what happen to clay chips if left in the heat

xraytech8704 · #1 (**permalink**) 08-09-2007, 08:57 PM

hi

i am going out of town this week for three days,but no direct sun light just the heat.but i order some bcc chips,if the mailman drop it off in the mailbox and leave for three days,but the degree in my town is about 95 to 100 degree.is my chips going to be ok or the heat will weaken the chips.for future nick and easy cracks?

thanks

links_slayer · #2 (**permalink**) 08-09-2007, 09:05 PM

You should have them send it so you have to sign for it. That way they won't leave it at your door if you're not there. You can then go to the post office/UPS warehouse/FedEx building and sign for the package and take them home.

legend · #3 (**permalink**) 08-09-2007, 09:05 PM

They will all melt just like a candy bar and ruin your mailbox as well. Sorry Charlie

beekeeper · #4 (**permalink**) 08-09-2007, 09:17 PM

I'm guessing that they will be ok for 3 days, but you can just go by your local post office and put a "hold" on your mail. When you're back in town you take the hold off. IT's very simple and doesn't take a lot of time.

99%evil · #5 (**permalink**) 08-09-2007, 09:22 PM

I got my T-mold hot stamp samples a few weeks ago, either they sat on th edashboard of the mailman's truck all day or the mailbox gets incredibly hot. I opened the box and it was steaming inside and some of the chips warped. They flattened out with a bit of work....

Oh, they were in the mailbox a max of 2 hours.

BigKyle · #6 (**permalink**) 08-09-2007, 09:22 PM

If you ordered BCC, custom or not, I would rather not take a chance of anything bad happening to them.

xraytech8704 · #7 (**permalink**) 08-09-2007, 09:45 PM

thanks guys i went to my neigbor and gave him the mail key so he can put the chips in there house for safe keeping.

thanks

guinness · #8 (**permalink**) 08-09-2007, 09:56 PM

A few years ago I had a set of custom ASM's sit in my car for 8 hours during the summer and I had to throw out about 100 of them. Warped, melty and the remaining "good" ones smell like bad chemicals to this day. They were given to me as an xmas present 10 years ago so that sorta sucked.

Yes, heat can hurt chips. Mine were stored in a leather case at the time of baking so I had this thought that they would be safe since they were packed tightly but it didn't matter.