Reconstitute Old Wilton Colors?

Decorating By arosstx Updated 24 Oct 2006 , 4:49pm by yoktom

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arosstx Posted 24 Oct 2006 , 3:59am
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A teacher in my cake class told us that Wilton colors can be "revived" if they get old and start drying out. I can't remember what she said to use....was it p.i.p.i.n.g. g.e.l?

I can't for the life of me remember....getting old I guess. Can anyone help me? Thanks! icon_smile.gif

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rreed6263 Posted 24 Oct 2006 , 4:06am
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glycerine

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BlakesCakes Posted 24 Oct 2006 , 5:00am
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I've used glycerin to try to get them back to useable, but I wasn't happy with the results. They remained thick and I was afraid that I'd ruin any icing that I tinted with them.

I actually wound up throwing them away and using a 40% Michael's coupon to buy the large box of multiple colors.

I suppose I could have used them to mix with alcohol and paint with them, but it just didn't seem worth the effort.

Rae

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arosstx Posted 24 Oct 2006 , 6:27am
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Thanks guys. My teacher was so sad when I told her I threw some old ones out! I used my 50% off all Wilton products just today and replaced a few. $1.57 minus 1/2 is really not that expensive!! I eventually intend to switch all of them over to Americolor, I really like them better.

Thanks again! icon_smile.gif

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redpanda Posted 24 Oct 2006 , 6:39am
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I successfully revitalized the old Wilton paste colors with glycerine, but when I had the newer gel colors get gummy and yucky, the glycerine didn't seem to help.

RP

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koolaidstains Posted 24 Oct 2006 , 6:57am
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I've used vodka on mine and it works great. I've heard about using glycerine, but have never tried it. I had a lemon yellow that was almost empty and very gummy, but I needed it that night (of course). I added some vodka and mixed, but it wasn't mixing well. I let it sit for maybe 10-20 minutes and it had all disolved and was wonderful!

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yoktom Posted 24 Oct 2006 , 4:49pm
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I have used both water and clear vanilla. Both seemed to work just fine. I hope that helps!

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