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Marie - LilleKageHus posted:

Hi Fancybaker  

I agree with Julia on needing to add lots of wilton colour (I love wilton for pale colours but rarely use them for strong), some brands seem to colour better than others so you might want to try a few different ones to see whats best for you. I use Americolor for stronger colours and have found I don't need to use anywhere near as much gel as I do with wilton - it's also much easier to add out the little squirty bottles too. I usually don't get staining except for black -  you get a bit of a black tongue but it doesn't seem to be as bad as with Wilton.

The rainbow dust range colours well - but I have found colours like red tasted pretty bad even though the strength of the colour was fantastic (whole family now calls them the stinky colours), so I don't use them anymore, though I know lots of people really like them. (it could just be us )

Hope that helps and nice to meet you Looking forward to seeing your cookies and lovely bright colours.

Marie

Marie --

Thanks so much for your response. And duly noted re: Wilton and other brands, and liking different kinds for different reasons, will try around. I had never heard of Rainbow Dust range! FWIW I actually have had decent luck with the Wilton (Christmas) red for some reason - less tongue-staining than the cooler (color spectrum-wise) colors.

I have to say, I think I'd try almost any little squirt bottle at this point, rather than the toothpick method with Wilton. As you say, much easier. And with Wilton jars, SO MUCH WASTE. And inaccuracy. And mess. Got a list like 10 things long about what I don't like about the methodology there.

Nice to meet you too! I will plan on posting photos n stuff once I get some things up and going on this end. 

Liz!

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