Recharging Boveda

[defetis]

Quick question. I have been one of the many who have been wasting money throwing them away after 6 months of use when they are all dried up. Right now Im trying to recharge maybe 8 large packs and 4 1g sized ones in a mason jar sealed with a shot glass of distilled water. They have been in for 5 weeks now but not much progress in recharging. Is there a faster way?

Thanks

[DogRockets]

What I did (at the advice of @Horseshoe ) was to take a long plastic tupperware container and put an inch of distilled water in the bottom. Then he had me jam in a smaller size tupperware lid above the water line. I then put the Boveda packs on this lid. Then we closed up the large tupperware container with it's lid. I let that sit for about a week and most of them had plumped back up. A few of the older ones didn't really recharge, but the newer ones sure did. Give that a try.

[jhedrick83]

Make sure it gets some sun too if you can, it'll heat the water and raise the ambient RH in the tupperware.

[Emperor Zurg]

You need MOAR surface area. Put them in a tupperware with a plate of water with a sponge or scotchbrite pad sitting in a shallow puddle of warer. If you want to get technical, weigh everything up with a gram scale and add an appropriate amount of water instead of just winging it until he pack looks about right.

[StogieNinja]

warmer temp = more movement. Warm it up, it'll plump.

[piperdown]

Joel, my recharging setup is a 10x6x4 Tupperware container. Have a small platform (smaller plastic container ~3x4x2) that the boveda packs sit on. I fill the main container with about 1 inch of warm water. Only takes a few weeks to plump them back up.
As others have mentioned, you need to get the surface area up to make a difference. More surface area = more evaporation and more absorption by the boveda.

[TreySC]

I haven't tried my self, but saw a post on instagram a while back. Guy said he uses a freshly cleaned and dried container, fresh distilled water and submerge the packs about halfway for 2-3 days. Set on a towel to dry and good to go. He said it also purges some of the impurities it may have picked up.

[Horseshoe]

What I did (at the advice of @Horseshoe ) was to take a long plastic tupperware container and put an inch of distilled water in the bottom. Then he had me jam in a smaller size tupperware lid above the water line. I then put the Boveda packs on this lid. Then we closed up the large tupperware container with it's lid. I let that sit for about a week and most of them had plumped back up. A few of the older ones didn't really recharge, but the newer ones sure did. Give that a try.

Very good grasshopper! This is the ticket!

Plus, if you have room for a shot glass, or gel humidifiers, I place something that is over my intended rH to force the boveda packs to stay plump. I have black ice pie humidification I place in my wine cooler. It keeps my 65's locked in and they are as fresh as day 1. They are 6 months old by now. Still good to go. I have two gel tubes that I keep in my other boxes. One in my wood box and one in my tool box. I charge those every few weeks and it keeps the boveda just right.

[dinoa2]

after much scientific research on this subject, considering temp. relative Rh, phases of the moon and the equatorial sun factor, I use a quart plastic sherbet container, orange seems to work best. I put 1 or 2 boveda packs, standing on edge with a sponge wetted down with distilled water. I wring the sponge out so it does not drip. I dont like to get the packs wet in case this would cause a leak of whatever is in boveda packs. Close the lid and check in a few days to see if sponge is dried out. If sponge is dry and packs havent plumped up, wet the sponge again and check back.

Depending on how dry your packs were to begin with, 2 packs in the container can be fully recharged in a week. After you recharge a pack several times, sometimes it seems they wont fully fill back up but well worth the effort to re-use them.

[Sticky B]

I put mine in the microwave on HIGH with a wet towel for about 85 minutes, watching the whole time with my nose pressed against the glass door
@defetis , don't you know how to use SEARCH?