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Painting modeling chocolate or fondant to get a matt finish

I’ve been mixing colour gels with vodka to paint fondant and modeling chocolate I can’t seem to work it in too the sculpter it doesn’t stick to the surface so I have to keep piling it on also it doesn’t dry we’ll it’s too shinny I want a matt finish! We’re am I going wrong???

Lucy

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I brush my models with icing sugar to give them a matt porcelain doll appearance. Models have to be completely dry before attempting this. Sometimes more prominent features like eyes and cheeks have to be retouched with dry petal dust. Experiment first to see whether you like the look.

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