Stained Hands And Leaking Cake Colors
Decorating By auntbeesbaking Updated 15 May 2009 , 8:34pm by auntbeesbaking
I wondered if anyone has found a successful way to remove stained cake coloring from fingers and hands? I've tried washing them numerous times, to no avail. I've also used toothpaste and that works some. I just hate going out looking like I've been been finger painting! I don't know why I'm so messy.
By the same token, does anyone else have problems with cake color jars leaking? I wash them, tighten the caps and dang, if the next time I get them out, there's leakage! I do use a paper towel underneath the jars in the container I store them in. I don't know what I'm doing wrong! 
Thank you for any help you can give.
I have the same problem with the Wilton jars!!! Wow! I thought it was just me. You could wear food safe gloves. I do not because I have smaller hands and they tend to get in the way, but maybe they would work for you.
I use LA's Totally Awesome (clear bottle with red letters and yellow liquid) from the Dollar Tree to get the color off my hands. It's not really designed for hands but it doesn't seem to damage them. It also gets marker and popsicle out of the carpet and ink out of hubby's shirts.
My Wilton jars leak too. I keep them all in a plastic shoebox with a piece of no-slip drawer liner in there, so that they don't tip over, and so that if they do, the mess is confined to the plastic box.
The only way that I have found to keep the wilton jars nice and clean is to make sure you always keep them upright and make sure they are clean around the edges & the lid. I threw out all my old ones a long time ago and bought all new, they have never leaked again.
My Wilton jars seem to "bubble over" and leak too, even when the cap is on tight. I started using Americolor and I like it much better.
I use both, sometimes I feel like the americolor is harder for me to color my fondant with. It is too soft to begin with so when I add the americolor it seems waaaaay too soft
If I don't walk around with multi color hands a couple days a week my family thinks there is something wrong with me. 
Thank you, CC friends for your help!
Does anyone have problems with CK's jars leaking also? That's what I mostly buy at our cake supply store.
I'm going to try a few of your suggestions.
Have a GREAT weekend everyone!
Believe it or not the denture tablets you dissolve in warm water will remove the color dye!. HTH 
I put crisco on my hands BEFORE I color anything. Make sure and rub it in good around your fingernails and cuticles and the color comes right off every time! If I forget or don't get good coverage with the crisco, then ajax or comet works well, as does a good hair washing!
If you are coloring fondant, definitely put crisco on your hands. It coats the skin and keeps the color for absorbing. If you are doing buttercream, I'd say use some plastic gloves.
If you do get it on your hands, wash dishes. I had my hands covered in pink (and it was there for over an hour, since I was in class when it happened) and I came home and washed dishes and was totally surprised I didn't have to keep walking around with rose pink hands. I also want to say I have heard that dial soap helps get it out faster too.
I can't use harsh cleansers on my hands -- my skin just can't handle it. I LOVE this stuff - BeautiControl's Herbal Serenity Instant Hand Manicure. (http://shop.beauticontrol.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10551&productId=40774&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=32766&top_category=) It's great to get color out and is a must after I do gardening. And, it also makes my hands so soft too!
Dawn Dishwashing liquid is my go-to solution for everything. It works great for me and gets out the stains, I just try to make sure that I wash my hands as soon as I can and I don't have any problems. It also works great to get out set in laundry stains. I've tried gloves but they get in the way. I can't use clorox because I can't breath around it. Based on the Ajax and Comet posts, I would say you could probably try SoftScrub too, it's creamy and may be easier to use.
Thank you for still sending in tips! Since I have eczema my hands can't handle a lot of soaps and cleaners.
I did try Crisco when I was kneading fondant but needed something after I color frosting. I just wish I could do it "cleaner" like so many people I know! I don't understand how it happens - even when I use a paper towel to take off the jar lids! Maybe it's just in the same category as the missing sock - you put a pair in the laundry and only one comes back! 
Have a great weekend!
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