Please help.I bought this clay gun,and its absolutely useless.Im i doing anything wrong,i knead the fondant properly make sure it's warm and soft,but it just never comes out even when i have used the biggest disc. http://www.artifolk.co.uk/catalog/products/craft_tools_and_accessories/clay_gun_extruder_tool.htm
Hi, I don't have that one, but I've got the other one. Have you tired kneading lots of shortening into it? If you are using gumpaste, dip the paste in warm water and knead well. It should give a consistancy of a chewing gum. Then put it in the clay gun. It should work.
HTH.
I have that exact extruder. I bought it as a starter until I can buy the bettere one. But mine works fine. I used a very soft fondant and was worried indeed if it would work since it depends on manual strength. But it did. I jusy made a tassle using the disc with tiny holes yesterday. I think you need to 1. make sure your fondant is very pliable and 2. Don't fill the tube more than 2/3rds full. Hope it works for you.
Thanks a lot everybody, i'm using only fondant no gumpaste,i'll try again with more shortening,thank you all.
I have the plastic extruder, and have to load it with fondant and put it in the microwave for a couple seconds, and then it works perfectly. Looks like yours is metal, so no microwave, but maybe you could lay it on a heating pad or maybe even put your fondant in a piping bag, microwave it a little and "pipe" it unto the extruder while it's still really soft and warm.
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