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Zmama
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Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:17 pm |
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Does this work on chocolate? I'm making some snowflakes for Christmas |
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moydear77
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Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:20 pm |
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I would dry dust chocolate. It takes many coats to get to to stick to chocolate. |
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sarahnichole975
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Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:21 pm |
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I mix mine with a little lemon emulsion and it works great! |
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Janette
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Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:25 pm |
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I had to double check, I thought I accidently went to barcentral.com
Sorry, I couldn't resist. |
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sweetrat
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Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:21 pm |
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Ok, this is an extention of the chocolate question. I am doing a candy mold topper for a cake at the 1st of December. I want to paint in the colors and was thinking about just using white candy melts in the mold. It's the Marine Corp emblem and I wanted to luster dust the anchor to get it nice and gold. Moydear77, you said dry dust on chocolate....how? What makes it stick? Can I not just paint over the candy melts? |
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msauer
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Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:36 pm |
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Hey sweetrat...if you don't mind me commenting, I have painted luster dust on chocolate. I used silver several times. (glamour girl bag in my docs is one example). I have mixed it with vodka and made it a very thick consistency and painted it on with a brush.
I have never dry brushed it on, so I am not sure how that would work if you were only doing a specific part of your piece of chocolate like you mentioned.
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ShirleyW
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Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:05 pm |
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You can mix powdered colors into melted cocoa butter and paint the areas you want colored first, let them set up a bit and then pour in melted white chocolate. I suppose you could pour in melted dark chocolate as well, I have just not tried doing that. |
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moydear77
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Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:55 pm |
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| sweetrat wrote: | | Ok, this is an extention of the chocolate question. I am doing a candy mold topper for a cake at the 1st of December. I want to paint in the colors and was thinking about just using white candy melts in the mold. It's the Marine Corp emblem and I wanted to luster dust the anchor to get it nice and gold. Moydear77, you said dry dust on chocolate....how? What makes it stick? Can I not just paint over the candy melts? |
You can dry brush and wet brush. Wet brushing just takes a lot of coats.
I would fill in the yellow candy melts and then try to paint the emblem. You can also use fondant in the mold and paint the decorations that way also. |
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dl5crew
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Mon Nov 20, 2006 8:05 pm |
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WARNING: Really stupid question.
Can you use luster dust to paint on butter cream icing? |
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moydear77
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Mon Nov 20, 2006 8:49 pm |
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bobwonderbuns
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Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:33 am |
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WARNING: Really stupid question.
Can you use luster dust to paint on butter cream icing?
A -- NOT a stupid question at all
B -- Absolutely! I would make my buttercream roses and freeze them on a cookie sheet. Then when firm, take them out and dry dust them with luster dust. I have a picture around here someplace of two cakes I've done that to -- I call them my shimmer cakes because they seem to glow. Very pretty! One thing about drydusting the frozen roses (or chilled cake if you prefer), if the brush starts to get gooey then your frosting is getting warm. You want it cool when you dry dust it. Now they have spray luster dusts and for entire cakes I use those.
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playingwithsugar
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Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:43 am |
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If you are going to paint on buttercream, use a really soft brush.
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bobwonderbuns
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Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:45 am |
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| tmriga wrote: | If you are going to paint on buttercream, use a really soft brush.
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right -- I use a soft sable brush. And don't worry about getting just the right amount on the first time. A little goes a long way and you can always go over it again for a deeper sheen. |
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destini377
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Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:57 am |
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Wow, lots of great advice in here! Any preferances on brands of luster dust? |
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playingwithsugar
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Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:01 am |
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There are brands of luster dust?
Actually, all the ones I have seen look like each other, but they are labeled according to the vendor. I have always thought that the manufacturer labeled the jars for the vendors.
Does have any information about this?
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