i just love the look of luster dust...but haven't tried it yet...i've red where someone mixed it with vodka to accent...can someone explain the best way to use luster dust...Does it go on directly, or does it need to be mixed with a liquid...and does it have to be vodka??? Anyway, I sure could use the "lusterdust 101"...thanks all! (I'm a new to cake decorating...and so enjoying already, it's just so much fun. And i love how happy it makes people, just amazing.)
Lustre dust can be dusted on dry or painted on wet.You can mix it with Vodka,everclear which is a high alcohol clear liquid or lemon extract because lemon has the highest alcohol content.Put a few drops of liquid in and add lustre dust.Enough to make the mixture pastey but still stirable.If the liquid is too thin it will leave streaks and you will have to repaint.I personally use vodka.The alcohol evaporates.
Hi ~ You can apply it dry with different size artist brushes or mixed with a drop or two of vodka, lemon flavoring (has high alcohol content) or other flavors IF they have alcohol in them. If you want to paint the dust on, mix to the consistency of ''real paint''. If too thin, it is streaky, if too thick, it tends to be clumpy.
Hope this helps!!! Good luck and have fun!!!
The alcohol like vodka and everclear are only used to help the lustre dust dry fast.I have found no taste to it when it's dry.
That's okay too but if you use vanilla extract or lemon look for the extracts that are clear so the coloring doesn't distort the lustre dust and cause bleeding.Lemon extract did that to me once.
Wow.. Nice to read someone also had the same questions.. But now I want to add a question too, following this topic..
Do u first paint the cake and then let it dry and after that add the luster? Lets say I want to paint something green and then make it sparkle?
Hope someone sees this topic again..
Thanks!
I have a question...How much lustre dust do you need to paint, lets say a fondant loop bow. I bought a vial of lustre, but it looks so small, are the colors very intense, so that you'd only need a touch of dust mixed with vodka.
You would brush dry luster dust like Super Pearl onto a dried piece of gumpaste or fondant to just give a highlight of shimmer. If you want a pearl like look you would thin it with alcohol and paint it on, it can also be thinned like this and used in an airbrush, but you need to keep the liquid moving or stir it from time to time so it doesn't settle or separate in the airbrush. If you wanted a pearl shimmer to the entire surface of a buttercream iced cake you would need to airbrush. With a fondant covered cake you could do either the dry application or airbrush, but the airbrush would be much faster and give a more even coating.
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