Does anyone know how to get a short fur effect like this? (not using a grass tip)
http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1279569
It's the stuffed dog by Stumptowncakes. I pm-ed him/her a few weeks ago, but never got a response. The caption reads "I keep getting requests for how I did the texture...try using a rubber kitchen scrubber--Debbie Brown shows the technique in one of her books."
What is a rubber kitchen scrubber? I would be happy to buy the book if I knew which one it was!
Ok, I'll take a guess at this. It looks heavily impressioned on...I think she pressed something like this
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003ZU4C5G/?tag=cakecentral-20
into the still very soft fondant (wont work if dry). You could magnify the effect by using a stippling brush.
I have just looked through five Debbie Brown books as I think it's amazing too, and can't see anything like that at all! The only fur she describes texturising is done with either a toothpick or by jabbing the tip of a star piping tip into the fondant repeatedly.
She talks about a rubber kitchen scrubber..... I'm not sure I've ever seen a rubber kitchen scrubber, but if you think about other kitchen scrubbers, pressing them onto the fondant would probably get a similar effect.
That is a great texture!
Maybe a "rubber kitchen scrubber" she means something like a plastic Brillo pad?? Or like this handled scrubber:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0037NYLC0/ref=mp_s_a_2?qid=1286095325&sr=8-2
(I hope that worked) and I hope that helps! 
In the Debbie Brown book I used for this cake: http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1694804
she instructs you to press a food-safe scourer into fondant for the texture on her crown & robe...I used a pair of tweezers...
It looked like terry cloth to me when I was done, but I was pinching very firmly...
maybe a lighter touch would work for your project??
Maybe a "rubber kitchen scrubber" she means something like a plastic Brillo pad?? Or like this handled scrubber:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/.....325&sr=8-2
I added the other link from my phone, here's a better link to the plastic scrubber that may work: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0037NYLC0/?tag=cakecentral-20
Sorry for any confusion. 
i wonder if it would be more like the rubber brushes you can buy for removing the silk from corn on the cob, it has loads of very fine rubber bristles, just like a hair brush.
I'd say it's maybe a soft, palm brush, like you use to hand wish dishes. Here's a link to an image of one to give you a visual. I think you could just pick one up at the grocery store easy enough by the dish soap.
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0PDoX4LM6tMAUgAlBKjzbkF/SIG=12advd12o/EXP=1286374539/**http%3a//images.businessweek.com/ss/09/09/0914_oxo/9.htm
The first thought that came to my mind is the little scrubby things with the sponge on one side and the scrubber on the other. Not sure how food safe that would be, but that is what I use to clean any heavy stuck on food off of my dishes and cookware. I guess with it being sold for that purpose, it might be ok. HTH
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