Drying sand in the oven- anyone try it?

a contractor builders supply where they sell silica sand is already dried and bagged..

To use an oven to dry the sand, use the self cleaning feature of the oven. That will ensure that any biological or HCs contained in the sand are effectively burned off. The oven is not hermetically sealed, BTW, so the moisture and burned off gases do go to atmosphere - one can see the smoke!
Bob P.

Make sure to remove cat and/or dog crap first. And stay away from the yellow sand.

this is a weird thread. we dry sand in our lab at work so it can be tested. my recommendation would be first DO NOT dry sand in your kitchen oven unless you want your wife to divorce you or have you declared an idiot. buy dry silica sand as others have mentioned. if you must dry it, do it in a pan outside on a camp stove or gas grill. stir it and it will be dry in about 10 minutes or the time it takes to drink one to two full beers. personally, i recommend the lead shot route using the finer shot, and don't worry about contamination unless you ingest it or grind it and snort it. ok, some have said to rinse it off - if it makes you feel better. oh, and there are disposal issues when you are done with it.

I paid $3.75 a 50 lb bag of kiln dried #30 sand at Home Depot. YOu'll spend more in Gas or Electricity, I think, drying it in your oven. Of course, you could always spread it out in your back yard on a sunny day. If it's not too windy that is...