Sometimes after I've worked and molded my fondant I notice little 'fuzzies' stuck to it...This is SO annoying and I'm wondering how everyone prevents that. Is there a specific apron type I should be wearing? (I thought maybe it was my shirt). I'm a clean freak so I clean every surface multiple times before I roll it out and wash my hands like a OCD person before I start, but then it happens...FUZZIESSSS. My question is how does everyone prevent fuzzies, or tiny pieces of anything making their way onto your fondant?
*frustrated*
I think some "fuzzies" are inevitable due to static electricity and the fact that none of us decorates in a vacuum. Even in the cleanest home, you can watch fuzzies dancing in a stream of sunlight--they're a sad fact of life.
I wipe everything down before I start working and I wear white, non-pilling fabrics for my shirt & apron as much as possible--AND I NEVER wear dark colors.
HTH
Rae
You have my sympathies. I haven't had much trouble with fondant fuzzies but I have had trouble with it on white crusted buttercream cakes and it drives me crazy. Never wear a sweater and keep the house closed up. My most difficult time is Spring when the family want to keep the kitchen door open. I have to watch for pollen and definitely can't work on cakes in the evening for fear of dust coming through the screens. I doubt that others notice though. Once, I was sure it was the ribbon from my board, so I am careful in my choice of those too. Glad to hear I wasn't just seeing things myself.
I heard a tip from someone a while ago. Before she starts rolling out, she breaks off a bit of fondant and rubs that over the work surface. The fuzzies get picked up by that. Doesn't take care of all of them, but it sure helps.
hehe so glad to hear its not just me cursing them!!! I will definitely try that piece of fondant trick-and I think I'll go buy a white cotton shirt to use JUST for cakes 
I've actually started to wonder if I should decorate naked!
I'm sure if we asked our husbands they'd say yes definitely decorate naked!
I use one of those lint roller things....you know the type where you can peel off a new layer of sticky paper each time you use it....I roll that over my work surface a few times to pick up any stray "fuzzies".
I've actually started to wonder if I should decorate naked!
Great idea, I say we should be naked decorators. lol I thought I was the only one no matter what apron, long or short sleeve shirt I use it always happens to me. I actually want to order a chef shirt that all those fancy people use.I am such a clean freak till one day I came to the conclusion that maybe if I wore rubber gloves it would work and I wouldn't have that problem. Hmmm I wonder if the pro bakers have the same problem. I always notice my errors but never ayone else's.
I noticed this issue about a year ago when I started using fondant for the first time- , I first wipe down the surface with hot steaming soapy water ( i through a clean wet rag in the microwave for 30 sec and pull it out and wipe it all down with a glove or else it is too hot ) then I do it again with no soap- just water .let dry . then I keep pure rubbing alcohol in a sprayer, and i spray it all down and wipe dry with a bounty paper towel...We rarely use paper towels here because we are sorta on the Eco-tree hugger side, but for cakes you gotta sometimes!
I wear short sleeves or hike up my sleeves , i wear a bandana and a tight bun or ponytail most of the time, I use thin white 100% cotton thin flat fold style cloth diaper (, no lint! ) and wipe my hands with that after I wash. I have a cheap desk lamp with NO lampshade that is super lightweight, and it has a 26 watt "curly " energy efficiant super bright bulb and after I roll out my fondant i hold that thing about 3 inches from my surface of my fondant to scan for any fuzz or lint ( or bubbles! ) of any kind...it looks like i am working in a forensics lab when I got that thing going! lol...
sounds like a process, but it works for me!
hehe so glad to hear its not just me cursing them!!! I will definitely try that piece of fondant trick-and I think I'll go buy a white cotton shirt to use JUST for cakes
If you are going to do that, then make sure you wash it alone, and don't tumble dry it or it will pick up fuzzies from other clothes/drier too 
! Even then I would bet some will still find their way to the fondant, they are all around us in the air, it's unavoidable really 
!
I have always said that fondant is a dust magnet 
If Johnson & Johnson could just figure out how to use it, they would have a great new dusting product 
I put my paper towell in the cupbpoard before i start - as the fuzzies that float around from that is incredable....plus i only have my cotton tea towellls and hand towells out - not the fluffy cotton kind.
Brillante idea about the lint rollers - never thought of doing that.
Thankyou Deb 
I was having this same exact problem today. I finally realized it was the black and white dish towel I was drying my hands on! It wasn't a terry type towel either...so not sure why. I guess I will need to invest in some plain white cotton towels to use while working with fondant and buttercream.
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