In article , Dan_Musicant wrote:
On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:53:19 -0500, Richard J Kinch
wrote:

:Most cost effective would be 5-gallon paint buckets with the O-ring lids,
:with a sock full of calcium chloride as a dessicant.
A pool supply place I'm talking to doesn't have it but they stock
calcium hypochlorite, which he says is a "pool shocker" or some such
thing. Is that a dessicant (i.e. OK)

No.

or do I want calcium chloride? TIA

In my experience, an air-tight container is sufficient. No need for a
dessicant.

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It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.