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Drying sand in the oven- anyone try it?

Hi gents & ladies,

I'm going to use monitors in my home office, got some really nice four-pillar Focus stands to sit the speakers on. I want to fill the pillars with sand, but want to make sure the sand is completely dry before I fill'em up. Why not use the oven? Heat it up and let the sand bake for a while. Have you done this? What temp? For how long? Thanks, Jeff

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10-27-05

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10-28-05 I have done it but you need to do it in small quantities and ... Rwwear

10-28-05 Wash the sand thoroughly and pat dry. sautee in butter just ... Onhwy61

10-28-05 Sidestep the issue by getting really nice sand too. sakre ... Rockvirgo

10-28-05 Onhwy61, did you get that from rachael ray's "cooking r ... Audiobugged

10-28-05 Audiobugged, "that is so cool!" Onhwy61

10-28-05 Lead shot. #7 1/2. doesn't need to be dried. large enough ... Bignerd100

10-28-05 My grandmother had a recipe for this, but i lost it! here i ... Tarsando

10-28-05 That sounds like a lot of effort that probably is not necess ... Jalapenos

10-28-05 A conventional or convection oven will dry the outside and h ... Jaybo

10-28-05 I vaguely remember a thread along this line quite a while ba ... Mr_hosehead

10-28-05 Seriously... sand would be the most economical route, howeve ... Audiobugged

10-28-05 Thanks for the inputs folks. lead shot isn't an option, pret ... Hack

10-28-05 The shot melted! Elevick

10-28-05 Using sand to fill the pillars definitely tightens up the so ... Seasoned

10-28-05 Home depot sells bags of sand already dried. Rhljazz

10-28-05 Actually i prefer sun dried sand vs. oven baked. how ever i ... Theo

10-28-05 Try steel shot. it is used for shot peening metals for surf ... Jsd52756

10-28-05 Use silica instead or star technology's microbearing. Hifimaniac

10-28-05 Just buy a bag of dry sand at the store. $5.00 Sugarbrie

10-28-05: Tobias
Hi Jeff... new monitors, eh? I filled my Atlantis stands with dry construction sand from Rona. (Sugarbrie's price quote is about right IIRC.) That was maybe seven years ago and the pillars are still dry inside. I didn't have to bake it. I was glad about that, because even more years ago I had attempted to sterilize a small batch of potting soil in the oven. It stunk up the house and didn't dry the soil out completely even after many hours at high heat. ATB, Toby
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10-28-05 Tobias- the reason your potting soil stunk was that you were ... Swampwalker

10-29-05 Thank you swampwalker. it is always fascinating to have the ... Tobias

10-29-05 Anyone who is thinking of "drying" anything in the ... Bignerd100

10-29-05 I've found that filling my stands is as much for sound quali ... Mijknarf

02-27-06 A contractor builders supply where they sell silica sand is ... Sonrisa

02-27-06 To use an oven to dry the sand, use the self cleaning featur ... inpepinnovations@

02-27-06 Make sure to remove cat and/or dog crap first. and stay away ... Rwwear

02-27-06 This is a weird thread. we dry sand in our lab at work so it ... Mitch2

03-05-06 I paid $3.75 a 50 lb bag of kiln dried #30 sand at home depo ... Rolloff

03-13-06 The shot melted! ha! ha! reminds me of a calamity that occur ... Stereokarter