Silica packets to help rest/dry pipes?

[Johnny_Pipecleaner]

I have a nice old handmade wooden desk, and I store my pipes and accessories in one of the drawers. Lately when I buy things that have those silica packets in them, I'll toss the silica packets into this drawer. The idea is that the wooden drawer and silica packets help keep humidity low.

Any chance I'm damaging the pipes by doing this? The packets don't touch the pipe or chamber or anything like that, but I'm wondering if this might create too dry an atmosphere, which could cause a pipe to warp/crack.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I can’t imagine how that would hurt your pipe. It’s basically sand. Maybe it does help dry the pipe, but I’m not certain to what extent.

 

[OzPiper]

I checked my pipes a couple of months ago and found 3 with mould (all 3 were Barlings). Interestingly all the other pipes next to and around them were fine.

They had never had a water rinse either - just in case anyone is wondering ?

I stuck little packets of silica gel into each of the bowls - no problem since.

 

[Johnny_Pipecleaner]

Nice! Yeah I buy enough crap that I wind up receiving these packets of silica quite frequently, so I figured I should put them to use instead of discarding them. I suppose I'll keep it up.

 

[OzPiper]

Nice! Yeah I buy enough crap that I wind up receiving these packets of silica quite frequently, so I figured I should put them to use instead of discarding them. I suppose I'll keep it up.

Yes, I'm on a shitload of meds, and the pill bottles come with those small nifty packets which are just the right size for stuffing into a bowl ?

 

[frozenchurchwarden]

I bought a few 3lb bags of silica to keep in my pipe cases.
Arctic air is dry enough it was probably unnecessary, but I thought it prudent when the pipes go into a sealed container for storage.