Cards in heat / humidity?

[irv]

Originally Posted by Zach Wheat

Consider using old ammo boxes with a silica drying agent packet inside. The boxes are ultra portable and perfectly fit a PSA/SGC/BVG case. The best feature though is that they are designed to resist moisture and most of the re-habbed cases on the market have their gaskets replaced.

Gander Mountain has them at their Going Out of Business sale for $15. Not a bad way to add that extra measure of protection for the cards you don't keep in a security box at the bank.

Z

Interesting! I never thought about those as card holders, but like you mentioned, they'd likely work great.
Thanks for the info.

[mickey7mantle7]

I was actually going to buy a couple of the smaller ones from a local ammo/gun shop here in town for 12 bucks. They are perfect for storing graded cards.

[OlderTheBetter]

I live in St. Louis and have a large comic book collection in the basement. My dehumidifier runs year-round at around 40% and that seems to be good enough. I've never noticed anything going on with the paper down there.

That being said, the silica mentioned earlier in this thread is a very good idea for boxes that contain your good cards. I wouldn't worry about slabbed. They're waterproof and should survive most anything.

[irv]

Originally Posted by OlderTheBetter

I live in St. Louis and have a large comic book collection in the basement. My dehumidifier runs year-round at around 40% and that seems to be good enough. I've never noticed anything going on with the paper down there.

That being said, the silica mentioned earlier in this thread is a very good idea for boxes that contain your good cards. I wouldn't worry about slabbed. They're waterproof and should survive most anything.

Mine is set on auto, which regulates the humidity between 45 and 55%.
I emptied it last night around 10-11pm and just finished emptying it again, this morning, less than 12hrs later. It is 12.68 pints or 6 litres capacity.

Yesterday was another cloudy, rainy, damp day and today is as well. We also have central air, which, as most likely know, also helps dry the air up.