I am growing more interested in airbrushing. Everytime I look at it, I think "there is no way for me to keep inside the lines". I just picture the sprayer shooting everywhere and not giving me the detailed results I would want. Therefore, I haven't looked beyond that. I see more and more cakes with just little portions airbrused and wonder what the secret is. How do you "mask off" areas that you don't want to be colored?
thanks

I was a nail artist for years and here is a tip from that that you can use on cakes. To keep from having overspray cut shape ( I like card stock) out of paper. Place the part of cake to be painted in it's opening that keeps all surrounding areas from being sprayed If using fondant you can tape off areas. Hope this makes sense

you will always get a small area of overspray,unless that area is masked off. to do that you need to use a crusting buttercream or fondant, and a stencil or paper to keep the spray off. i AB alot of my cakes and there is a little over the lines but i dont worry about it. the reason to airbrush is for speed, if i had to cut out my pattern to mask off every time its no longer a fast process. even artists who do AB mask off with frisket so there is no way to over come it.

sweetcakes, not to hijack but I looked at your pics... some cute cakes.... I airbrushed a cake last night and forgot to take a photo of it, but do u have any tips like do u airbrush the darker colors then the lighter ones or vice versa?

I just bought a small airbrush and was thinking the same thing. Glad you asked the question jlh !

I don't use anything to block off when I am airbrushing. I just adjust my air flow and go for it.

I agree with what they said!- chances are unless you lay a papertowel or tape off an area, you will have some sort of overspray. But the good thing is, that the more you practice the less noticible your overspray will be- But when you start out airbrushing- it will take you a while to learn what angle to hold your brush to keep the overspray down, and how much air and color will make controlled line. The more you practice, the less you have to rely on stencils and masking, and will get better at freehand airbrushing.