstone) Member Username: Drshroomstone Post Number: 38 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - 03:43 am: Except when your using the type of dessicant that liquifies, i.e. calcium chloride, Damp Rid, etc... I started out just using a screen in a single container, but the moisture sucked out of the mushrooms turns the dessicant into a soggy mess. Kinda hard to drain and I'm sure that sitting in liquid reduces it's effectiveness. Hence the dessicant sits in a perforated container with another solid container underneath it to collect the liquid. paradox (Paradox00) Intermediate Member Username: Paradox00 Post Number: 60 Registered: 07-2004 Posted on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - 04:32 am: what kind of dessicant is in the pic and where do I get some? thanks Ramen Cowboy (Synth) Senior Member Username: Synth Post Number: 151 Registered: 05-2004 Posted on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - 09:09 am: probably calcium chloride [a popular brand is damp rid]. go find it at the home despot. ask where the dessicant/damp-rid is. might be by the painting section. Hippie3 (Admin) Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 24682 Registered: 02-2001 Posted on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - 05:16 pm: nice write-up thx for sharing archive material to drying Namaste Hippie3 (Admin) Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 24684 Registered: 02-2001 Posted on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - 05:24 pm: a nice dessicant i like is silica gel/crystals used for drying flowers so it's at most craft stores, cheap too like $7 for 5 pounds never liquifies just heat to re-use no nasty foul taste if it accidently touches the shrooms Namaste ironresp (Ironresp) Senior Member Username: Ironresp Post Number: 288 Registered: 07-2004 Posted on Monday, August 23, 2004 - 01:03 pm: very cool...i just bought a few before even reading this post but i never even realized i could use them the way you just showed. such an easy solution too...sometimes im too focused on complex ways to do stuff then i see a post like this and wipe my slate clean. awesome idea again dr.s I had a friend once he took some acid Now he thinks he's a fire engine It's okay until he pisses on your lighter -tool- Tobynutz (Tobynutz) Member Username: Tobynutz Post Number: 25 Registered: 08-2004 Posted on Monday, August 23, 2004 - 11:37 pm: you have inspired me. maybe if my malabar cakes would finish colonizing i'll have a need for one of those. hurry damn it GOLLY (Golly) New member Username: Golly Post Number: 1 Registered: 08-2004 Posted on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 - 12:09 am: Aye It's lovely. Can i take it home now? JackKaruac (Jackkaruac) Member Username: Jackkaruac Post Number: 30 Registered: 08-2004 Posted on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 - 12:45 am: Hip the silica crystals are awesome! I've used them for a while in my tek method..In my car paint shop we used silica des. crystals to get the water out of our airlines through a trap system.I got rid of the old system for new technology and I NOW have boxs of this auto grade bad ass shit!!! HF (Highflyer) Moderator Username: Highflyer Post Number: 2456 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 - 06:49 am: Very nice. "I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way." - Robert Frost Forseti (Forseti) Intermediate Member Username: Forseti Post Number: 55 Registered: 09-2003 Posted on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 - 12:32 pm: Sweet