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Champipple
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Initially Posted - 11/26/2001 :  10:18:44  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
There has been a lot of mention regarding the use of Calcium Chloride on the site especially with people putting their boats away for the winter.

In my quest to find calcium chloride, which is near impossible when we live in a town with one of the worl
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Douglas
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Response Posted - 11/26/2001 :  12:50:34  Show Profile  Visit Douglas's Homepage
I get mine from the local hardware store. It comes in the form of a product called "Driveway Heat" and is made by Prestone. The pelets are the same size and type as you get from the local marine store. It comes in a 9.5 lb container with a nice pour spout
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Tony Dillon
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Response Posted - 11/26/2001 :  15:42:31  Show Profile
I bought mine last year at Wal~Mart.

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MarkTM
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Response Posted - 11/26/2001 :  16:19:40  Show Profile  Visit MarkTM's Homepage
Questions from a humidity eradication greenhorn . . .

I take it this substance (CaCl) absorbs water from the air? How do you set this up on your boat? Can you rig a flexible hose to the bucket so that water flows from the bucket down your galley sink
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c25sailor
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Response Posted - 11/26/2001 :  17:14:30  Show Profile
Mark,

Good idea re: draining it out the sink, but it may get messy. I tried a bucket of this stuff once, but after a week it filled up with water
and was pretty disgusting stuff. Never tried it again.

Ed
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Douglas
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Response Posted - 11/26/2001 :  21:35:34  Show Profile  Visit Douglas's Homepage
I bought a dehumidifier type device from the Marine store the first year. It is like a behive/basket enclosure to hold the pelets suported above a basin to catch the water. Once the pelets absorb the water they desolve so all you need to do is refill the
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Ken Cave
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Response Posted - 11/26/2001 :  22:33:45  Show Profile
Be VERY CAREFUL on where you dump the water that this stuff absorbs, as it is highly corrosive!! It will eat away most anything, except plastic!!

No sink drains for this stuff-you will probably have to replace the plumbing!

Ken Cave

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Bill Holcomb
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Response Posted - 11/27/2001 :  10:12:02  Show Profile
Ken is absolutely correct about the corrosive properties of the "water" that you get from the CaCl drippings. Metal objects are immediately affected. So, don't pour it down the drain.

Bill Holcomb - C25 Snickerdoodle #4839
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c25sailor
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Response Posted - 11/27/2001 :  10:33:57  Show Profile
Well, I did say it was disgusting <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle> I didn't realize corrosive, too! The product I tried must not have had adequate clearance to drip away the water. All I got was a bucket of goo.

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 11/28/2001 :  11:41:07  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
Just out of curiosity, what is the effect this stuff has on fiberglass?

Duane Wolff
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MarkTM
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Response Posted - 11/28/2001 :  14:32:31  Show Profile  Visit MarkTM's Homepage
I'm getting the strong message that this stuff is bad news and that care should be taken with it. And, I thought I could just send it down the drain into the lake.

I'm curious . . . how do they recommend you dispose of the slurry? Pop the top on and
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 11/29/2001 :  08:19:14  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
Mark,

I think if care is taken there should be no problem. Obviously, you want to make sure the kids don't drink the stuff. Also, make sure you don't put it in a metal receptacle etc, but it works quite well at removing moisture. As for disposal, we
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Ray Seitz
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Response Posted - 12/15/2001 :  00:05:16  Show Profile
I use to work on snow removal crews in New England many years ago and CaCl was commonly used to clear the roads, when the temperature dipped below the range that salt will melt snow ( somewhere around 10 degrees F salt becomes much less effective ). I am
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