<div dir="ltr">Hi Wendy,<div>You could use gelatin, if it's for a limited time. If it's for a longer period of time, go to a craft store and ask for the gel candle supplies. The liquid used for that is clear, like water, and can be dyed to coffee colour. That can definitively be left out and will last for a really long time.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div>Christina Reid</div><div><br></div><div>MSA Museum Society</div><div>Abbotsford</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 11:26 AM, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bcma@lists.vifa.ca" target="_blank">bcma@lists.vifa.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>Dear fellow museum people</div><div><br></div><div>I curate the small Greek Heritage Project Museum in Victoria and am setting up a display about the Greek experience with coffee.</div><div><br></div><div>I would like to put a glass of water and a cup of Greek coffee on the beautiful brass tray in the collection but don't want any chance of spills. The display will not be in a case so danger lurks.</div><div><br></div><div>Can anyone suggest an inexpensive way to solidify liquids? cost is a factor</div><div><br></div><div>W:)</div><div><br></div><div>Wendy Smylitopoulos</div><div>Curator</div><div>Greek Heritage Project Museum</div><div><br></div>
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