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When people are talking about washed playsand do they mean just take the play sand and run it under water? If so why? and how do you dry it so it doesnt just harden togther?

Tom

Hi Tom!
All of the bagged Children's Playsand I've seen states that it's been prewashed but I would look to make sure before I bought/used any. It's washed to get rid of silica dust which is harmful if inhaled.

I use it for my beardies and I mix a lil' in with the soil I use in my monitors' cages. The first time I used it I washed it to make sure there wasn't any dust in it and there wasn't it. I haven't washed another bag since. But still, it is a good safety precaution.

Playsand doesn't clump together while it's wet or after it gets wet & dries. That's why it's good substrate material, little to no impaction issues. The soil I use in my monitors' cages, local soil, will harden after getting wet & drying out. I use the playsand to help keep it from doing so.

Have a good one!
HH
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