but were not yet brownish in color, but rather were yellowish and turning. We scraped the skin off, presuming it had dried to a point that it would survive, instead, it sucked in and cracked, and has several spots that resemble knife stabs.

THE INSIDE OF THE GOURD:

There are many different ways to clean the inside of a dry gourd, for over 10 years, we have used wire brush cups, and wire brush wheels attached to a 12 to 16 inch extension in a 3/8 inch drill. This will rapidly eat through all the white pulp that is attached to the inside of the shell. After wire brushing, a sanding or paint removal disk will smooth out the inside of the gourd rapidly, and make your gourd quickly usable. If the gourds are small enough, we boil them in water for 1 to 3 hours.