I covered two entire 9x13 cakes (dog tags) for kids w/ vodka (silver luster dust) and all the alcohol evaporates. I read somewhere on here that pharmacists use everclear (stronger alcohol) to clean counters and utinsils because the alcohol evaporates leaving no trace.
........all the alcohol evaporates.............
Actually this is not true
On food network there is a show called something like 'food detective' and they show how it does not all evap.
Only about 1/3 to 1/2 does BUT........when painting you are using such a little bit it should not hurt anyone. After all......extracts are something like 80% alcohol!
This may be a silly question but how do you paint buttercream with lusterdust? I have done it with fondant but never buttercream.
The alcohol content of the liquid evaporates. That's all alcohol does is evaporate.
If your buttercream is well-crusted, you can paint on it just fine. I've done it plenty of times. I pipe over my scrollwork by mixing (in the case of the photo below) 24k ground gold and vodka. Use a good brush and paint away. 
cakepro can you tell me where you buy your gold? Your cake is beautiful!!
Sure ~ I buy it from www.creativecutters.com. It's product # C409. Here's the link: http://www.creativecutters.com/index.php?option=com_simpleshop&Itemid=42&task=viewprod&id=154
I live in a dry county, so alcohol is not readily available and I'm not driving 30 minutes one way just so I can paint a few accents. I'd rather paint with orange or lemon extract anyway since the alcohol % is greater. It does dry very quickly and I'm sure it adds a little flavor in the process.
Vodka is used for many other things besides painting. I use it for cutting pearl dust when airbrushing, for cleaning my airbrush, for removing color from fondant if I accidentally smear something...I'm sure there are other uses but I only have half a cup of coffee on board so far. 
Don't you ever drive into alcohol territory and can pick up a bottle while you're there rather than making a special trip?
I use Absolut Mandarin vodka and it smells heavenly when airbrushing. And it's GREAT with cranberry juice!
I live in a dry county, so alcohol is not readily available and I'm not driving 30 minutes one way just so I can paint a few accents. I'd rather paint with orange or lemon extract anyway since the alcohol % is greater. It does dry very quickly and I'm sure it adds a little flavor in the process.
And it makes it smell delicious! I use vanilla a lot!
Don't you ever drive into alcohol territory and can pick up a bottle while you're there rather than making a special trip?
Yeah, I could. I have to drive past some places to get to Hobby Lobby anyway, but I always remember that I have that bottle of orange extract in my cabinet and keep on driving. A lot of the time I have my 5 year old with me and I wouldn't want to get it then either.
I do need to get a bottle sometime or another when I think of it and it is convenient.
It's great to have vodka on hand, shake with some ice, cranberry juice and a squeeze of lime... have a cosmo while working.
I really do use it for everything. Just a warning though, if you are using the white fanci foil, vodka will wipe the white right off and you'll have some silver shining through.
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