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Hi everyone,
I'm here in Portland and have a smaller gun safe (25"W x 22"D x 60"H), which is non-fire lined, stored in my garage (no room in the house unfortunately). I'm paranoid about my firearms rusting so this is what I have inside the safe now...
1) Two 18" GoldenRod dehumidifiers
2) Two Eva-Dry 500 mini-dehumidifiers
I have an electronic weather station inside the safe and another sensor in the garage to detect the difference in humidity levels and temperature. Here is the data so far after a day...
-Garage data = 77% humidity and 48 degrees F
-Safe data = 60% humidity and 52 degrees F
It looks like my setup is doing a good job, but 60% humidity seems a little high to me. Is this humidity % too high? I was thinking about coating my guns lightly with Ballistol before I put them in there as well just in case. If I do this, will it be good enough?
If anyone could provide input on whether they think this is good enough, and if not, offer some suggestions on how to improve the environment in my safe I'm all ears and would appreciate it immensely.
I'm here in Portland and have a smaller gun safe (25"W x 22"D x 60"H), which is non-fire lined, stored in my garage (no room in the house unfortunately). I'm paranoid about my firearms rusting so this is what I have inside the safe now...
1) Two 18" GoldenRod dehumidifiers
2) Two Eva-Dry 500 mini-dehumidifiers
I have an electronic weather station inside the safe and another sensor in the garage to detect the difference in humidity levels and temperature. Here is the data so far after a day...
-Garage data = 77% humidity and 48 degrees F
-Safe data = 60% humidity and 52 degrees F
It looks like my setup is doing a good job, but 60% humidity seems a little high to me. Is this humidity % too high? I was thinking about coating my guns lightly with Ballistol before I put them in there as well just in case. If I do this, will it be good enough?
If anyone could provide input on whether they think this is good enough, and if not, offer some suggestions on how to improve the environment in my safe I'm all ears and would appreciate it immensely.