I need a shiny glaze I can mix up to paint on gumpaste. Anyone have a suggestion?

Thanks

You can make gumpaste have a shiny finish just by steaming it. As for a glaze - I am sorry but I don't know the answer to that one.

You can paint it with confectioners glaze. I know you can find it on several websites, and you may be able to buy it locally. I get mine from Nicholaslodge.com

I have also heard of using piping gel - I saw a frog created by a friend out of gumpaste/fondant and painted with the gel -- it was very shiny and beautiful.

You can also put a dab of Crisco in the palm of your hand, brush back and forth with a dry paintbrush and brush the gumpaste item. The warmth of your hand and friction of brushing will slightly melt the Crisco and make the gumpaste shiny. It is only temporary, probably lasts about 2 days. For more shine, after painting with the Crisco, steam the item for just a few seconds over a pan or kettle of steaming water.

Have you tried steaming? You can get it pretty shiny that way. Just for grins, I have dipped entire roses in boiling water....VERY quickly...and it made them look like they were made out of porcelean. Took a while to dry again after that, but they sure were shiny!

You can also buy confectioners food glaze from Country Kitchen. I don't know how to do a link.

Dipping dried gumpaste roses in a mixture of airbrush color and a small amount of Everclear makes a very deep color and very shiny. It too takes longer to dry, about 24 hours. The roses on this cake were dipped.
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I dust with superpearl and then steam the item. or you can get food grade laquer spray if you want it super shiny

Nicholas Lodge (internationalsugarart.com) and ChefRubber (chefrubber.com) sell edible spray on lacquer in small relatively inexpensive cans. It does a wonderful job in making gum paste shiny. You can also use full strength confectioner's glaze or glaze thinned with Everclear.

Rae

I don't care much for the food laquer. When I need a fondant piece to shine I use a clear pan spray. I spray a fair amount on a dish and use a very soft, good paint brush to cover. I've even sprayed directly on my cakes and used the brush as I went around. Now the shine won't stay forever, but I refrigerate if I will use it within a day or two.

I just ordered some GUm Arabic and that is supposed to be good for making things shiny and also noted for being used as a glue.

Where do you buy everclear or can you use alcohol instead?