Pastillage /gum Paste

Decorating By chleonard Updated 17 Feb 2007 , 10:44pm by chleonard

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chleonard Posted 16 Feb 2007 , 2:02pm
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is there a difference between these? i had a recipe for pastillage that i just used and the pastillage came out good and was easy to work with. i made a pair of booties, which came out okay. however, when they dried, the pastillage got wrinkly. i kind of looks like old leather...
does anyone know if i can fix this? can i water down some pastillage that i have leftover and fill in the cracks? i would love them to look smooth!
thanks!

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RisqueBusiness Posted 16 Feb 2007 , 3:26pm
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pastillage is used for more structural things like buildings.

gumpaste has more stretch and use to fashion flowers and more intricate things.

HTH

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chleonard Posted 16 Feb 2007 , 3:29pm
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so is there a way to "smooth" out the wrinkles in the dried pastillage?
(can i fill in the cracks with more pastillage?"

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RisqueBusiness Posted 16 Feb 2007 , 3:31pm
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no..you may be able to dip your finger in a little water and smooth it over, but be careful too much water will dissolve the sugar.

you may need to make another set or just let these go as is.

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surfgirl Posted 17 Feb 2007 , 8:07am
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Or you could try to sand it down with a fine sandpaper

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RisqueBusiness Posted 17 Feb 2007 , 1:53pm
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Originally Posted by surfgirl

Or you could try to sand it down with a fine sandpaper




YES! I forgot about this...since I just do that to the edges..lol..I keep a special nail file in my gumpaste tool for that...A metal one..I HATE seeing rough edges on my work! thumbs_up.gif

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chleonard Posted 17 Feb 2007 , 10:44pm
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great! thanks for the suggestions!

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