I made my first batch of MMF. turned out ok easy to work with, no sticking followed instructions,,,
my loops are still hanging over the broom handle, its been 2 days and they really arent stiffening up at all. I dont need the bow till sat but am worried, any suggestions. 
Did you add gum-tex to the MMF?
OK, I've been wondering long enough, so I'll bite the bullet and ask...what exactly is gum-tex? Something you make, something you buy? How much would you add to a recipe of MMF? I'm guessing it's some kind of drying agent. Could you use meringue powder instead?
You buy gum-tex, it is in the same kind of container as meringue powder. I usually add about a teaspoon to a baseball size ball of MMF. I'm not sure if you can use meringue powder in it's place.
I bought some gum tex today and added it to a new batch... I am wondering if I should redo the bow. I think I will try the fan as well! thanks for the gum tex idea I had no idea how much to add. I have done that and am leaving it overnight, the pkge says needs to cure overnight?
If you have a food dehydrator now is the time to use it!
I pulled mine out of the basement, cleaned it up and now it has perminate residence beside of my mixer.
I didnt add gum tex to my MMF when I made bows and they took about 3 days to become hard enough to stand up ok..I didnt drape them over a dowel to dry, I had them on parchment paper and had some rolled up in each loop to keep the shape.. Even when I put them on my cake they werent really hard but they kept the shape fine.. I wasnt really sure how hard they would get because this was the first time I had made MMF.and I had never worked with fondant before.
Liz
It could depend on where you live too. I live in hawaii and I haven't found anyway to get royal icing or fondant to dry/harden. I made some flower petals out of fondant about 2 months ago, I wanted to try this out because I havent' had any success with my royal icing flowers (which I've made a million times before moving here) and now I have a couple dozen sticky flower petal stuck in a draw because I havent' gotten around to peeling them off of the flower formers yet.
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