Help With Painting Luster Dust On Evenly?
Decorating By czyadgrl Updated 9 Jan 2007 , 8:42pm by oolala
I've tried luster dust a couple of times now and have the same reoccuring problem ...
It streaks when I paint it on. Even if I let it dry and paint another coat, or if I keep painting on new coats while it's still a little damp, I seem to have no luck getting it on nice and evenly.
It's real Luster Dust, not the Wilton stuff (already went thru that mistake! LOL). I've tried both vodka and lemon juice.
How do I make it nice and even so it doesn't look like silver cellulite?
Make sure you get a nice paint consistency--you will know it when you get. It takes a little bit of fooling around with it--just add small amounts of the dust and alcohol at a time so that you are not wasting any. It also helps to have a very good quality artist brush--someone has mentiond sable ones. HTH 
when I am painting a big area, like a few inches wide versus one bead, I do it with loose lustre dust. I find it more economical and always get an even application.
First I brush the fondant with pure extract, then when it is almost BUT not totally dry, I dust it with loose luster dust. I just buff it after with a bigger brush.
I find it more shiney and glossy rather than making a paint out of luster dust and extract or vodka. 
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