I Recieved A Really Strange Look....
Decorating By Mandica12182 Updated 7 Jul 2007 , 12:15am by wysmommy
From a lady while I was at Home Depot getting my foam rollers and spackling knife thing to try out on my cakes!! She asked what I was getting ready to paint...and I looked at her straight faced because I was not joking and said...."painting? No I am not painting I got this stuff for my cakes!" She just gave me this awkward smile and walked away!! LOL...I swear sometimes I forget that not everyone in the worl is addicted to CC and knows what the Melvira method is!!
I must say....I tried it this weekend and boy am I impressed!! Thanks for the tip Melvira!!
LOL, got the same look when I got those items too. My BF has fun with it now! He did this in the isle (even though he knew what I was buying them for) just because there were some employees around and man did we get strange looks!
he also did this when I went to pick up some stainless steel 1/4" and 3/16" key stock for my cookies (used primarily in motors and with chains) from the local Fastenal store (provide most business with nuts/bolts etc and safety equipment etc.) Man got another strange look there too, but they thought it was pretty cool, and asked when I was going to bring in cookies!
leily- what do you use the key stock for? Guides to roll out your cookie dough?
That's hilarious! I would have loved to see their faces! 
I haven't tried the Melvira method, but I need to one day. I guess I shouldn't mention it's for a cake while I'm in the checkout line though! 
Sounds a little nosy for a customer to ask what project you're doing! They aren't particularly extraordinary items you were buying!
That's funny! I went to this little ma and pa hardware store and asked the 'pa' where I could find a high density paint roller, he said 'what are you painting?' I said, I'm not painting, it's to smooth my cake icing, the guy never batted an eye, just said 'oh, ok' and walked me over to the aisle and got me exactly what I needed and told me how to clean it if it got mucky with icing. Made me wonder if it wasn't the first he heard of this!
maybe he had a CC'er on his family...lol
Hey wysmommy-can you post a picture of the keystock, so I can see what you are talking about? I need something like that.
Hey wysmommy-can you post a picture of the keystock, so I can see what you are talking about? I need something like that.
I had to google it because I was imagining key blanks [you know to make copies of your keys!].
Let me see if I can get this right....
oops, kind of big....
It's so funny to see peoples face when we do things like this. One time I went to Home Dept to get concrete footing tubes. They are kinda like a peper towel tube but much bigger. I had a guy helping me get to the size I needed and asked me what I was doing withi it and I kida laughed and said Making a castle cake..............he looked at me like I had 10 eyes
I explained and he thought it was neat.
Cool
Okay, I've gotta ask.....I've never heard of keystock before, what are they actually used for in the non-cake world?
The keystock is used as a guide to make sure you roll out the cookie dough (or fondant) to an even thickess. In the Wilton classes you are told to use dowels, but the metal is rectangular (and metal) so it won't roll around like the dowels would. Pretty smart idea.
Okay, I've gotta ask.....I've never heard of keystock before, what are they actually used for in the non-cake world?
I am used to seeing keystock used in gears and motors. I used to work for a company that did all stainless steel work and a lot of the conveyors we made went into food plants so the keystock had to be stainless also. You can order it in anywhere from 1" to 10ft lengths and you use it to line up your motor with a shaft or a gear with a shaft to keep it from moving.
but the metal is rectangular (and metal)
If you go buy key stock PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make sure that you are buying stainless steel and NOT carbon steel. Carbon steel in keystock is NOT food grade. Stainless steel is!
I buy mine through Fastenal. if you go to their website at www.fastenal.com you will be able to find a place local to you. They will also cut it down for you to the length that you want. I ended up buying 18" length and it works well for me.
oooo, good point! Thanks, I'll have to be careful what I get.
but the metal is rectangular (and metal)
If you go buy key stock PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make sure that you are buying stainless steel and NOT carbon steel. Carbon steel in keystock is NOT food grade. Stainless steel is!
I buy mine through Fastenal. if you go to their website at www.fastenal.com you will be able to find a place local to you. They will also cut it down for you to the length that you want. I ended up buying 18" length and it works well for me.
On a very minorly related note, my step brother works at Fastenal locally and my sister used to. Now I know who to call to get some keystock! And have him giving me a puzzled look!
WoW...go away for a couple days and you miss a whole discussion on the uses and merits of keystock!
To those who asked what it's for...you can also take the stainless kind and make a frame and pour chocolate into it to make a rectangle and cut it into squares to dip, OR you can poor a recipe for jellies in it and let them set then cut them in cubes and roll them in sugar to make little gum drop thingies.
I love that someone on this board actually has a keystock connection. 
-Michelle
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