A previous thread written by someone whose ukuleles fell victim for mould totally gave me the chills. Not sure what caused it in the first place in his case, but in general I can imagine that over-humidifying a uke could result in this and other problems.
We are generally advised to humidify our ukes but a lot of us actually live in very humid climates. How do we recognise the first signs of over-humidification so that we don't overdo it and/or realise we actually need to keep the humidity level a tad lower? I use a hygrometer to monitor humidity levels where I store my ukes, but as several people have pointed out before, the ideal humidity level might not be the same for each uke. If one was built in a humid climate it might be more comfortable in a similarly humid environment than one that was built somewhere dryier. So it might be good to know what signs to look for when giving them their routine health inspections.
I know, I'm probably getting a bit over-paranoid over this, but if there's one thing I really hate it's mould. I hate it more than mayo on pizza. Yup, that much.
We are generally advised to humidify our ukes but a lot of us actually live in very humid climates. How do we recognise the first signs of over-humidification so that we don't overdo it and/or realise we actually need to keep the humidity level a tad lower? I use a hygrometer to monitor humidity levels where I store my ukes, but as several people have pointed out before, the ideal humidity level might not be the same for each uke. If one was built in a humid climate it might be more comfortable in a similarly humid environment than one that was built somewhere dryier. So it might be good to know what signs to look for when giving them their routine health inspections.
I know, I'm probably getting a bit over-paranoid over this, but if there's one thing I really hate it's mould. I hate it more than mayo on pizza. Yup, that much.