it amazing how much water these things can absorb. the msds on these say that 1 dry pound can absorb the minimum of 17 gallons!!

this is a cropped high res photo the hydrated crystal is about 1/2 the size of dime.

interesting...

Stickbuild, you a carpenter?

yes sir.spent most of my early career as a residential & commercial metal framing carpenter / superintendent....thats were stickbuild comes from.

no longer in the field, director of the commercial maintenance divison of the company i work for.

You must be situated in a large area to have specialized like that.

This area's so small, that even commercial work is generally done with lumber.

Based in Kenosha WI at the moment. I traveled alot for work over the years, all the big metro areas. lots of different companies.

Wish I could make a Diamond do that!!! LOL

I traveled a bit in the late 70's-mid 80's. It was darned near cheaper and work near home for less money