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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tcore, post: 182115, member: 2949&quot;]I know that we&#039;ve discussed storage and safes and all that kind of stuff many times before, but I have a specific question that I don&#039;t feel has been discussed to death, so what the heck. :goofer: </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So, I know all about keeping humidity low in a safe and that it&#039;s particularly important to keep moisture out by using silica dessicant or some such product. It&#039;s also probably not good to put coins in a safe with wood shelves.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So, how about carpet or carpet lining in safes? Many, MANY safes have some kind of carpet or similar type lining. I have heard before that the carpet and/or the adhesives used to attach them to the shelves and sides of the safes are harmful to coins. Is there really any truth to this?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I was looking at Gardall safes. Several of their safes have a carpet type lining. I even called the company to ask them about it. The customer service guy said what they use is not actually carpet, but it is a two part epoxy and they use some kind of statically charged contraption to put these fibers onto the epoxy. He really didn&#039;t know an answer to my question about whether or not it would damage coins though and just went on to telling me about moisture. :rolling: </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So, do any of you know about this or have any personal experience with having stored your coins in these types of safes resulting in any damage...or lack thereof. Or heck, are there any chemists or material specialists out there?!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It&#039;s just that a good quality safe is a very large investment for me and I want to get it right. I don&#039;t want to spend lots of money and get something that will damage my coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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