Humidity and gun safes

I am here in Florida as well. Everyone says to use the Golden Rod as long as the safe is in the house.
REL1203, which Liberty Safe did you get?
 
I use a "keep it dry" closet dehumidifer like this one (usually found at Target) in a 35cu/ft safe.

I have to replace mine roughly once a year (usually by the end of a sticky Va summer). It's easy to tell because you can see the moisture in the cup and it has a "replace now" line.
 
jetspeed8, Liberty Colonial 30gun safe.. I was stuck with not being able to go over 27" wide, and no wider than 36, so that was about the best I could get with my current house... It works well though, very happy with it, i just need to figure out internal lighting
 
Gun safe, an example of something that was built with flaws from the beginning, and every effort to solve the problem is a patch, the effort protected some items from one hazard and exposed them to another , could be the 'gun safe' was not it's intended use, just an adapted use.

F. Guffey
 
Fir internal lighting, a few of those battery operated stick-up lights should do the trick; otherwise, if you can thread a power cord through, a small fluorescent light does nicely
 
Refrigerator compressors run on electricity, the pot is sealed against the atmosphere and run on pressure and a vacuum, the safe is too low tech?, I purchases a (small) bull eye (Louisiana light strapped to the head for alligators, coon hunting and I suppose going through the safe when the electricity is off), it has a lot of uses and cost less than $4.00 from Harbor Freight, it works great until the grand children find out where the switch is located.

F. Guffey
 
If you have a predrilled hole for a goldenrod dehumidifier, you can fit another cord through (or do what I did and drilled a hole from the inside out - took a few minutes but it wasn't hard)
 
Living in Key West and Wyoming

I see the extremes. In WY I put two cans of damp rid in the bottom of the safe and replace the product once a year. In Fl, a whole different story. We hardly ever use A/C so humidity is 80%-100%. The best thing I have found is to treat guns with the Brownells anti rust oil, put the guns in the cases with the Intercept technology (made by Boyt, available from Sinclair) and put an old sock filled with Brownells dessicant in the case. Each gun is uncased every two months and the dessicant checked for color change (it can be "baked" to refresh it). The cases are expensive but so far have worked 100% perfectly and a lot cheaper than what I had to pay to have a Sauer drilling's barrel re-rustblued after they got rust spots in 2 weeks in a brand new "rustproof" silicon treated sleeve..

http://www.boytharness.com/catalog/...rds=intercept&search_in_description=1&x=0&y=0

Also found them at a substantial discount from Opticsplanet.
The LE is a shotgun case, the LER a scoped rifle case, all are $49.99 each, just ordered four more LER 46" ones.

http://www.opticsplanet.net/boyt-harness-ar-type-law-enforcement-case.html
 
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The higher the temp the higher humidity, that being said, what you want is constant temp,i.e (heated rod) so the humidity is constant. If the temperature is fluctuating the cooler steel will condense moisture out of the warmer air and corosion will occur. That is why the steel condenses moisture on it when you go from a cold place like outside into a warm room, it will not condense when you go from warm to cold.

If you use a constant temp and find your humidity is too high for your storage area your best bet is desicant dryers of some form or another, however you need to have some humidity in the air, if you remove too much you can end up with damaged wood finishes, or cracked stocks from too low a humidity level.
Just my two cents;)
 
We've had a lot of customers who have either fabricated their door jams with a small seal or have used moisture absorbers like the "Keep it Dry" Closet Dehumidifier.

Hope this helps.
 
I am in WI and currently have my guns stored in the basement... No other viable option. Winter its easy to keep them around 20% humidity but now since its warmer the basement is much more damp I have a heat rod and silica packs. Its around 40% percent. Thinking about Borestores as well. Anyone else find that to be acceptable humidity levels?
 
Intercept technology cases are on sale at

The Sportsman Warehouse for shotguns and conventional scoped rifles (not ARs). They really do work...heck if they work in Key West they'll work anywhere!:D
 
I am in WI and currently have my guns stored in the basement... No other viable option. Winter its easy to keep them around 20% humidity but now since its warmer the basement is much more damp I have a heat rod and silica packs. Its around 40% percent. Thinking about Borestores as well. Anyone else find that to be acceptable humidity levels?
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45% to 55% at 70 degrees is ideal for guns. This is especially true if you are storing guns with wood stocks or leather accessories. To little humity will draw moisture out of wood and leather causing damage.

I would keep the dry rod, and get rid of the silica. I would also get a hygrometer to keep an eye on the actual humidity level within the safe.
 
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