This months' tip originated from my years as a Mother and not as a cake decorator because the best way to wash those couplers and tips are with a baby bottle brush cleaner. These brushes which are typically tapered with a small and large end are the perfect size for getting into a coupler and cleaning the ridges and hard to reach places. They can be found in most baby supply stores and some supermarkets and are very inexpensive. In addition, if you don't want to clean your tips and couplers in the sink, you can purchase for the dishwasher, a sanitizing basket which is typically used to wash baby bottle nipples and holders; instead, you can fill the basket with your couplers and tips and place on the top rack of a dishwasher for easy cleaning!

So, here's to reusing those baby items for our cake decorating cleaning needs!