Hi guys,
recently, most small items that I make from gumpaste are cracking, it is reallt annoying because it's days and days after they have been made and left to dry, and by the time I go to use them, they break and then it's kinda too late to do it again. things like shoe straps and peppa pig's tail, thin things. I have tried putting in loads of tylo powder, is there such a thing as too much? I put about a tsp into a piece the size of a tangerine, can tylo go bad, maybe mine is just no good, any help much appreciated x
Are you talking about fondant with tylose added, or actual gumpaste?
Perhaps try working a little Crisco into your product.
adding tylose to fondant isnt gumpaste. I suggest trying Nicholas lodge recipe. Its just royal icing with tylose powder in it. Its amazing 
Tylose added to fondant will not give you the same flexibility and stability that a gum paste does. For some things I do add tylose to fondant but for modeling figures or making figurines I use either a 50/50 gumpaste fondant blend or straight gum paste. There is a lot more elasticity and moldability to gum paste and you do not get the same cracking you describe with the fondant/tylose mix.
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