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I’ve also read on the internet that one should seal the time capsule inside a polyethylene bag or wrapping to further protect against water infiltration. Do you recommend that?

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I’ve also read on the internet that one should seal the time capsule inside a polyethylene bag or wrapping to further protect against water infiltration. Do you recommend that?

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A. NO. I implore you NOT to do this with our time capsules! Such action would simply retain moisture to the stainless steel and add to corrosion problems over time. It does no good to ‘seal’ it inside of a polyethylene bag. For one thing, it easily leaks—it’s not really sealed, because polyethylene allows water-vapor to permeate quickly through its walls. Perhaps the writer of this suggestion is thinking of extra protection for those plastic containers that are used for time capsules, or the popcorn tin fun ‘time capsules’ that were never intended for burial. A better material for such containers would be bags made of Marvelseal material such as our MVP bags. If you insist on using the plastic for our time capsule, place it over the top only, and not tightly.

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