Painting Silver, I Need Help Asap
Decorating By DinasSugarShack Updated 29 Aug 2010 , 5:56pm by harveybw
Hello everyone;
I am making a caking with parts of immitating metal. I already covered a dowel with gumpaste and let it dry. I bought the silver sheen from americolor thinking that it was going to give me a silver color, but instead it just gave me a streaky look. I tried painting the gumpaste in gray (made with black and white wilton colors) and I am thinking of painting with the sheen over it. The rest of the cake is made in red fondant, and I am afraid that it will clash.
Please help me, do you another idea on how to achieve the silver?
I use the silver luster dust with vodka. Paints on really nice and the vodka disolves.
The previous posters are soooo right about the silver luster dust and vodka/lemon juice. I bought some Duff's silver spray and it DID NOT work at all - I had to scramble at the last minute with silver airbrush paint (Horrible streakey purple mess) and finally luster dust and vodka - worked like a charm!! It's the crown in my most recent cake pic - if that's the look you're trying to achieve. Good luck!!
Same here, silver luster dust and vodka. There is a silver softball bat in my pics that someone on here helped me with when I asked this question!! I used grey fondant and then painted the luster dust over it and I think it turned out pretty well. Good luck!
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