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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 Hack  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread) 10-27-05

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Click title to read one, or click date to read all below it. 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   Hi jeff... new monitors, eh? i filled my atlantis stands wit ...   Tobias 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: Bignerd100 Anyone who is thinking of "drying" anything in the oven (be that veggies or sand) should know that if you don't crack the oven door you are simply roasting the sand. When teh moisture evaporates but has nowhere to go it will turn your oven into a steam room of sorts. This is probably why Tobias still had stinky moist soil after cooking it. Spend same time and effort with a batch of San Marzano tomatoes and you will find much bigger rewards. Good luck to all! Bignerd100  (Threads | Answers | This Thread) 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

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