Whizbang wrote:Well, no wonder that technique has never worked in my experience.
What about those "Do not eat" packets? Those are supposed to be super absorbent, right?
I shove wet stuff in a sealed bag with a load of either silica gel or other mineral desiccant (whatever comes in those moisture absorber boxes).
Seems to do a decent job thoroughly drying things out, albeit this I have not tested whether this is actually objectively the case or whether the extreme alkali-ness of all this is killing either me or my electronics.
I figure rice doesn't work because, as we know, in order to make it absorb water at any decent rate you have to boil it, which doesn't make it sound like a great desiccant to me.