Re-using silica gel packets

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are all silica gel packets reuseable? and, if they aren’t specifically labelled ‘color indicating’, how can you tell when they’re saturated? Also, do you leave them in their packets for recharging in an oven or microwave, or do you take the beads out of the packets? In advance, many thanks.

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You do not take them out of the packets.  If the packets have any metal, you only do this is a regular oven, not a microwave.

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