drying out old sand inside or out?

[hillegom]

If you stir the sand in the rubbermaid, as many times in a day as you feel up to, the sand will dry faster.,
I have dried half a pail of sand a couple of times, and I found if you stir once a day, it took about a month to dry. The other time I have done it, when the sand was about 1" dry on top, I would transfer the dry to another pail. This increased production of dry.
Mind you, mine was coarser than sugar