Hubby bought me a Airbrush set from Kopykakes( the whole set airbrush color and all) for my birthday about a year ago 
I was really kind of scarred to use it because I never used one before( and it didnt come with instructions) 
I have only played with it with water, any way I finally used it last weekend for a couple of cakes I made for my nephews birthday party I put a cardboard box around my cakes to make sure that I wouldnt have the mist go everywhere, will today I did my annual monthly spring cleaning and I notice that everywhere I wiped in my kitchen and living room I was wiping up blue food coloring it was even on my coffee tables (I have a open kitchen to the living room) but my coffee tables are a ways away from my kitchen 
has anyone have any ideas how I can prevent this from happing again or does anyone have this same problem I love using this airbrush it was a lot of fun but boy was it mess to clean up after Thanks in advance for any advice
Molly2
does your stove have an overhead hood that EXHAUSTS DIRECTLY TO THE OUTSIDE -- NOT BACK INTO HOUSE? (DON'T do this if it exhausts back into house -- see other suggestion below)
if so, set up spray booth w/ 4 large sheets of foamcore board -- one at back and one on each side and one on bottome taped together so they run from stove top up INTO the hood. seal joint at hood well. may even want to make an extension for front edge of hood to lower the gap to ensure air is drawn past cake and up the vent.
turn fan on highest setting and give it a minute or two to get air flow going.
also, depending upon where intake for AC is -- if it's close to kitchen may want to switch it off while spraying. oh and cut an ceiling fans too.
to ensure strong draft up hood open window, if you have one, on opposite side of kitchen.
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edited to add warning about the exhaust for this method has to be DIRECTLY TO THE OUTSIDE! (which is really MUCH the better way for any kitchen exhaust to work!)
Molly-
DON'T use the device Doug talked about in his first post if you don't have an actual hood. Your vent with a microwave over it will only allow the color to go up and back out on you!! YIKES!
I'm thinking his second suggestion of the fan is a great idea!
Similar thing happened to me! I didn't see any overspray on the box that I had protecting my counter tops (although it got on my countertops!)
but the next day my husband changed our airfilters... it was covered in greens and blues!
Overspray??? That sounds like an awful mess. Would you get overspray while working on 4" cookies? If so, I'll have to build one!! I just did some searching online for an airbrush booth to get visual ideas. Here's what I came up with. A mini airbrush booth by Testors. Is this comparable to what I would need to build and is an exhaust fan absolutely required? What if I built a box of foam core, lined it with wax paper, and then changed the wax paper everytime? Would that keep the mess down?
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXHK94&P=W
Overspray??? That sounds like an awful mess. Would you get overspray while working on 4" cookies? If so, I'll have to build one!! I just did some searching online for an airbrush booth to get visual ideas. Here's what I came up with. A mini airbrush booth by Testors. Is this comparable to what I would need to build and is an exhaust fan absolutely required? What if I built a box of foam core, lined it with wax paper, and then changed the wax paper everytime? Would that keep the mess down?
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXHK94&P=W
you can build same or similar spray booth from foamcore.
YES, you do need a fan to suck the mist OUTSIDE...the fan has to vent OUTSIDE....just like your dryer does and IMHO all stove/range hoods should.
Yep, I love to airbrush but the mist is terrible. My kitchen was turquoise after doing the flowers for the wedding
Check this out
http://www.earlenescakes.com/AirbrushCabInst.html
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