Thank-you for these it will help me with my gourds.

thanks for real i have been lookin at gourds to get back to some ancient roots and stuff. valuable video i learned alot from this and other ones of yours =) so yeah. thank you very much for your time

Thank you! Did not know you could use that type of scrubber! For years I used only the back of a knife! This is much better!

Muchas gracias

Exactly what I was looking for thank you

Recently the gourds I have cleaned for crafting I did not soak at all! Instead I high pressured washed them with the hose outside then did a clean up job with warm/hot water and scouring pad inside.

Thank you for making and sharing these Wonderful videos. would like to share one of my own tips on cleaning gourds / Calabashes, I have found using a paint scraper works very well, which is a small handheld tool with wooden handle and a metal end. I shapen the mental end with a stone and I fine that work very well for those hard parts. Colourfulcalabash Kenya

Wow nice creative

Thank you for the comment. The amount of time they soak depends on the gourd for me. If I know the gourd is on the thinner side I don't want to have it soak any more than an hour. As for those stubborn gourds with the white skin that are so hard to clean, I let them soak for most of the day. I'd love to see your work!

Thank you!!!!

You're welcome! Yes, a metal pot scrubber does the trick for most gourds. However, if you're worried about scratching the gourd (depending on the art piece you're making) use a plastic scouring pad instead of a metal one. It is a bit gentler.

Sanding saves time and gets rid of the mold for mine.

Try fabric softener. Soak a few hrs and it scrubs right off.

hi, wish you were my Neighbor!! please move to Florida!

3:52 I searched online and in stores and have yet to find this "elbow grease" But really thanks for the video I grew some for the first time this year and they look horrid right now (Oct. 29th) but they seem like they'll look fine once they get cleaned when they dry!

@joycedavis1865

4 жыл бұрын

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I just got mine out of winter storage for drying, good spot but yeah white mold, black mold, skin is gross

Hiya Bernadette, hove you every considered sanding them, or sand blasting them? all the best Jim

@BernadettesGarden

8 жыл бұрын

+Jims Allotment I do sand them, but only after I have thoroughly cleaned them of the mold and dried epidermis. Otherwise the sander gets gummed up too quickly. I have used a power washer though which may be something you want to try if you rather not do the soaking and scrubbing. It does work pretty well for many gourds.

Do you know how to make a water bottle with lid that's tied on?

gostaria que os videos fosse traduzidos

Informative but very hard to hear

how´can you get gourds with thick walls, say for a banjo= im currently growing canteen gourds, and i fear that the walls might end up paper thin.. is there any trick when drying them or something ot make sure the walls are stocky?

@BernadetteGourder

6 жыл бұрын

To grow thick-shelled gourds you need a strain of gourd seed that has a thick-shell, but also you need to make sure the gourd matures completely on the vine.

Where can I buy basket gourds ?

Can you use a small lightweight rechargeable drill to power scrub the outside and the inside?

@BernadetteGourder

2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes, but often for me it can be pretty stubborn so a more powerful drill would work better, at least for the inside. Outside I use elbow grease but I have seen the use of a drill and scrubby on the end with the gourd in a makeshift vise.

Alguien que hable español por aquí que me explique en que solución sumergió las piezas para limpiarlas, por favor. En mi casa hay un árbol que tiene de esas bolas pero ovaladas y es imposible dejarlas súper limpias. Cuesta un mundo.

Vc passa cera na cabaca depois de limpa, para pintar?

@dalvacosta1017

4 жыл бұрын

Do you pass paste of wax before painting it?

Bu sanatı çok seviyorum ama elimde yeterli malzemem yok.

Could you explain how to dry a gourd?

@BernadetteGourder

3 жыл бұрын

Please see all the videos I have on my channel. I have covered everything from growing to drying to cleaning and then to crafting them.

The sound on this video is very low. I can hardly hear what you are saying.

@tonidavidcrawford4924

6 жыл бұрын

Cheryl Ramey That is why our group has stopped watching her videos. We cannot hear her. We have watched all of M. Joy's videos . She is very good and you can hear everything she is telling you.

@maydarivera8413

4 жыл бұрын

Estúpida mamá Guevara

@maydarivera8413

4 жыл бұрын

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Volume too low!!

Can hardly hear you.

I'm very interested to see how this is done, but the sound is so low I'm not sure I'll learn anything useful.

Up as loud as it will go

wahh!! My gourd is too big for a bucket!!

@BernadettesGarden

8 жыл бұрын

+Lindy Scott Many of my gourds are too. I use a large plastic tote, fill it all the way up to overflowing with water, put the gourds in, and then put the lid on, forcing the gourds to stay in the water. A tote with locking handles is best, although you can also use a board and weight that down. Hope this helps!

@paigescott8897

8 жыл бұрын

+BernadettesGarden Wow never would have thought of that! Luckily we had a large barrel that was large enough!

I can't hear what you are saying the sound is extremely low.

@eldunariheart6145

7 жыл бұрын

Gretchen Nelson...Turn up your volume.

@gretchennelson6025

7 жыл бұрын

I did..still low volume.

@peppermae1

7 жыл бұрын

ear buds or headphones help guys

Not loud enough for my ears

DO NOT FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS!!! I did this soaking method and they broke under the weight. 12 months of effort down the drain. Thanks.

@sgtsue515

6 жыл бұрын

This made me think and I thank you for that. I’ve been drying some snake gourds to paint for Halloween decorations and decided to be cautious. Have an old waterproof footlocker size container into which I put some bricks. Then placed some flat bungee cords around them. I added my gourds and used the bungee cords to hold them down loosely to the bricks. Filled the container with water let them soak. Less pressure on the gourds. With round gourds maybe place in a net and weight the net to the bottom of a container.

Can't hear a word. Too low.

@eldunariheart6145

7 жыл бұрын

Marsha Weaver...Turn up your volume.

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