Homemade moisture absorber?

MushyPeas

Evening all

Anyone ever made a homemade moisture absorber for small places? I have a dehumidifier but have to keep buying small tubs for down the bottom of the stairs. I had a look on the indexed threads and couldn't find anything.

Cheers

Pea x

allydowd

Just use salt in a shallow dish.

LilacLillie

Yep, I've just bought loads of salt and put in my old containers, its working a treat so far and much cheaper.
Don't know how long it will last its my first attempt at not buying the refills for £3.99 each.
Will let you know in a couple of weeks.
LL

MushyPeas

Cheers allydowd

MushyPeas

LilacLillie wrote: »

Yep, I've just bought loads of salt and put in my old containers, its working a treat so far and much cheaper.
Don't know how long it will last its my first attempt at not buying the refills for £3.99 each.
Will let you know in a couple of weeks.
LL

Ooh LL, please do keep me up to date, I've just refilled my container. Oddly it's one I bought in Aldi but can't find any info. about how to buy replacements (not even a name on the box). Trying salt sounds like a grand idea!

Princess_kate

Pretty sure I read somewhere cat litter would work too

janeym8

i use salt when we close up our caravan for the winter but find that the particles of salt that are in the air -well thats what i think anyway-land on the metal taps in kitchen and bathrooms and make rusty spots

janey xxx

MushyPeas

janeym8 wrote: »

i use salt when we close up our caravan for the winter but find that the particles of salt that are in the air -well thats what i think anyway-land on the metal taps in kitchen and bathrooms and make rusty spots

janey xxx

Ooh that's interesting, cheers Janey I might use an old moisture absorbere container to see if that stops the salt spreading. HNY!

Ches

Use cat litter. Yes I know it sounds daft but its designed to absorb moisture and it works as refills for the little containers you buy for overwintering caravans.

janeym8

ches will try and remember for next year as salt down in caravan already
is it any particular type of cat litter i used to use the compressed sawdust when i used to have cats years ago

janey xxx

katholicos

My parents own a static caravan and they always place bowls of cooking salt in the various rooms in the van before packing up for the winter. When they return to the van a few months later, the bowls are full of liquid: the moisture in the air that the salt has absorbed.