gazorpa Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Hi everyone, I'm a new member, and I'm very glad to have found this forum. I'm running costumes for a stage production of "Smell of the Kill". One of the characters tosses some "brandy" at another character, causing the second character to exclaim "I hope it doesn't stain my blouse!" I don't want it to stain either, obviously. Does anyone know of a liquid I can supply that will look like brandy, but not stain the costume? (Which seems to be polyester.) I can wash the costume every night, but it would be much better if I could just sponge it off between shows and wash it once a week. Tea won't do, because tea stains. I thought perhaps of watered-down cola, which is the right color and won't stain like tea, but I then would have to deal with sticky liquid splashing around the set. Any ideas? Thanks for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzette Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Burnt sugar - a drop in a brandy glass of water will turn it the colour of brandy but it won't stain because there is so little of the colouring.Do a Blue Room search for burnt sugar and it will give you some places to buy it from. Easiest way to make it up is get a large empty plastic clear drinks bottle, fill it with water and add a few drops of burnt sugar to get it to the right colour. Then you have a large bottle of "brandy" ready to fill your stage decanters, glasses etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazorpa Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share Posted April 8, 2009 Thanks, Suzette... I'm from the States, and I have to confess that I never heard of burnt sugar. When I looked it up, I discovered that it's what we call caramel. Which brings me back to diluted cola, since the coloring in cola is due to caramel. I don't know if I can buy caramel extract in the market here, but I will look for it. Maybe it wouldn't be as sticky as diluted cola. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipstream Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Your local catering supplier or cake making accessory supplier should have it. Or get some sugar and burn it (well heat to past the colouring stage), add hot water and BINGO. Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivemaster Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Diet cola os less sticky than full sugar cola, but in the UK big brand cola seems to be getting paler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazorpa Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 Diet cola os less sticky than full sugar cola, but in the UK big brand cola seems to be getting paler. Thanks, Jivemaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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