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Old 11-27-2012, 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by DaveKell View Post
...went to a Hobby Lobby and bought several packages of inexpensive "water beads" to put in vases with a blue LED light at the bottom for table decoration. They are clear hard beads the size of a pea that swell to a large marble size when soaked in water. We dumper all of them into a new 5 gallon plastic bucket ... the beads haven't even lost half their size yet and it feels wet when you run your hand through them but no water gets on you. The hygrometer hasn't dipped below 55% since a few days after I placed the bucket in there.
What are the "water beads". Inquiring minds want to know. It sounds like something that might just be very practical.
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