storing paintballs in rice?

[koolaidman]

would this be a decent idea. It has been really humid here lately. i hate when they get muchy and burst in the barrel. i understand that dry uncooked rice absorbs moisture. think it would do anything?

[potatoflinger]

That's a good idea, I know you can use rice to get the water out of a cell phone if you drop it in a pool or something, so it would probably work to keep paintballs dry.

[koolaidman]

That's a good idea, I know you can use rice to get the water out of a cell phone if you drop it in a pool or something, so it would probably work to keep paintballs dry.

that's good enough for me. in goes the rice!

[FishBoy]

ya, it should work, it's super humid here and restaurants put rice in salt shakers to prevent the salt from getting moist and clogging the holes

[THUNDERLORD]

Also you could try those "Silica gel, (Do Not eat)" packs that come in shoe boxes.

Recently, I was unpacking some pipes and had two sets in different boxes.
One was rusted the other not at all. Then I noticed that I had put like ten of those packs from shoe boxes in the one!

Now I will save all those I get from now on.

[psycix]

Instead of silica gel, you could also use NaOH (drain unclogger). Its also very hygroscopic (absorbs water out of the air), only downside is that its a strong base when its in water.

[Hotwired]

Hum.

I think it's safer to stick to something which won't try to melt you.

[SpudFarm]

do flour have the guts needed?

[Hotwired]

Damp flour = mould or maybe a kind of dough.

[vovka351]

oo store it in potassium.

At least you'll know when the water got in *cough*explode*cough*

[psycix]

oo store it in potassium.

At least you'll know when the water got in *cough*explode*cough*

That will only happen when you throw water on it. And for an explosion, you'd better use a stronger one, like cesium.
Elemental sodium could also do the job for keeping it dry I suppose.

[koolaidman]

... I think i'll just stick to rice for now guys...
I dont exactly feel like handling alkali earth metals every time i wanna get a paintball out.

[psycix]

Alright, we over-fantasized again.

[frankrede]

So wait... Your going to have the paintball in rice?
Because I know when I like to fill my hopper I love rice to go in with it

[Coodude26]

frankrede, he's not using them for competitions.