On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:01:24 -0800 (PST), bob haller
wrote:

On Feb 22, 10:24*am, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
Dessicant (generic term for that which dries something else out)
Silica gel (a type of dessicant)

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"micky" wrote in message

...
About a year ago three was a thread here about how to dry out a
camera, or maybe it was a cellphone, that had been underwater.

Rather than take it apart, someone had sealed it in a

* plastic bag

with some other material or substance and let it sit for several days.

I can't remember what the other material was, and googling the
keywords I could thinik of didn't find it.

Any suggestion of the keywords used, or of what to use to dry the
camera.

If I'd known I would need this, I woudl have saved it!! *Thanks.

to dry a cell phone, take battery out and use a hair dryer. get the
phone nice and toasty.

it may not work but drying it fast is important

Too late for that!

Actually the guy I got it from did remove the battery and the memory
card, and leave it open, but it didnt' help.

That was months ago, and he just gave it to me today.

Can't open the zoom lens, as someone suggested because even with a
charged battery, the camerat does absolutely nothin' .

It's getting warmer, so I can try the sunny window, but RICE was the
substance I couldn't think of. I'm going to try that first. Seems
to me a sealed bag will be better because the rice will have to use
the humidity from the camera instead of the whole house. But if
that doesn't work, I'll try an open container with new rice.

I save all those little dessciant bags just for something liek this,
and I could heat them in the oven I think and dry them out. or I could
go buy something bigger.

(He checked with Panasonic and they told him they don't really fix the
cameras, they just send a duplicate, and if they don't have that,
something close, and since there is no warranty for this, they charge
90 dollars for a small point and shoot digital camer. He bought a
new newer model for 99.

He was on a cruise, with the camera in a pocket of his bathing suit,
when he went to the hot tub. Noticed it right away, will, right after
it went under water.

If nothing else I got another USB cord, and a might fit something
someday battery and charger, Plus a camera to take apart -- found
two screws already. )

Thanks all.