For all you new to gumpaste flowers. I learned the hard way yesterday that petel dust does NOT stick to the flower anywhere gum glue is.
I made several Hibiscus flowers and had to throw them all away because after trying to dust the centers they got all blotchy looking.
I started over and this time wired each petal seperately so as to avoid the gum glue all together.
What a nightmare!!!! Oh well, lesson learned......
Sorry that happened and you had to do them over. I know that making flowers is so time consuming. But we all learn from ours and others mistakes. Thanks for sharing!
How frustrating
I don't use anything but water for flowers, figurines etc these days as I've had lots of problems using gum glue. I made gumpaste hibiscus myself recently and only used water - I just posted a pic in case you want to see!:
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1814953
I also made varios hibuscus and only used water to glue them, you have to wait at least a day until they dry to put them together. I have a cake that I decorated with 28 hibuscus in my photos.
I also made varios hibuscus and only used water to glue them, you have to wait at least a day until they dry to put them together. I have a cake that I decorated with 28 hibuscus in my photos.
They look great wilgon1...did you make and dry the petals separately before assembling your hibiscus?
Yes I did otherwise they will break
I should try that way sometime! I assembled mine wet...with a little water on the edge of each petal to stick it to the next, and then left the whole flower to dry if that makes sense?
I tryed to put them all together but they started to come apart. so that is the reason why after I do each petal I put them on the the tube for flower to dry out and the next day I assemble them it is much easier.
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