I am currently practicing to start making fondant 3D figures. I am practicing with sculpey clay and my question is....

When modeling the figures do you wear gloves? I was thinking of wearing a pair of white gloves to alleviate getting my fingerprint or nail print impression on the figure.

Any ideas?

White gloves or the wilton decorator gloves? White....might leave lint pieces?

Any ideas?

I don't wear gloves when modeling figures, I just keep my hands really clean and wash a lot. If your fingernails are kept short (which is required where I live if you work with food) you shouldn't have an issue with fingernail marks in the fondant, and it's harder than you might suspect to put a fingerprint in fondant. You should be okay without the gloves.

Deanna

I think you will find it too hard to shape small pieces if you are wearing gloves. Just wash hands really well and cut nails short!

I buy the purple latex gloves from Wal-Mart. I use them all the time - especially when I'm coloring fondant and gumpaste - the color washes right off of them so I can do all the colors and not have hands that look like easter eggs.

I always use them for clay and figure modeling as well. I like to coat my hands with lotion before I put them on, and when I'm done, my hands are nice and soft.

I love my Sam's Club 'Nitrile' medical exam gloves -- non LATEX -- very important for edibles!!! I use them for tinting fondant, mixing dough by hand... luv em!

I have worked in health care for a long time and am starting to get a latex allergy (can develop after a lot of latex exposure.) Soooo.... I can't wear any kind of latex glove.

I wonder if the latex can also get into the food products as well...? (Not sure; just asking.) My allergy is fairly mild at this point but I know some people have a very severe reaction to it.

Thanks for your replies! Keep them coming!

I keep my hands and all surfaces clean, I have very short nails, so they are always clean.

You just can't get the feel of the fondant when working with gloves, even when I'm rolling for a cake....Clean, Clean and cleaner. I have tried a snug fitting glove....but it's a no also.

Thank you for all your responses! The answer seems to be shorter nails and no gloves at all.