Is your stand nickel or chrome?

Thanks!

Good question. How do I find (figure it) out? It does LOOK more like nickel, but I don't want to be wrong about it. I have a friend of mine who has been dealing drums for about 40 years that I can take this to. Any thoughts?

JB

if youve got some metal polish, try a bit on it. if its chrome, it won't turn the rag black like nickel will.

mike

What I have is Turtle Wax's "Chrome Polisher and Rust Remover". Is that ok to use on it if it is nickel. Don't want to damage anything.

JB

Ok folks,

I believe that this has been confirmed that this is Nickel plated, and not chrome.

I soaked the top half of the stand in Dawn/water for 12 hours, scrubbed with a toothbrush, dried, then dry buffed with pink rag that you will see in the video. The black on the rag got on there from a dry buff, not as dirt off the stand, as that was already removed from the brush and the drying. Also included is a side by side comparison of chrome mount verses this stand. Nickel indeed.

See this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjV0KOazmtY&feature=youtu.be

Quite crude, made with a camera with actual tape in it (imagine that!) and still getting familiar with the capturing software. I actually taped over a different video showing more stand detail, but this will suffice to show that it is nickel.

Let me know of more questions/requests/ etc.

John

I have learned that people from certain foreign countries can not view the above video because of some copyright/licensing issues. Therefore, I removed the Beatles tune and posted another version of the video - this time SILENT.

[SIZE="7"]So, if you are having any issues viewing the above video[/SIZE], try this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN2AMGTHqQ0&feature=youtu.be

Thanks, and sorry for any inconvenience.

John