All,

Perkins Observatory has a good old-fashioned "drinking gourd."  i.e. it is
a real, dried out gourd with a long neck/handle and a hole cut into the
rounded part.  It was used in the past as a dipper, hence the name.

The gourd has a few cracks on it, however, and is a little fragile.  I
fixed the cracks with a little white glue, but I'm concerned about it
getting broken.  I would like to coat the gourd with something to protect
its surface from wear, and to prevent cracks from forming.  I should
mention that we use this with our astronomy talks when discussing the "Big
Dipper."

My thought was to give it a good coating of polyurethane, then spray it
down with a flat enamel coating to take away the glossy finish.  Do you
think this will work?


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Bob Martino                           "I look up to the heavens
Assistant Director                     but night has clouded over
Perkins Observatory                    no spark of constellation
                                       no Vela no Orion."
http://www.perkins-observatory.org                     -Enya

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