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Post by Marty on Jan 2, 2017 8:56:33 GMT -5
Got the new hydration chamber up yesterday, but it may not work. I use a vinyl garment bag/closet as the enclosure and the photo doesn't show, because of the white background, the breathable fabric back. To a hydration chamber that back is like a screen door on a submarine. So I will have to either seal/paint it or get a sheet of something to cover it. Inside the bag is a wooden frame to hang guitars on and the bag is supported top and bottom on wall brackets, the vinyl doesn't not bear any load. There are two small fans blowing up from the bottom and down from the top to keep the air moving inside. I have a wireless humidity sensor in there, the readout is at my bench. A shallow pan of water sits at the bottom, the surface area of the water in the pan will determine the humidity in the chamber at room temperature. In the past I've tried active temperature control in the chamber which would allow for a smaller amount of water but found it to be just too hard to control precisely and the end results being the chamber turns into a terrarium ie: cloud at the top and 100% humidity.  ![]() |
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Post by millring on Jan 2, 2017 9:08:18 GMT -5
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Post by Marty on Jan 2, 2017 9:15:45 GMT -5
Got one, every time you open it you loose all the humidity and them damn spikes scratch the guitar. |
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Post by brucemacneill on Jan 2, 2017 9:29:41 GMT -5
I had no idea John was into heavy-metal.
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Post by majorminor on Jan 2, 2017 9:35:14 GMT -5
Get a can of that spray rubber stuff
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Post by theevan on Jan 2, 2017 9:38:47 GMT -5
Plasti-Dip
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Post by theevan on Jan 2, 2017 9:39:38 GMT -5
Just send the guitars to me. I'll leave them out on a stand. No chamber needed.
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Post by billhammond on Jan 2, 2017 9:39:50 GMT -5
How much you want for the pink sheath?
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Post by millring on Jan 2, 2017 9:43:54 GMT -5
I must say, Marty, that the chamber is working. Your skin has never looked so young.
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Post by drlj on Jan 2, 2017 10:01:01 GMT -5
I take a different guitar into the shower with me every morning. We both come out clean, fresh smelling and wet.
I learned to plug that big hole(on the guitar) with rags so I don't have to pour too much water out and the strings seem to take a real hit but, overall, it works great. I find the guitars like Dove soft soap.
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Post by Marty on Jan 2, 2017 10:29:29 GMT -5
Get a can of that spray rubber stuff My first thought, seal it. |
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Post by Marty on Jan 2, 2017 10:31:52 GMT -5
How much you want for the pink sheath? You can have it, but I want photos of you wearing it. |
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Post by billhammond on Jan 2, 2017 10:34:31 GMT -5
How much you want for the pink sheath? You can have it, but I want photos of you wearing it. You dirty old man! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2017 20:00:21 GMT -5
This is much more fun than all the political threads here.
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Post by drlj on Jan 2, 2017 20:19:39 GMT -5
This is much more fun than all the political threads here. I can think of many things more fun than the political threads. We should make a list. |
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Post by james on Jan 2, 2017 20:28:16 GMT -5
Your dresses will look just smashing!
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Post by Village Idiot on Jan 2, 2017 20:40:41 GMT -5
OK Marty, I think I know the answer, but I want to hear your answer anyway.
What if a guy didn't humidify his guitar, but just kept it out on a stand in the dry air all week. Except for one night a week, he kept it in a humidity chamber. Would that work?
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Post by drlj on Jan 2, 2017 20:47:36 GMT -5
OK Marty, I think I know the answer, but I want to hear your answer anyway. What if a guy didn't humidify his guitar, but just kept it out on a stand in the dry air all week. Except for one night a week, he kept it in a humidity chamber. Would that work? That, it would seem, would subject the guitar to drying, hydration, drying, hydration, etc. which, it would seem to me would be worse for it than keeping it humidified properly for the entire winter dry season. All that back and forth wouldn't seem like a good idea to me. |
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Post by Village Idiot on Jan 2, 2017 20:50:59 GMT -5
Good point, LJ. Taking it in the shower with you is a much better option.
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