Hi, I just bought some cake dummies so I can build up my portfolio. I heard that I can cover them with plastic wrap so I can use them over. I just really want to use them for pictures for right now and do several different cakes/looks. I tried covering them with plastice wrap and the plastic wrap would not stick. I even tried taping it. Am I doing something wrong? How should I do this. Also if I'm going to be some of them in fondant do I need to put icing on them as well?
Thanks for your help.
Michelle
I can't help you Michelle but I have also read on here that people cover them with plastic to reuse so I too would be interested in the answer.
Jacqui
You know what, I had always heard about covering them in plastic wrap too, and when I tried it, NO GO! I tried tape as well, and I just got so frustrated I said forget it!
There may be a way of doing, but I sure didn't find it, I even tried wrapping it completely around the dummie but it still was sliding all over.
Hopefully someone knows how you actually do it, just letting you know that I was in the exact same boat!
You might try Glad Press n Seal, the plastic wrap that sticks to itself only when you want it to.
Good Luck! 
I've used the plastic wrap and taped it down but I really had to pull it tight to get all the air out from behind it. I wasn't using a dummy cake that you purchase though. I was using hat boxes so first I used joint compound, let it dry really well, sanded it, covered with suran, misted it with water and covered with fondant and it all worked but you know what? I discovered that I went through all that work for nothing!!!
I tried putting my fondant right on top of the cardboard hat box and it worked fine!!!!! (I misted with water lightly first). It all came off very easily when I needed it too. The only thing I needed to be careful of was not to get the fondant too thin. Then it wanted to tear on the top edges. Other than that, it worked great!!! Styrofoam works great for me too.
What are actual dummy cakes made of????
elly
What about using shrink wrap? Michael's sells it in rolls and you just wrap it around, tape it down and then use a hair dryer to shrink it and it molds itself to the styrofoam. Give it a try and best of luck!
What about using shrink wrap? Michael's sells it in rolls and you just wrap it around, tape it down and then use a hair dryer to shrink it and it molds itself to the styrofoam. Give it a try and best of luck!
what a great and clever idea! Aren't you smart!! 
Thanks for all of your replies. I will try the shrink wrap, that sounds like a great idea.
So, do you not need to use buttercream also. Thanks for everyone's help.
Also, ellyrae I sent you a pm. I hope you don't mind. I looked at your pictures and I love your fondant wedding dress.
Thanks again,
Michelle
If you have the regular styro dummies, you can use them without covering them. Just use a bit of water to adhere the fondant. If you want to change it, just break if off. fondant get hard, but not so hard you can't pull it off the dummy. Saves time and money.
I think shrik wrap would leave wrinkles-bad news with fondant.
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