I decided to invest in an airbrush setup so I could get more effects for my cakes. I also set up an airbrush station in my work room so I had one place where I could take my cakes for their airbrushing. My airbrushing equipment so far is a Paasche Talon airbrush, and mini compressor with air storage tank.
I wanted to try and minimise the overspray so I set up the station like a booth. Upon my first experiments with the airbrush I have quickly discovered that the overspray is still a problem regardless of the booth. It tends to float around the room and settle on everything. For now that is a problem I will deal with later as it will require the purchase of a fairly expensive airbrush booth with extraction/filtration system.
My main aim was to get a handle on using the airbrush & edible colours to paint a cake instead of colouring the icing, making a fade effect with colour and using a stencil. I was happy with the final results. I used a dummy cake covered in icing and some beautiful stencils that I ordered from Designer Stencils in the US. Check out the pictures of what I created.
Wow, that is such a simple but beautiful result. Good luck with getting the whole airbrushing thing sorted out. You're off to a good start though.
What colours did you use to airbrush? Brand etc... Looks great!
Hi Vicki
Sorry for the slow reply. We have been using Bakers Preferred airbrush colours, and have bought in most of their range of colours, including the pearl and metalics which are lots of fun. http://www.berghausen.com/Airbrush.htm
Strangely the Bakers Preferred paints are water based which means they do react with the fondant a little when you apply a thick coat. We haven't yet tried any of the other brands of edible airbrush colours to see if they all act this way.