Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mmmh, Now I know! Although the silicagel I have in my bag is whiteish to yellowish... Tarek le 23.05.2001 4:37, Ray Moth à ray_moth@yahoo.com a écrit : > Tarek Charara wrote: > > I live in Benin (Africa - a very humid place) from time to time and > according Atelier 102 (the official repair guys for Leica France) the > best way to avoid humidity problems is to put lot's of silicagel in the > > equipment bag and when the silicagel turns blue just bake it in the > oven... I haven't seen the gel turn blue yet. > =================================================================== > You won't! Silicagel turns pink when it becomes saturated with water. > It returns to its ble colour when you bake it.