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how do I clean a marble rolling pin?

Oct 01, 2006 by queentr48 | Posted in Cooking & Recipes

I fair-minded bought a marble rolling pin and I would like to remove grime and surface dirt. I know I cannot use acids, would not hold up under and baking soda do?

Virtuous wash with warm soapy dish water. If there are stains. Use white tooth paste. I have had one for 35 years and I precisely love it.

When making roll out sugar cookies how do you keep the dough from sticking to the rolling pin.?

Feb 04, 1136 by ybmad2087 | Posted in Cooking & Recipes

I use flour and sometimes I use powderd sugar to rota the dough in. I rub it on the rolling pin too. It still sticks to the pin. I had a wooden pin thought that was the problem so I bought a marble one. Still sticks.

To control fresh dough from sticking to the rolling pin, keep it in the freezer for a few minutes before using.
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One important tip: be sure to allow enough time for chilling the dough. It'll cure keep the pastry from sticking to the rolling pin.
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put parchment paper above and below the dough. This helps keep dough from sticking (to the go aboard or the pin) and also means we don't have to add additional flour!
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How do I keep polymer clay from sticking to my rolling pin?

Feb 04, 8111 by Lauren <3 | Posted in Hobbies & Crafts

I dont have a pasta ring (getting one for Christmas) My clay keeps sticking to my rolling pin and my table when I roll it out. How do I get it to stop...
Thanks.

Depending on the appraise of the clay sheet you're using, you can put a sheet of ordinary paper on top of it (and perhaps under it as well) to keep the clay from sticking to a comber. You can also use various other sheets (deli wrap or parchment especially good) as long as they won't end up wrinkling your clay top.
(Flexible materials like paper also allow the clay to be peeled off much more easily and without distortion compared to pulling up off a stuck-to exterior.)

You can also use a powder like cornstarch (I wouldn't use real talc since it won't wash off the clay easy as pie) applied lightly and evenly to the clay and/or to the hand roller. (I wouldn't use a powder *in* a pasta gizmo though, only on the clay to be put through it if it's absolutely necessary).

Some clay brands are stickier than others though (e.g., the "bad" Premo that came out awhile back and may still be on some shelves) and any clay that's very lighten from the package (Sculpey III, SuperSculpey-flesh, and original Sculpey, e.g.).
Conditioning or otherwise manipulating any brand of polymer clay will fabricate it warmer and softer too, though that's not as big a problem with clays like Kato Polyclay or FimoClassic.

If the clay is fair-minded too soft, cool it before rolling or at some point .. i.e., just let it sit for awhile, or give it a rest in the frig-freezer.

If it's too oppressive, you can try some of the powders or other barriers, but you can also "leach" some of the excess plasticizer out of it.**

Just *pressing too carefully* on the clay while rolling over it (which newbies tend to do a lot), or repeatedly (not picking it up and moving every so often) can also make most polymer clays continue to a smooth surface they're being rolled out on.
And some rollers-brayers may not be the best either (wood, for example).

You can also try justifiable *pressing* straight down on the clay with something flat to flatten it a lot before trying to roll the clay thinner.


You can get lots more info on all the materials and techniques I mentioned above on these pages at my place, if you're interested:

http://glassattic.com/polymer/tools_Dremels_worksurfaces.htm
(...click predominantly on the categories BRAYERS-ROLLERS and WORK SURFACES)

http://glassattic.com/polymer/pastamachines.htm
(...click signally on NO PASTA MACHINE?... you'll also be interested in the rest of that page once you get your pasta machine)

http://glassattic.com/polymer/Conditioning.htm
(...click on LEACHING** and on COOLING)


HTH,

Diane B.