Hi! I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about the airbrush that the folks at the Christopher Garren shop use on the Amazing Wedding Cakes show. It doesn't look like a normal airbrush, it just seems to look sort of like a spray bottle. They always do an awesome job with it though, and it seems like it might be easier to use than a traditional system.

Thanks,
Christy

I googled every version of airbrush I could think of trying to find the same thing. No luck. I could really use something tonight to spritz some roses.

I recently saw a similar set-up at Hobby Lobby in the aisle with the model paints and airbrushes.

You should E-mail him & ask. Most of the professional cake decorators are very nice about giving you information. It can't hurt!

I'll call and ask him tomorrow. And let you know
I was there last week and didn't even notice it He showed me draws and draws of molds though. he has some wonderful toys.

I believe he is using the Preval sprayer with the bottle attachment. Is that the one you were talking about? If so....I have some that I bought before I got my airbrush. PM me.
HTH

That looks like a possibility. I was wondering if my Pampered Chef spritzer would work?

Hi I called Christopher Garrens today and they said he was just using a compressed can of air from the hardware store. Hth

Thanks everyone for your responses... And sorry I am late in saying it. I guess a trip to the hardware store for a can of compressed air is in my future.

Christy

Jannie92869 is correct.

I mean if you get a can of compressed air how you gonna spray color through it?

Call paint stores and ask for a Preval ~ Sherwin Williams is where I got mine.

I have never used the art of airbrushing in cake decorating, but would love to try it... how would you use compressed air to put on color if it is air in a can? Ask me anything about recipes, butter cream, fondant, but this is an arena where I am negligent in skills. Can anyone explain, and also, which is the best one to buy?

I don't know how you'd do compressed air--but the Preval is a can of air with a bottle attached--you put your paint in the bottle and the device makes it happen when you press the spray button--just like a spray can of paint --only this has a can and a little removable bottle attached.

They are like fifteen dollars ish--something like that.

I'm not an airbrush guru--I have an Airmaster from Kopykake.

Well, thank you so very much for the reply, Spoony-G! I checked out your blog and you do fantastic work...your Halloween haunted house was great on that one cake...you truly have the gift for that!

Many have been sharing of their talents to help others here...we all live so many different places that it does not matter...we are not in competition with each other. I can say that I do this for me...the others get the benefit, but it is important to create something new all the time. It is one of the facets of my art. Some day, I might even get to be good enough for others to want to follow my lead...

Thanks again for your help...and I agree with you...it is the Almighty Creator, the Originator of all gifts, that shared with us His Greatest Gift... we should all share like He wants us to do...and you have done that...Thank you. Now back to practicing airbrushing!

Lutie

But can you use hobby paint things gadgets whatever haha for edible stuff? Excuse my ignorance.

I just have to add..Christopher Garrin is soooooooooooooo talented too. I doubt it was actually him they spoke to.

Madge, I only used mine for displays. They seemd to use them for servable stuff.

I haven't researched that aspect of it but I doubt I'd use in on edibles.

How can they use the compressed air from the hardware store. It is not food safe-it's toxic. There was a thread a while back discussing this and finally came to the conclusion that you had to buy the spray you buy from a chef supply and not the one from the hardware store. If I am remembering it correctly there was something about possibly poisoning the cake and a horrid taste.

http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=2155&familyName=Preval+Spray+Gun+Kit

I'd be a lost broke soul without you all!! This site saves me soooooooo much $$$! And imagine, I was eventually going to invest in an expensive airbrush machine!

I believe sadsmile is correct. I remember that thread, and the propelled air from the hardware store also has a chemical in it. Cannot use is on food!

Not safe for food, seems to me.

So just to be clear, the Preval can be REUSED? Do I need to buy more than 1 for all the different colors I'll be using? Excuse me if this is a dense question, I just don't know if this really a reasonable alternative to buying an expensive airbrush system.

Alright already--y'all made me go find the dang thing in the room of doom--a so called 'empty bedroom' where once there lived a kidlette--

Ok so it's a small compact aerosol sprayer--in the nature of a can of travel size aerosol hairspray that is screwed onto an empty glass bottle the size of a small baby's bottle. So empty glass baby bottle with an aerosol can full of propellant screwed on top.

There's a hole in the bottom of the can where a straw attaches so it can suck up the paint in the jar and propel it all out the spray tip on top of the can

The juju in the can is AERON A-70/DME (50/50) Propane (21.5%0 Isobutane (28.5%0 Dimethylether (50%).

This will propel 16 oz of paint.

Yes you can change out the color and type of product you want to spray but you have to be sure to thin it properly.

I do not know for sure what C Garren's used but I would not use this Preval product for anything edible.

MrsN--so it can be re-used so long as you have propellant left in the can. When the propellant is gone there's no more power left to fuel the spray action. 16 oz liquid paint is how much can be shot out of it.

You can buy extra glass bottels so you can not only spray other colors you can store in those bottles too.

But dude, it's not food safe.