Hi guys....I need to know what to do with my gumpaste.....I formed a gumpaste "plate" 6" in diameter and about 1/8" thick last night and overnight in the a.c. room it didn't seem to harden at all. Nobody responded to me earlier 
. I was asking how long it would take to dry..so I thought I would quicken things up. I've read not to put it in the oven...so I thought I would put it directly in front of the AC. Well....an hour or so later I checked the piece and they were WET!!!! I mean...it looks as though I actually brushed it with water.
Is it salvagable or do I need to start from scratch? This is a last minute order that will be picked up Friday morning.
Please help!
Not really sure .. have you tried heat? Like a blow dryer on low to see what would happen? Mine has always dried well and I haven't experienced this problem.. wish I could help more
http://www.baking911.com/asksarah_oldsite/_disc1/0000002c.htm
just found this link regarding gumpaste drying for you to read
The first time I used Pettinice gumpaste it still hadn't dried after two weeks! Two different teachers told me it never does. Now I use a mixture of 1/3 Pettinice and 2/3 Nicholas Lodge's scratch recipe and it seems to dry fine. I thought the Nicholas Lodge recipe by itself dried too quickly. I've been told that gumpaste is temperamental and where you live can make a big difference in how it dries. I think the only thing to do is experiment. As many others on this board have noted, humidity and temperature both make a big difference in almost everything to do with cake. I've also been told (but I can't remember who said it) that if you grease gumpaste too thoroughly, to get it out of a mold or so it won't stick to something, it takes longer than usual to dry.
Hope this helps....
My gumpaste took several days to dry if memory serves me correctly .. I think it was between 3-4 days for it to completely harden so that I could handle the flowers I made without being afraid of breaking them.
I use MMF and if the humidity hits it, it would soften up somewhat ... I don't use the Wilton fondant at all .. just tastes nasty *ack* ... but I'd think it would take a couple of days to dry too.
You have to know how to handle different gumpaste recipes. For example, you can't use Crisco to roll out Bakels gumpaste (aka Pettinice). You have to roll it out using cornstarch and knead some cornstarch into it as you do. You can also knead Tylose powder into gumpaste or fondant do make it dry faster. Humidity will kill the Nic Lodge recipe as well as Bakels, so you need to store your completed projects in an airtight container. To hasten drying, a food dehydrator or an oven with only the light on will work. I don't know where you read not to put them in the oven, I've done it a hundred times and it works. The only precaution I can think of related to the oven would be to make sure you don't accidentally turn the oven on the next day without taking your gumpaste project out first! HTH
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