Chef Charity shares some of her go to techniques to using colored cocoa butter! Learn how to melt down our bottles of color and use them to paint with brushes as well as airbrushing!
Chef Charity, could you please tell us the device you were using to melt the brushes? Also when you had the paits in the dehydrator what temperature do you like to keep it set to? The plates with the paints already in them, are they onto of a hotplate or warm surface to keep them payable? Sorry so many questions as there is not much of a cocoa butter painting tutorials
Thank you. Great tips in the vid If I may ask, with the unused colored cocoa butter, when you go to use it again and it's in the ramekins, do you just use the heat pad to bring it up to 93F (33.9C) ?
Yes! You want your cocoa butter colors to be around 86F You don't want to over heat as that will burn. The temperatures you referenced in your comment is if you're airbrushing, you'll need them to be slightly warmer.
Hi Chef. Thank you for the video. I am interested in the use of the warming pad at 3:10. Would you have that set to about 30deg? Can you advise where these can be purchased? The only ones I am seeing are a 'Fleece', for personal and pet use. Many thanks.
Hi there! thank you for reaching out to us. It's essentially the same heating pad as the ones for personal use, you'll just need to find one that allows you to set the exact temperature, rather than a low, medium, high setting.
the way you melt the cacao butter inside of the bottle.. is it still tempered after you melted about 1/3 of the cacao butter inside and the rest still solid?
Hi there! Our cocoa butter is shipped pre tempered! Most often you can melt down how much you are needing to use and pour out your desired amount. In each interval you remove and shake the bottle allowing the heat to disperse evenly throughout the bottle and melting down the cocoa butter without throwing it out of temper.
In my experience this really depends on the brand of cocoa butter. I can't get Pastry Chef brand cocoa butter through anything less than a 1mm. I can use a 0.3 mm with Roxy & Rich brand or if I mix my own colors with plain cocoa butter and fat soluble powders
I notice that you are keeping your small ceramic dishes on a special warming plate that looks rather large. What is being used? I am very interested in using the coco butter to paint not to airbrush with. I think a pancake skillet would make the coco butter get too hot. Thank you!
Chef Charity is using a table top warmer, you can also use candle warmers that virtually work the same. You need a warming tray that's temperature ranges from 80-90 degrees F. 😊
Hi there, This can be from a number of variables. From your compressor to the nozzle size. Email us at QA@chefrubber.com so we can better assist you :)
