I have an older gun safe that came with no fire protection and no insulation. When I lived in a non-humid environment, that was fine. Now that I have been living in Oregon, that has of course all changed.
It is past time to UPGRADE the interior of this safe. There of course are a lot of things to ponder such as materials for fire/smoke protection and shelving. Then I have to consider what this safe is used for. In this case it is ammo, gold, silver, personal items and documents. Then consider that this safe was not built or intended to be lined or set up as a fire rated safe.
Challenge accepted!
So along came a lot of research. My wife hates this part because she knows that it may cost a little bit of money. I could have just thrown drywall in there and called it a day, just like my newer safe has in it. After doing A LOT of research, I guess drywall is NOT the best environment for your gun safe. Yeah it maybe the cheap way to add a fire rating, but is it the best way. NO!
Upon my research I discover many articles such as
"Risks to firearms caused by Gypsum drywall
Recently, people have found a lot of nasty chemicals in Gypsum drywall. When producing Gypsum slurry, the producer adds Formaldehyde as a plasticizer.
However, more often than not, when they finish the manufacturing, this chemical remains at high levels in the Gypsum drywall. Note that this chemical is corrosive to zinc, nickel, copper, and steel.
In some Chinese manufactured Gypsum drywall, FeS2 which is pyrite has high levels.
What’s bad about this chemical is that in humid environments (when the Gypsum drywall heated above 212o releasing steam), the drywall can give off sulfurous gasses which are egg smelling like hydrogen sulfide, carbonyl sulfide, and carbon disulfide.
These gasses react with silver, copper, and other types of corrode metals. A lot of Chinese Gypsum drywall contains the Acidithiobacillus ferroxidase bacteria. This type of bacteria lives in pyrite deposits. They consume sulfur and iron producing sulfuric acid.
There hasn’t been a survey showing that the percentage of Chinese manufactured Gypsum has problems with high pyrite. And it’s confusing for gun safe buys. Some gun safes are made in China.
But they’re labeled as Made in China, and that confuses us even more. Some gun safes are made in the USA. However, they are made with Chinese-manufactured Gypsum."
So you say, well my safe is better because it is all made in the USA. But it still has drywall in it! It is still a corrosive.
The answer lies in the materials used to construct the modern gun safe and basic organic chemistry. Here is a video from, yes a sales person, but its not the product I listening to its the message. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_conti...RPz6IKdiK4
Here is the link to the article: https://www.secureitgunstorage.com/gun-safe-corrosion/
So the project starts!
It is past time to UPGRADE the interior of this safe. There of course are a lot of things to ponder such as materials for fire/smoke protection and shelving. Then I have to consider what this safe is used for. In this case it is ammo, gold, silver, personal items and documents. Then consider that this safe was not built or intended to be lined or set up as a fire rated safe.
Challenge accepted!
So along came a lot of research. My wife hates this part because she knows that it may cost a little bit of money. I could have just thrown drywall in there and called it a day, just like my newer safe has in it. After doing A LOT of research, I guess drywall is NOT the best environment for your gun safe. Yeah it maybe the cheap way to add a fire rating, but is it the best way. NO!
Upon my research I discover many articles such as
"Risks to firearms caused by Gypsum drywall
Recently, people have found a lot of nasty chemicals in Gypsum drywall. When producing Gypsum slurry, the producer adds Formaldehyde as a plasticizer.
However, more often than not, when they finish the manufacturing, this chemical remains at high levels in the Gypsum drywall. Note that this chemical is corrosive to zinc, nickel, copper, and steel.
In some Chinese manufactured Gypsum drywall, FeS2 which is pyrite has high levels.
What’s bad about this chemical is that in humid environments (when the Gypsum drywall heated above 212o releasing steam), the drywall can give off sulfurous gasses which are egg smelling like hydrogen sulfide, carbonyl sulfide, and carbon disulfide.
These gasses react with silver, copper, and other types of corrode metals. A lot of Chinese Gypsum drywall contains the Acidithiobacillus ferroxidase bacteria. This type of bacteria lives in pyrite deposits. They consume sulfur and iron producing sulfuric acid.
There hasn’t been a survey showing that the percentage of Chinese manufactured Gypsum has problems with high pyrite. And it’s confusing for gun safe buys. Some gun safes are made in China.
But they’re labeled as Made in China, and that confuses us even more. Some gun safes are made in the USA. However, they are made with Chinese-manufactured Gypsum."
So you say, well my safe is better because it is all made in the USA. But it still has drywall in it! It is still a corrosive.
The answer lies in the materials used to construct the modern gun safe and basic organic chemistry. Here is a video from, yes a sales person, but its not the product I listening to its the message. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_conti...RPz6IKdiK4
Here is the link to the article: https://www.secureitgunstorage.com/gun-safe-corrosion/
So the project starts!
It is past time to UPGRADE the interior of this safe. There of course are a lot of things to ponder such as materials for fire/smoke protection and shelving. Then I have to consider what this safe is used for. In this case it is ammo, gold, silver, personal items and documents. Then consider that this safe was not built or intended to be lined or set up as a fire rated safe.
Challenge accepted!
So along came a lot of research. My wife hates this part because she knows that it may cost a little bit of money. I could have just thrown drywall in there and called it a day, just like my newer safe has in it. After doing A LOT of research, I guess drywall is NOT the best environment for your gun safe. Yeah it maybe the cheap way to add a fire rating, but is it the best way. NO!
Upon my research I discover many articles such as
"Risks to firearms caused by Gypsum drywall
Recently, people have found a lot of nasty chemicals in Gypsum drywall. When producing Gypsum slurry, the producer adds Formaldehyde as a plasticizer.
However, more often than not, when they finish the manufacturing, this chemical remains at high levels in the Gypsum drywall. Note that this chemical is corrosive to zinc, nickel, copper, and steel.
In some Chinese manufactured Gypsum drywall, FeS2 which is pyrite has high levels.
What’s bad about this chemical is that in humid environments (when the Gypsum drywall heated above 212o releasing steam), the drywall can give off sulfurous gasses which are egg smelling like hydrogen sulfide, carbonyl sulfide, and carbon disulfide.
These gasses react with silver, copper, and other types of corrode metals. A lot of Chinese Gypsum drywall contains the Acidithiobacillus ferroxidase bacteria. This type of bacteria lives in pyrite deposits. They consume sulfur and iron producing sulfuric acid.
There hasn’t been a survey showing that the percentage of Chinese manufactured Gypsum has problems with high pyrite. And it’s confusing for gun safe buys. Some gun safes are made in China.
But they’re labeled as Made in China, and that confuses us even more. Some gun safes are made in the USA. However, they are made with Chinese-manufactured Gypsum."
So you say, well my safe is better because it is all made in the USA. But it still has drywall in it! It is still a corrosive.
The answer lies in the materials used to construct the modern gun safe and basic organic chemistry. Here is a video from, yes a sales person, but its not the product I listening to its the message. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_conti...RPz6IKdiK4
Here is the link to the article: https://www.secureitgunstorage.com/gun-safe-corrosion/
So the project starts!