How well do those canned sprays of color work? I've never used them before. I have a cake to do with dirt bike images, and I'm wondering if I should pick up a can to add some interest. Also, does anybody have any tips?

They actually work really good if that is all you have.You have to spray in layers like using spray paint if you want a dark color.Let the layers dry in between each spray.I found the Wilton colors to be very nauseating as they contain a peppermint oil in them (They say they no longer do but I still smell it in the new ones I have bought)..I also find that the peppermint taste stays on the cake which to me isn't very appetizing but they do a great job overall!!

Of course an Airbrush would be better HEE!HEE! HO!HO!HO!
I love my Airmaster!!



Laurel

Oohh! It's good to know. I bought some cans a couple of weeks ago and haven't try those yet, because I was embarrassed to ask.
Kiddiekakes, thank you for your help!
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Never be embarrassed to ask!! we are all family and if we don't ask we don't learn!!

Yes Madam, your right. Thank you very much. I appreciate it.
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Not all of the cans have peppermint oil. I just bought a few new wilton ones and they where fine. Although I do prefer the betty crocker ones , to me they spray finer and more even. All of the cakes on my site that look airbrushed where done with the cans of spray color.

*sigh* still saving up for my airbrush, If I would just stop buying other cake toys I could save faster.

I agree an airbrush would be better, but I wouldn't even know where to start with that! How do people learn to airbrush?

Paenut2,

It just takes practice getting the feel of the brush and how light or dark to spray...I used papertowels to practice and a few cakes.You get better as time goes on!!

So do you have to be accomplished at drawing in general to be good at airbrushing?

No way!!! I can't draw if my life depended on it!!! I use my airbrush to fill in backgraound like skies,horizons etc..I brush borders also.I am no artist with it like you see on TV with those guys who use an airbrush to make flames on cars or anything but I do like mine!!!

I only used the Wilton spray once, but left the letters I had sprayed pink near a window. When I went back a little later they were white again--the sun having almost completely bleached them! I resprayed and kept them out of the sunlight and it was fine. Pretty weird though.....

I used the Wilton one last year. It was my first time. Easy to work with, but tasted awfull! It had a very strong mint flavor that you could smell and taste. It even kind of soaked into the cake, so wherever there was that color it tasted bad. Not exacly the best...

But that was last year, so they could have changed them by now... Just test it out first before you put it on your cake to see if it smells or taste kind of funky

If you can find the Americolor color spray cans that would be your best bet. But I know they are difficult to obtain. The Americolor spray can is about half the size of the Wilton but has about twice as much in it! Regardless of which brand you use just make sure to shake the you-know-what out of it or you'll get blotches!!!

I would love to give an artful tagger a few cans of color spray and see what they come up with on a sheet cake!

Silly question....

If you don't use them quickly but have used them at least once will they dry up?

I bought the blue spray - but I was really disappointed that it was a different shade from the lid. I wanted to lightly spray the edges of some hydrangaes I was making - but the color was attrocious. Really cheesy and fake looking.

Of course - it might look really good in a different theme. But it sure wasn't a color of blue found in nature.

Good luck with yours.