Pasta Machine Question...on Sale At Micheals

Decorating By 2yummy Updated 3 Oct 2006 , 12:34am by fearlessbaker

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2yummy Posted 2 Oct 2006 , 7:08pm
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Hi, I just bought a pasta machine at Michaels on sale for $15 it says it is for use with polymer clay. I assumed I could use it for mmf. What do you think? Thanks for your comments!

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danette62602 Posted 2 Oct 2006 , 7:11pm
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Bumping this...I really need to get one of those!!

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Misdawn Posted 2 Oct 2006 , 7:19pm
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I got one the last time they were on sale. Workss great for smaller pieces of fondant. You can't really put a lot through it though.

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frosting111 Posted 2 Oct 2006 , 7:20pm
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I have a very expensive pasta machine that was given to me to use for my fondant icings and its still in the box...never used it..not yet anyway..so wanna watch this topic and give it a BUMP cause I'd like to hear any pros,cons and various uses for it too.

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imartsy Posted 2 Oct 2006 , 7:26pm
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I'll bump it up too! I wanted to know this as well!

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erinkalins Posted 2 Oct 2006 , 7:40pm
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I have one I bought at Bed Bath and Beyond for about 30 bucks, and it works amazing for fondant. I dont know about the ones from the craft store...I assume if you clean it well, and use it only for food, you should be ok. It does afterall say PASTA on the box...which is a food too! Good Luck.

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TexasSugar Posted 2 Oct 2006 , 7:44pm
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I don't have the clay one but I have one that goes on my KA. Yes you can use them with fondant and/or gumpaste. They aren't going to make big sections like enough to cover a cake with, but it can work for smaller projects, such as the bows.

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southaustingirl Posted 2 Oct 2006 , 7:45pm
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Can the pasta machine be used to make ropes out of fondant? Or just to flatten the fondant?

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AZrunner Posted 2 Oct 2006 , 7:52pm
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I would assume you can use the spaghetti gadget to do ropes. I also bump this, have one in a box for my KA.

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Misdawn Posted 2 Oct 2006 , 7:56pm
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The one from Michaels will really only flatten the fondant. But you could probably make the strips, then roll them to gt the rope look.

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cakerator Posted 2 Oct 2006 , 8:32pm
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i was curious about this also. i almost purchased it with michael's last 50% off coupon but i was unsure.
i wanted to use it for mixing color into small amounts of fondant. does anyone know if it can be used for this purpose or if i'd just be making more work for myself?
i am not a fan of kneading the color into the fondant. at least with MMF you can get the color in there when you're making it.

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fearlessbaker Posted 3 Oct 2006 , 12:34am
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Texas Sugar, have you figured out how to clean the KA pasta attachment?It's such a chore if you have used it for dark chocolate and then want to use a lighter after that. Thanks

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