[Tatsdrum]

Is this Mold in my Djembe?
It looks like this all around the inside.
I touched it and it feels powdery.

The Djembe is over 25 years old and was recently given to me a month ago. That's when I noticed the white residue.

It has always been kept in a zip up case and has rarely been used.

Is this mold?

[dleufer]

It's hard to tell from the picture, it could just be dust. Either way, I have had trouble with mould on my drums and eventually I had to disassemble and wash several of them with an anti-mould solution. I really scrubbed them with a brush. This made the surface of the wood quite unsmooth, so then I re-sanded them and re-oiled them (make sure you don't use karite butter, in a cold country like Ireland it turns solid in winter and seeps back out of the wood as a solid and can go mouldy). I used standard bolied linseed oil. I haven't had any problems since.

[Tatsdrum]

Thanks for your reply. I think I will follow your advice and play it on the safe side and clean it anti mold solution.