Preserving a Lobster Claw

[Sluggoslinger]

This summer when my GF's father was in town I got a 22lb lobster for us all to eat since he is from beverly but now lives in Cali. I saved the big claw and for his birthday I was going to give it to him. I filled the whole thing up with fiberglass and coated the outside. The only problem is that in the last batch I used when I coated the outside, I didn't put enough hardner on it and it hasn't dried after 5 days. I am flying out to california this afternoon and I was going to give it to him but that just can't happen now. I'll have to ship it at another time.

I bought some more hardner last night and painted it on hoping for a miracle but no luck... Some of the origional coat is actuall pealing off and it doesn't look so hot. What would you do to save it?

I was thinking about cleaning it off with acetone and then putting a fresh batch of fiberglass on it nice and thick. Have any of you ever tride to do this? I have attached a pic of the bug... Buddy the golden behind it weighs about 90lbs