03-22-2008, 07:03 PM
Been playing about with gourds as water bottles.
Easy enough to work and prep for use. Easier than leather!
We have an electric crock-pot full of beeswax and powdered charcoal for use in making wax tablets. Decided to use this to seal the inside of a gourd. WOW! The water doesn't tast like beeswax, which is a minor problem when using beeswax to seal the Deepeeka "canteen", for example..
The charcoal acts like a sort of filter!
Easy enough to work and prep for use. Easier than leather!
We have an electric crock-pot full of beeswax and powdered charcoal for use in making wax tablets. Decided to use this to seal the inside of a gourd. WOW! The water doesn't tast like beeswax, which is a minor problem when using beeswax to seal the Deepeeka "canteen", for example..
The charcoal acts like a sort of filter!