Just a recent discovery from a conversation I had with a mate who has a rather expensive motor home. The conversation went about how he never has any humidity to worry about as his wife leaves an open container near the windows of the motor home containing just salt to keep damp at bay when it’s not being used. Hmm, I thought, I have a lot of condensation in my home workshop, the garage, over the winter months and that sounds like an interesting way and also bloody cheap way of keeping damp at bay. So I’m doing a test as from today I’ve put around six open containers of some free salt I acquired scattered in various areas and I’ll see how stuff does.
Maybe this is nothing but we hold salt in bulk for obvious reasons .We find anything metal gets affected by it even when its not directly in contact with the salt.......just saying
Using a dehumidifier is fine as it works best in warmer spaces but that means added heating costs on a daily basis. Salt is as cheap as it gets imho and needs no heat to lift the moisture from the air.
Brine is or was used in the manufacturing of Calcium Chloride. So there would be elements of salt in Calcium Chloride.
I’d rather put Sodium Chloride on my chips although Calcium Chloride is used in the food industry. Calcium Chloride was used in the manufacturing of dry batteries, think Ever Ready torch batteries.
Along these lines, if you are concerned about salt, what about the silica gel sacks like the Pingi one. Once it is spent (a spot on the bag changes colour) you microwave it. I suspect it would struggle with a whole garage, but maybe under a bike cover that goes right to the ground? They sell them for the inside of cars.
I’m sure somebody on here mentioned cat litter in old socks absorbs moisture too, just not sure what kind of cat to get
