, you can actually keep them for a variety of unexpectedly practical uses around the home. I am sure you have many of these Silica Gel packets from a new purse, shoes, headache medicine, beef jerky or any other random item.){kind=link}
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Since I was a kid, I have been throwing these little silica gel packets away. If I knew back then what I know now about silica gel, I would have a whole house full of these babies! In layman’s terms silica gel soaks up moisture.
Wikipedia says ” Silica gel is a granular, vitreous, porous form of silicon dioxide made synthetically from sodium silicate. Silica gel is tough and hard; it is more solid than common household gels like gelatin or agar. It is a naturally occurring mineral that is purified and processed into either granular or beaded form.
Though silica gel packets clearly instruct you to throw them away (and not eat them), you can actually keep them for a variety of unexpectedly practical uses around the home. I am sure you have many of these Silica Gel packets from a new purse, shoes, headache medicine, beef jerky or any other random item.