Those of you who store your beads in panty hose... do you re-hydrate them right through the pantyhose or do you undo the knot and hydrate them that way?
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right through. I've got them streched, so undoing the knot is not an option.
The direct addition of water through mist spraying or immersion is not recommended, since the high heat of decrepitation causes silica gel beads to crack and fragment. Although silica gel retains its hygroscopic properties, the overall response time of silica gel in a tray will slow down because of denser packing from the mix of large beads and smaller fragments.