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ultramarine_Stu · December 5th, 2004, 14:05

I have loads of sand but its wet and im using it to base my models and to base my gaming board.Me and my dad are trying to go for a desert like scenery for battle for maccrage.Anyway anybody got any tips for me to dry this sand fast.

Bushdoctor · December 5th, 2004, 14:24

Spread it out on a newspaper in front of the central heating.
But i'm pretty sure your dad thought of that as well.

WiCkEdRock · December 5th, 2004, 14:29

If you put it on the newspaper it will get stuck, and all gooey and messy. Put it on some kind of metal tray and aim a fan against it, let it stand there and fan the sand for a day or two.

whiteymoza · December 5th, 2004, 17:12

MICROWAVE OR OVEN MABE DANGEROUS THO BUT IVE DONE IT

Wookie · December 5th, 2004, 17:50

Spread it out on a tray of some sort (not paper) and stick it in the airing cupboard overnight. The slow heat from your hot water heater will dry it out very nicely.

Corianis · December 6th, 2004, 02:36

I would strongly recommend against putting it in the microwave. It looks like whiteymoza got away with it, but sand (silicon crystals) can refract the microwaves back at the emitter, with similar results to puting a metal plate in the microwave. Your best bets would be to thinly (max depth 1/2 cm) spread the sand over an oven tray and put it in an oven at 150-200 Celsius (300-400 Farenheit if I did the conversion correctly) until dry, or put it all in a pot on a high flame (it won't burn or stick to the pot).

EDIT: Typo.

typhoon12360 · December 6th, 2004, 13:17

whiteymoza-lower case please, and also, don't microwave anything.

Just leave it in a tray. Maybe instead of getting the wet stuff pick up some dry sand?

December 5th, 2004, 14:05	#1 (permalink)
ultramarine_Stu Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 23 Rep Power: 50	I have loads of sand but its wet and im using it to base my models and to base my gaming board.Me and my dad are trying to go for a desert like scenery for battle for maccrage.Anyway anybody got any tips for me to dry this sand fast. __________________ ''Courage and Honour!'' Ultramarines battle cry

December 5th, 2004, 14:29	#3 (permalink)
WiCkEdRock LO Zealot Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: GOBBOLAND! Posts: 1,430 Rep Power: 62	If you put it on the newspaper it will get stuck, and all gooey and messy. Put it on some kind of metal tray and aim a fan against it, let it stand there and fan the sand for a day or two. __________________

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Wookie Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Cincinnati Ohio Age: 43 Posts: 352 Rep Power: 51	Spread it out on a tray of some sort (not paper) and stick it in the airing cupboard overnight. The slow heat from your hot water heater will dry it out very nicely. __________________ I hear voices...and they don't like you!

December 6th, 2004, 02:36	#6 (permalink)
Corianis Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: South Australia Age: 27 Posts: 938 Rep Power: 55	I would strongly recommend against putting it in the microwave. It looks like whiteymoza got away with it, but sand (silicon crystals) can refract the microwaves back at the emitter, with similar results to puting a metal plate in the microwave. Your best bets would be to thinly (max depth 1/2 cm) spread the sand over an oven tray and put it in an oven at 150-200 Celsius (300-400 Farenheit if I did the conversion correctly) until dry, or put it all in a pot on a high flame (it won't burn or stick to the pot). EDIT: Typo. __________________ 11101/10000/00011/01101/10101 Dedicate of the Black Tower

December 6th, 2004, 13:17	#7 (permalink)
typhoon12360 Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 41 Rep Power: 51	whiteymoza-lower case please, and also, don't microwave anything. Just leave it in a tray. Maybe instead of getting the wet stuff pick up some dry sand? __________________ Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill today because they *****ed me off.

December 5th, 2004, 14:24	#2 (permalink)
Bushdoctor Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 23 Rep Power: 53	Spread it out on a newspaper in front of the central heating. But i'm pretty sure your dad thought of that as well.

December 5th, 2004, 17:12	#4 (permalink)
whiteymoza Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 20 Rep Power: 49	MICROWAVE OR OVEN MABE DANGEROUS THO BUT IVE DONE IT

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