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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3000768, member: 112"]Good for what ? Do ziplocks help reduce the airflow that can get to coins ? Yes they do, but - plastic is air permeable - so no matter what you put in the ziplocks air still goes right through the plastic - in both directions, meaning into and out of.</p><p><br /></p><p>So if you will ziplocks stop bad stuff from getting to your coins ? No they will not. They will help slow it down from getting to them but they will not stop it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now it's pretty easy to test this for yourself right at home. Take anything that has a strong scent, a slice of onion maybe, Oreo cookies, virtually anything with a strong scent will work. Put it in the ziplock, lay it down overnight. The next day pick up the ziplock, <u>do not open it</u>, and smell it from the outside. You will be able to smell whatever is in the ziplock - thus proving that they are air permeable. If they were not air permeable you would not be able to smell anything at all. But you will, I guarantee it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3000768, member: 112"]Good for what ? Do ziplocks help reduce the airflow that can get to coins ? Yes they do, but - plastic is air permeable - so no matter what you put in the ziplocks air still goes right through the plastic - in both directions, meaning into and out of. So if you will ziplocks stop bad stuff from getting to your coins ? No they will not. They will help slow it down from getting to them but they will not stop it. Now it's pretty easy to test this for yourself right at home. Take anything that has a strong scent, a slice of onion maybe, Oreo cookies, virtually anything with a strong scent will work. Put it in the ziplock, lay it down overnight. The next day pick up the ziplock, [U]do not open it[/U], and smell it from the outside. You will be able to smell whatever is in the ziplock - thus proving that they are air permeable. If they were not air permeable you would not be able to smell anything at all. But you will, I guarantee it.[/QUOTE]
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