I am making a gumpaste shoe for a 50th birthday party and I need to do one to practice on before the event since I've never done one before. I need to know if the gumpast has trouble drying, my air went out and because of the hurricanes the air has been moist. I have to have all of the windows open and the attic fan running. How will this affect my gumpaste drying.javascript:emoticon('
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You will probably have a tuff time getting it to dry. You can place the piece in the oven and turn on the light (if electric) or just leave with the piolet light going, make sure no one turns the oven on. And depending on the size of the piece it should dry overnight or so, But when you take it out it may soften again.
I have a fan forced oven, what I do if I need something to dray quickly is place it in the oven with the fan going I find that it dries things up quickly. Good luck.
I have a convection oven, is that what you mean? I was wondering if I set it on low maybe 100 degrees if that would be too hot. I am afraid I would melt it. I am trying to dry some MMF now and it is so humid that it isn't any more dry now than two days ago. This is my first time working with MMF.
THANKS!
My oven has a built in fan in it, (fan forced) it is supposed to cook things evenly when its on. DO NOT turn your oven on no matter how low, it will melt the icing. Another good idea may be to use a hair dryer on the cool setting and try drying it that way, but that may take a while, this is what I use when I need royal icing to set quickly.
Hope this helps a little.
Thanks to everyone for your expertise. The first guy we had told us we had to replace he unit, about $700, the 2nd guy fixed it last night for $165. Now I can work on the gumpaste without worries. Thanks
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