Cleaning the Exterior of a Gourd

Have leftover gourds from your fall decorations and now they are all dried out and yucky looking? Or perhaps you were curious about those funny shaped gourds from the farmer's market and decided to pick up a couple - but now what do you do with them? Or maybe it was your nature loving friend who thought you needed a new hobby. However you obtained your dried gourds they need a good cleaning and I will show you how to clean the gourd's exterior using the soaking method. By Bernadette Fox for http://www.favecrafts.com/Craft-Videos/

Basic Instructions:

You will need:
A bucket or tub
A metal scouring pad
A large absorbent rag
Weights
Rubber gloves
Plastic Apron
Rack for drying

1. Fill bucket with warm water.
2. Put dirty gourd(s) in water.
3. Soak towel with water and cover gourd with it.
4. Weight down the gourd with weights
5. Let gourd soak for several hours.
6. Remove weight and towel and begin cleaning gourd with scouring pad.
7. Place gourd on rack to dry completely.


Please visit my website to see my gallery of gourds and to learn more about the art of gourding. http://bernadettesgourdcreations.blog...

Disclaimer: All products used in this video were purchased by me. FaveCrafts has compensated me for this video.