I have a coopered wooden tankard that was my father's, split to the width of a nickle between two of the staves, that I'd *really* like repair. He got it in the 1950's-60's, possibly in Germany.
I've thought of filling the crack with a glued wedge and then recoating, but it has an unknown finish (shows yellowish in the thick bits on the mug bottom). In the "olden days," I believe pitch was used to seal wood–could I use pitch, coat the whole interior, and then polyurethane the heck out of it over top? Could I make some kind of watertight "insert" for it that won't look or taste bad? (If so, how? And out of what?)
I'm willing to spend a foolish amount of time and effort on this project - but in the end I want to USE my father’s tankard. I’m looking for any scrap of hope, foolish though it may be. R.
2007-04-29
09:12:18
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