Easy-to-Use Poly Dowels

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Permalink Reply by Diana Viera on September 11, 2010 at 1:56pm

Hi Theresa ~ thank you for sharing this information with us. I've seen them used before and I think it's great that they are available.

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Permalink Reply by jeri c on September 11, 2010 at 6:23pm

Thanks that is exactly what I was thinking but was not sure what size the cake was. I might have to try these! Lots of help!

Alexander Molnar said:

Hi Jeri,

They are the same diameter as the wooden dowels 1/4" and the cut easily with scissors. Take a look at the Demo from Jacque, it shows how little cake they eat up. Also with the colors they can be seen by whomever is cutting the cake at the event while the Green & White are great as flower pics to not stick the wires right into a cake.

jeri c said:

Alexander, can you tell me the diameter of these? Do you lose much cake with them and what is recommended to cut them with? I like the idea better than the dowels if you don't lose so much cake.

Alexander Molnar said:

The plastic that these are made from has been specially enginered for these to hold weight. The bubble tea straws are the same plastic as drinking straws but thicker. The Poly-Dowels as you see from the picture are not just thicker but have internal ridges for even more support. Another company did try to copy these using a thicker straw plastic but they could not take the weight & the cakes were collapsing.

They have undergone some serious testing including for food safety and they passed everything easily. The Poly-Dowels have been on the market for less than 6 months and are available from only a few companies that were selected by the manufacturer.

I stacked a 5 tier cake using them and a couple long dowels through the center of the piercing all the way to the base. Driving in stop & go Fl traffic It did not shift & the tiers did not have any compression or bulging.

Right now they are testing a larger version and when that comes out it will be available at A & H Cake Design.

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