I have made hydrangea blossoms out of gum paste. I used Bartels gumpaste. I have made some on Friday and they are still not dry. I did the oven trick with the light on and that dried it some. However, they are still soft and I need them to be dry so I can paint on them by Thurs. This is for a wedding cake this Saturday. Is there any other tricks that I don't know about? They are in a gladware container now. I have about 200 hydrangea flowers and want to paint them or luster dust them on Thurs. Will they be dry by Friday for me to start decorating the cake?
so here are my questions.
1. How long does it take to dry hydrangea blossoms and is there any tricks to drying faster?
2. After they dry and I apply luster dust or paint on the blossoms will it take along time to dry again?
3. Can anyone give me tips on why they are still so soft?
Please help.....
Mandy
oh my goodness.... I have this on here so many times....... that is my fault because when iwould hit submit it would say it did not work so ignore the other post....... I am so embarrased....... 
I can not anwer your questions, but I would start by taking them out of the gladware container, and laying them all out so that as much air can get to the most area to assist in drying them out.
Good luck.
I haven't done hydrangea blossoms specifically, but I've made other gumpaste flowers that are much larger and none of them have taken more than a day to dry and most take only a couple of hours to dry.
Definitely take the flowers out of the gladware container and put them on wax paper (or some other surface they can easily be removed from). If you have the lid on the container right now, I can tell you that is the reason they are not dry. They need air all around them to dry out properly. Another reason may be that your gumpaste was on the wet/damp side or your gumpaste was rolled thickly, so it's taking longer to dry.....
On the upside, as long as your flowers aren't sticky to the touch, you can paint them, drybrush them, or whatever else you want to do to color them. Actually, if you have an airbrush (I don't, but you might), you could probably paint them even if they are sticky to the touch.
If you are afraid they will not be dry in time, you can always pop them in a food dehydrator for a few hours and they should dry out for you.
Hope this helps...
What a great hint about using a food dehydrator! I will have to remember to pull mine out next time I don't plan or have inadequate time.
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