Like many people who've tried the Wilton Icing Sculptor, I uttered my fair share of expletives as pieces kept falling out. But then it occurred to me that I might try binder clips to secure the pieces... and it worked! I used two 2-inch (51 mm) binder clips, as shown below. The sculpting blades remained tight and very secure-- no slippage or falling out whatsoever!

Now I just need some practice with the thing, especially on different types of icing-- I tried it for the first time on some room-temperature SMBC today and I guess I didn't have the icing thick enough on the cake-- I didn't get a very satisfactory pattern or I'd have posted a pic of the end results. But at least the icing sculptor held together beautifully with the clips!

Hope this helps!

Jamey

THis is great thank yoU!

Ha !!! now I know why a big box of those binders wound up in my shopping cart today, must have anticipated your post

great way to think on your feet - but also a great example of why Wilton needs to go back to the drawing board. This is a simple product and you shouldn't have to rig it to make it work.

Can someone tell me how to make it work right? Anytime I try to use it, I get cake spots or it bunches or drags all of the icing off. I can never get it to work rgiht even when I get the thingamabobs to stay in. Thanks.

thanks for the binder clip idea...I will have to try that. I also appreciate the tip on having loads of icing...I didn't get very good results when I tried it.

thanks for the tip I have never been able to use mine I didnt sweat it much as I got i for 5.00 bucks I will try it again now thanks abunch