Is it better to oil the gourd by hand or not?

It is better to oil the gourd by hand.

Coat the surface of the gourd with light olive oil and walnut oil, or play with the gourd with the hand dipped in oil to let the oil penetrate into the skin of the gourd. The function is to fill the tiny pores in the cortex by penetrating oil molecules, thus improving the cortex and facilitating coloring.

Generally, gourds played in dishes are one or two years old. If you can play with them for a long time, there is no need to oil them. Let the gourd rub on the skin a few times when playing, preferably around the face or nose. If you really want to oil it, use olive oil or walnut oil. Just drop two drops on a gourd and rub it evenly on the gourd skin. Once every two or three weeks, the gourd will be very bright after one month.

First of all, a fully mature gourd with good leather does not need an oil pan. On the contrary, there are too many oil disks in the mature cortex, which may form an "oil skin"-that is, the cortex is saturated with oil, forming oil return and damaging the cortex. The oil pan is suitable for those who have a "chaff" (loose and weak) skin layer by hand, especially the pocket-sized hand twist with a height less than 4 cm-small, low maturity, thin skin layer and chaff. The oil pan can be used for about 2 times before playing with the hand pan, which can effectively improve the skin layer, make the skin layer more dense and moist, and improve the effect of playing with the pan. Secondly, playing with the handwheel should give priority to the handwheel.