lustre dust info and supply

[schneich]

Hi,

i recently found out that all the lustre dust metallic colors are made by merck and are sold under the brandname candurinyou can order a dozen colors each 1 kg minimum (90 euros) if you compare that with the usual price of 15 euros per 25 gram its really kinda cheap :-) merck offers a nice .pdf file which explains how to dilute candurin colors with alcohol and shellac to directly spray on molded chocolate. we tried the same solution on plastic sheets to do golden chocolate pieces and it works GREAT. before we just used alcohol, and once the alcohol was gone you blew the gold dust away, now it really sticks to the plastic and sticks to the chocolate as well :-) you can d/l the .pdf here

cheers

torsten s.

[gap]

schneich - thanks as always. You always seem to find useful info for us all

[cmflick]

Hi,

i recently found out that all the lustre dust metallic colors are made by merck and are sold under the brandname candurinyou can order a dozen colors each 1 kg minimum (90 euros) if you compare that with the usual price of 15 euros per 25 gram its really kinda cheap :-) merck offers a nice .pdf file which explains how to dilute candurin colors with alcohol and shellac to directly spray on molded chocolate. we tried the same solution on plastic sheets to do golden chocolate pieces and it works GREAT. before we just used alcohol, and once the alcohol was gone you blew the gold dust away, now it really sticks to the plastic and sticks to the chocolate as well :-) you can d/l the .pdf here

cheers

torsten s.

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Thanks for the interesting information. Do you have any photos of your experiment?

[schneich]

i shall make some, so far i can tell you that it works like a charm :-)

[ejw50]

thanks Bummer the file is only allowed to be downloaded 10 times.

But, shellac? really?

Edited January 31, 2009 by ejw50 (log)

[Kerry Beal]

thanks  Bummer the file is only allowed to be downloaded 10 times.

But, shellac? really?

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This would be the same shellac that is used to finish panned products. It's available food grade - "all natural" made by insects.

[Tri2Cook]

thanks  Bummer the file is only allowed to be downloaded 10 times.

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Yeah, I was going to check it out too.

[pastrygirl]

thanks   Bummer the file is only allowed to be downloaded 10 times.

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Yeah, I was going to check it out too.

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I downloaded it, maybe I could mail it to you? PM me with your address and I'll forward it.