Hardware and Weather

I keep my hardware bag in the garage when I am not gigging. It weighs a ton, so I dont want to drag it down into the basement and I can't leave it in the wife's wagon. It gets pretty hot and humid (east coast) in the garage in the summer, but it is obviously covered so minimal sunlight gets in. Does anyone else do this? Will this effect my hardware? Should I buy some of those Silica gel thingees?

the hardware will be fine in the garage, it is made of metal, look at the frying pan, how hot does it get? and it is always ready for another go.

really the only thing to worry about is extensive moisture, that can lead to corrosion.

if you are going to worry about it, sell it all, and move to flat based/ muti clam, and then just put it in a closet inside or something.

If it's been chromed right, it shouldn't be a problem.

Now, being scratched up from set-up/tear-down and being stored in a bag, it'll rust...eventually.

Nothing major. Stands are fairly cheap these days anyway.

Yeah, I'd say much of that depends on the chrome job. I had a bunch of Tama Roadpro stands I bought all together. Had them set up in my drum room, which was at the front of the house with an outside entrance. One stand and only one stand, rusted. Rusted everywhere on the damned thing. The rest were fine.

Should be fine if it's in a bag. Keeping the bag closed will help keep the humidity out. But if you can get your hands on those silica "do not eat" packets, it certainly wouldn't hurt to have them in there.

Get stainless steel or titanium hardware (including gold-plated electric brushes).

Gold plating is too flashy. I prefer platinum stands and hardware.

by a can of spray silicone if your worried about rust

WD-40!