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April 30, 2010, 10:14 PM | #1 | |||||
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weapon storage and corrosion prevention Information
Hello all, I came across this forum and wanted to share some information about gun storage in particular "gun bags" with VCI technology.
first off, in the spirit of full disclosure, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Mike and I am a packaging engineer from a company called Heritage Packaging in Western New York. We specialize in protective packaging with the majority of our work dealing with government and military contracts. One of our contracts was for a M16 preservation bag for the USMC. At the conclusion of the contract we took the opportunity to make a consumer targeted versions of the bag. We called this product line Zcorr and it remains our only consumer product. As that, I have been assigned a mission to utilize "social media" to help educate and interact with gun enthusiasts in order to establish a better understanding of gun storage options and of VCI technology. So with that long winded introduction out of the way let me share some information about gun storage with particular attention to corrosion. Why corrosion? Corrosion is irreversible. All weapons will corrode at different rates and different environments will cause weapons to corrode at varying rates. The goal is to prevent the corrosion from occurring by keeping water from coming in contact with the weapon while in storage. The military actually came up with a solution to this way back in the early 1900's. By utilizing a paper with a nitrite compound within which would turn to vapor and create a weak polar bond with the metal they were able to effectively prevent water from gaining that same electron and oxidizing the metal. This technology known as VCI or Vapor Corrosion Inhibitor, since the 1900's has expanded into hundreds of other industries including in concrete to prevent re-bar from rusting, in nuclear power plants cooling systems, and in oil pipe lines. More recently the industry has changed the compound from various nitrites to new formulas due to health concerns and then proceeded to impregnate the VCI's into polymers which are more durable than paper. To sum this up, VCI technology works. It has proven science behind it and has had 100 years of use in various industries. Now to help you further understand how you as a gun enthusiast can gain the most out of this technology, allow me to respond to some comments that I found on this site from quite a while back. These can be found here: http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=313730 and here: http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=354909 Quote:
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If anyone has any questions please feel free to ask. I am extremely knowledgeable on the subject matter and can get as simple or as technical as anyone desires. Also, for more information, pictures, and diagrams click on our facebook link in my signature. If anyone found this information useful I encourage you to let us know on our facebook page and interact with some of the stuff we have on there. |
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May 3, 2010, 09:47 AM | #2 |
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I'm noticing a strong opposition to the VCI stuff on this site with people preferring oil and vacuum packing. Can someone offer me some insight as to why that is?
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