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I also collect guns and have about ..lets see... about 9 gun safes right now, and have used 3 different prodects. 1, being the electric heating rod, and 2 being hte silica gel . Both worked adequately.. but I didn't like buying and throwing away the silica gel packets, and didn't like the long term power usage from a heating element. I try to be a bit 'green' where possible.. like solar batter tenders, and solar powered electric fence chargers ( they work great.. just ask my cattle and dogs! ). The last product I tried, and am still using is a granular clay? looks like bentonite a little ( kitty litter ). But the nice thing is it is regenerable... just bake for a few minutes to flash off the moisture. Sometimes I even 're-coup' 'waste' heat and throw a few packs in the oven right after the wifes has used the oven to cook.. though not while cooking is going on.. as the packets also absorb odors, etc.. and voc's I'm guessing. I'll grab the name of them if someone reminds me via email. As for the comment about a protectant... good idea. I've used a few different products. Everything from rem gun oil ( didn't like.. but good as a temp protector for a gun thet gets used frequently... also silicone rod and gun cloths / sprays fall in this category.. and I like them ok.. shed water good.. easy to clean off for a 'daily use gun ) to milsurp style storage oils. Wipes on as an oil.. cures to a waxlike film. I like that one.. though you need to clean it off with a bit of the original product on a cloth, and then buff.. comes out to a nice finish. I've even used a light grade synthetic oil, in a spray can.. it is a metal protectant... recomended by my machinest... also leaves a bit of a sticky film.. easilly removed. Both of the previous require quite a few minutes of 'removal / buffing' to return the gun to use.. so not great ideas as an everyday use protector.. though good for medium storage.. like seasonal use. For long term storage, I have gone back to what the big gun people did for years... cosmolene packing and linen / muslin wrapping.. or even wax paper and cosmo.. It is a bit hard to find.. but is bar none the best I've seen for protection. I restored a type 38 jap 'bring home trophy' rifle that a buddy found in his grandfathers cellar a few years ago. it was laying coverd in old newsprint in standing water.. yet was wrapped in an old dufflebag packed in cosmo.. only had slight pitting where sharp corners abraded thru the cosmo ont he dufflebag cloth... must have been there decades... For guns with powder finish or dry matte parkerized finished.. where you don't want to oil the surfaces ( e.g. certian military small arms.. ) I've found brakekleen in the spray can removes all fingerprints and residues, and gun dries in a few seconds .. just handle with a dry cloth, and wrap and store.. Soundguy
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