Hello! I bought a 1s tip today and tried using it for detail work on a cookie. I tried both glace and a RI recipe and both immediately got clogged. I don't think I even obtained a drip from the tip and I squeeze so hard I nearly busted the bag.

Can anyone please help me with tips and/or suggestions for making this work? I would love love love to be able to make use of this size.

I am only a hobby baker but really enjoy it and if there's anything that can make this easier I would like to know.

Thanks in advance,
Gia

Is that the one that's like the little baby teeny tiny rose tip? It's fabulous for inscriptions & writing and scroll work & stuff like that. Is that the correct one?

You couldn't get anything out of it? Is it defective?

I keep a hat pin around to break up clumps or I seive my icing.

No no no no I was thinking of 101s I think.

I didn't sleep real good last night so I 'm kinda loopy but I don't think I've heard of a 1s? I couldn't find it on Baker's Ultimate but...what does it look like--could you hum a few bars?

Are you talking about the tiny tiny circular hole #1 tip? I've found with it you're got to be 100% sure your icing is 100% smooth, and at a thin enough consistency that it'll go through. It's amazing for detail work, but can be a bit of a pain to work with for sure.

I use antonia's royal and the 1s tip all the time. You cant use unthinned ri or you will have to squeeze too hard. I use it thinned not as thin as flood but usually thinner than regular outlining...I've never had much of a clogging problem, every so often you will get one, I just take a sewing needle swirl it in through the tip and then keep on going.

So what's a 1s? It can't be smaller than a 00? <thud> >faint< oh my oh my

Its the wilton brand and its a tiny bit smaller than 1, as far as my cake store says wilton doesnt make a 0. If you look at a 1 and a 1s you really dont see a difference, but when piping you can tell its skinnier.

I went in asking for a 0 or 00 and they did have it in a different brand but it was like $5 or $6 so I went with the 1s for $1.49. I might break down and try the smaller one at some point.

Oh you for sure gotta seive that icing--like use the toe of a brand new stocking or a fine mesh seive.

But hey, all that to say try a 101s it's possibly my favorite tip in the world.