I was wondering if most people used color gel or something else to paint on mmf?
Thank you,
Tangela
I use either color gel or luster dust mixed with a bit of vodka. That seems to work very well.
I've used vodka, lemon extract and clear vanilla. I'm sticking with clear vanilla from now on, though. I LOVE the smell and it's the cheapest! However, I have heard that lemon extract has the highest evaporation. I did not find that and prefer vanilla. I'm not a vodka drinker and would rarely have it in the house.
Extracts have an alcohol "base". Evaporates like any other ETOH. If I say vodka is flavorless, someone will have to comment they can taste vodka...well, I can taste lemon and vanilla extracts. If you are worried about the use of vodka and "Friends of Bill"...(trust me on this) they eat cake all the time.
I use vodka too. I have found that I can buy one of the little travel size bottles and it will last awhile depending on how much painting you are doing.
sjmoral I think you are right. I would also like to know about colouring the MMF
you add color to MMF just like you do Buttercream, if it gets over saturated mix in some ps.
Just a little bit of gel color on a toothpick and your vodka or vanilla. I just sort of know how much now. Maybe like 6:1 ratio? 9:1? hard to say...anyone know the official ratio? I often do 2 coats to get the color saturation right. I much prefer painting fondant to using edible markers.
When I paint on MMF I dilute the gel color more if I want a lighter color and less if I want it darker. here is a picture to show the difference one color can make with more or less vodka. the sky and landscape were both painted.
take a shot of the vodka first..... then mix it with your gel color.. you'll be shocked at what you can do.......lol
No seriously, vodka is good to mix with, leaves no taste!
Thank you so much everyone... I'll post my picture in 2 weeks to show you how it turns out
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