How Do I Do Gold/silver Flood Icing

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LibbieWaddleton Posted 28 Mar 2013 , 8:20am
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Good morning

 

You wonderful people have been so helpful with all my questions

 

does anyone know how you make gold royal icing for doing flood icing, as i am making a crest fr my dad and ive made it and tried painting it but the paint no matter how well i stir, is always runny and therefore it goes a bit blotchy

 

ive seen somewhere someone piping with gold icing and i wonder how it is done?

 

Thank you

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manddi Posted 28 Mar 2013 , 11:05am
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AI don't know of any other way to get gold royal icing except to paint it. Sounds like you're mixing your dusts with to much vodka/extract. If you start off with golden yellow icing it will be a little bit easier to paint. You can also try airbrushing or that edible spray paint stuff.

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LibbieWaddleton Posted 28 Mar 2013 , 1:36pm
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hi im using liquid paint, maybe thats where i went wrong

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Relznik Posted 28 Mar 2013 , 1:55pm
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Start off by colouring your royal icing a little...  I like to put a touch of Sugarflair Autumn Leaf.  Then, when it's fully dry, paint with a mix of gold lustre (Squires Kitchen is a good one) mixed with a little confectioner's glaze and/or IPA (isopropyl alcohol - or I guess something like vodka would do).  Do just one coat and let that dry before you go over it again (if necessary).
 

HTH

 

Suzanne x

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LibbieWaddleton Posted 28 Mar 2013 , 1:59pm
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That's great, will have to see if i can get some gold & silver dust now...

 

Libbie

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savannahquinn Posted 28 Mar 2013 , 2:19pm
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ASpray the with one of the Wilton sprays after icing them or cover in fondant and spray

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Relznik Posted 28 Mar 2013 , 2:54pm
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That's great, will have to see if i can get some gold & silver dust now...

 

Libbie


obviously, for silver, don't colour your RI with autumn leaf...  make it a light grey!

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