On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:08:32 -0400, Goedjn wrote:

:On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:56:36 GMT, Dan_Musicant
:wrote:
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:On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 20:13:20 -0500, Richard J Kinch
:wrote:
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:an_Musicant writes:
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:: The pool supply places say they don't carry it ...
::
::That's odd. It is a necessary ingredient to protect any plaster pool
::surface from soft-water etching. Maybe the pool supply places are in the
::replastering business, too.
::
::Another source is concrete suppliers, where it is used as an accelerant.
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::I would also ask at an Agway feed store type place.
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::Or just the 42 oz DampRid refill at Home Depot.
:I called HD, but they couldn't find it. Orchard Supply tells me they
:have calcium chloride in 26 oz. packages for $3.99. I think I may get a
:couple of those. Cheaper and faster than eBay.
:
:rice is pretty hygroscopic.

Yes, I always have some in my salt shakers. Would it make a decent
dessicant?