Author: steffy8, Location: TXPosted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 3:45 pm Post subject: Luster dust question!!!...how to get gold look
How do you get the gold look with luster dust??? I tried and it didn't have any "luster". I love the gold look and want to learn how. Please help
Author: jeking, Location: Gainesville, FloridaPosted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 3:55 pm Post subject:
Did you apply it with something alcohol based...like lemon extract or vodka? This is how it gets it's intense color.
Author: steffy8, Location: TXPosted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 3:57 pm Post subject:
I tried with vodka but maybe I put too much. Do you mix with vodka? It just looked wet with very little gold to it.
Author: steffy8, Location: TXPosted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:39 pm Post subject:
anyone???
Author: moydear77, Location: MinnesotaPosted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:42 pm Post subject:
It need to be molten almost to get a trie gold look. very little liquid to super gold Luster Dust.
Author: msauer, Location: Gahanna, OhioPosted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:50 pm Post subject:
I have used "old gold" colored luster dust mixed with vodka and it worked like a charm. I actually found (by default) that if you apply it to green colored fondant you get a better gold color than on white fondant.
When you are applying it like paint, it will need to be rather thick to work well. I have a picture of bottle caps laying around the base of my Jimmy Buffet cake that I did with this method. If that is what you are looking for, I would be happy to help you more if I can.
Author: ckkerber, Location: st. louis, missouriPosted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:15 pm Post subject:
What is the ratio of luster dust to alcohol?
Author: ShirleyW, Location: San Francisco Bay Area, Concord, CaliforniaPosted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:32 pm Post subject:
I have the perfect answer for you, got this hint from the customer service rep. at Creative Cutters in Canada. Mix 3 parts gold luster dust with 1 part Super Pearl luster dust, thin with alcohol or Everclear and paint it on. The same works for shiny silver or chrome, mix 3 parts Nu Silver luster dust with 1 part Super Pearl Luster dust. Here is a teacup I painted with Albert Uster gold dust but it is expensive because they have a $100.00 minimum order requirement. Mixing the gold and pearl will give you the same effect.
http://www.cakecentral.com/mod.....t=0&pos=53
Author: msauer, Location: Gahanna, OhioPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:13 am Post subject:
Nice tip ShirleyW. I'm gonna try that one myself!!! I did my disco ball with Nu Silver and I thought the color was okay, but if I can get more sparkle the next time I am all for it!!!
-Michelle
Author: ckkerber, Location: st. louis, missouriPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:27 am Post subject:
Wow, Shirley, that's awesome. Thanks! how much alcohol or everclear do you add?
Author: ShirleyW, Location: San Francisco Bay Area, Concord, CaliforniaPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:04 am Post subject:
Hard to say exactly how much Everclear I used, it depends on how large an area I need to cover, if it is just for some gold or silver highlights here and there on a cake I would guess just a quarter capful of gold to a large pinch of super pearl. I am speaking of just enough to cover the inside of the cap, not a full capful. I would add the alcohol with an eye dropper a few drops at a time, stir with a coffee stick or tiny paintbrush until it is as thin as unwhipped cream, try it and if it seems too thick or gloppy add a few more drops of alcohol. The nice thing about this mixture is if you don't use it all and it dries up it returns to a flaky consistency and it can be reconstituted with alcohol another time. It just needs to be covered with plastic wrap in a tiny container. Generally what I do is save empty petal dust containers and lids, wash them out and use them to mix colors.
Here is a shoe I did with combining the Nu Silver with Super Pearl luster dusts, if gives a much brighter silver than with Nu Silver alone.
http://www.cakecentral.com/mod.....=0&pos=143
Shirley
Author: ckkerber, Location: st. louis, missouriPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:39 am Post subject:
Shirley,
Thanks for the tips! Wow, I would have never thought to reuse the luster dust by reconstituting it. I shudder to think of how much I have wasted! I also definitely was adding too much alcohol in the past because mine was a watery consistency and never painted on very well. Thanks for showing me the light! Your Armani shoe, by the way, is outstanding. I tell you, forget Collette and Bronwen . . . we've got our own masters right here at CC Amazing!
Thanks,
carol
Author: ShirleyW, Location: San Francisco Bay Area, Concord, CaliforniaPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:43 am Post subject:
Your welcome. And thank you.
Reconstituting works with luster dusts, not sure it does with regular petal dusts.
Author: steffy8, Location: TXPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:30 pm Post subject:
OK, I had WAAYYYY too much alcohol
(I think I've said that before..hehehe )
Anyway, thanks all for the tips. I hope I can do it!!!
Author: moydear77, Location: MinnesotaPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:15 pm Post subject:
Reconstituting is great. I keep them in small containers and add more liquid when dried out. The one thing I noticed -if you use a extract and let it dry on the bowl. You cannot dust non pereil pearls wit it-It will not stick!
Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 3:45 pm Post subject: Luster dust question!!!...how to get gold look
And thank you.
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I hope I can do it!!!