I promised you I would show you how to use an airbrush gun so here we go! We are going to start with the basics today. Are you ready? Hold on, here we go!
Meet Wendy! Windy is my friend. When you look at her from the outside she seems complicated! I ordered her at Karen’s Cookies.net only after I saw a demo by my friend Marlyn aka Montreal Confections. She makes some amazing things with hers! She also made some beautiful things that day but what amazed me most is how easy it was to use and clean the airbrush gun. She totally blew my mind and I ordered one for myself right away and named her Wendy!
Here is what is inside the box (there was some other things that I am not sure how to use but I will figure it out one day). It comes with a nice little case to keep the gun in. The gun is the part that you need to take care of. You don’t want to break it so when you are not using it place it back in there. The gun is Wendy’s brain! Protect it!
Start with the assembly. First, plug one end of the rubber tube into Wendy.
Plug the other end into the gun.
Now plug the power cord into Wendy. Then plug it into an outlet.
The button with the circle and the line at the top is the on/off button. The other 3 buttons are the mode buttons which controls how fast the air comes out. It has high, medium and low. I use low a lot.
Before you can airbrush something you need to pick a color. I ordered my colors with the gun and I got the Airbrush 12 Color Kit! I was so happy! I also got the Pearl Sheen. The Pearl is beautiful and I will show you more on that this week.
The trigger on the top of the gun is how you spray. The farther you pull it back the more color comes out. I am not going to spray anything tonight. This is Airbrush 101 and we will get to the fun stuff this week. I just want you to see how it works so you can decide if you want one for yourself or not. It is an investment so before you buy remember, knowledge is power!
Look how easy it is to get the color in. Just a few drops go a LONG way! Then you are ready to spray your cookie. More on that later.
Now, Wendy needs a good bath and Marlyn taught me to do this over the sink and she is BRILLIANT! I wish cleaning the icing tips were this easy! See the little squeeze dropper? Fill it with water. Then, put it into the gun and spray into the sink until the water comes out clear. You may have to fill it up a time or two but it is kinda fun to watch the colors fade.
This is the fun part. Put your finger over the tip and pull back on the trigger. This will clean the inside of the gun and make some fun bubbles! See them! Then move your finger and spray the rest of the water out of it and it is all clean!! How easy was that!!!
When you are done, put it back in the box until you are ready to use it again.
There you have it! How to use your airbrush gun. I have said it before and I will say it again, we will have fun using this all week long!
PS- If you decide to buy one for yourself from Karen’s Cookies you can save 20 percent if you use the code bearfoot20.
More on Airbrush Gun:
How to use an airbrush gun
How to clean an airbrush gun
Happy Creating,
Oh, this is great…..I’ve had so many questions about an airgun, so I am taking this all in and can’t wait for you to impart all your knowledge about one to us. Thank you!!
Wow – I have had mine for almost a year now and I didn’t know the “put your finger over the end” trick! So much easier than taking the whole thing apart and cleaning each part! Thanks so much, I will have to try that next time!!
Eli, that is the part that convinced me to buy it! I didn’t want something that was going to be hard to clean! LOL Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment! Have a great day!
Oh – one more thing… I bought mine at Michaels. It was the Duff Goldman one (Ace of Cakes). I was able to use one of their 40% off coupons on it to, which made for a great deal!! It looks identical to the one you have above, so appears to just change the logo depending who is promoting the product. Just a little tip to save some $$… Thanks again!
The finger tip over the opening trick is cool! I will need to use that the next time I use mine. I had no idea what the dropper was for. I don’t use it at all. I use a squeeze bottle filled with hot water and just squeeze it in there over a bowl white to clean it out. My table it to far from the sink to go back and forth with it.
I sure wish I’d read this before I took my gun apart! Terrible terrible idea, lol!
Oh what fun! I have an airbrush gun too…. only it’s in a can! LOL
Love this simple post. Just pulled mine out of the box yesterday. The only weird thing is the directions don’t address that other glass looking thing in the box. What is it? Can’t wait to follow airbrush posts. Thanks Lisa.
Hi Lisa! I have a question. Do you leave the hose attached when you store it? And do you let it sit overnight to dry out before you store it? I just bought an airbrush and I played with it for the first time tonight. I’m so glad that someone directed me to your post because I had just squirted water through the gun to clean it. When I plugged it with my finger just now like you suggested, I got some dirty water again, so that was a great tip!
Hi Debbie,
I am so glad you got an airbrush gun. I take the hose off the air compressor and the gun when I store it. I don’t know if there is a right way or a wrong way but, I store mine like it was in the box when I bought it. I thought if it sat in a box on their shelf and that is the way they did it, then it should be good for my “Wendy.”
Hope this helps!
Thanks for the quick reply! When I went to disconnect the hose it was really tight on, so I wasn’t sure if it was supposed to stay on. I’m glad to hear that it’s ok to disconnect it. Thanks!
I have a Pegasus Airbrush System. Just be sure to check the instructions for the brand you have. I was a little disappointed in the directions (or lack of) directions that came with my machine. I hope this info helps and let me know if you need anything else:)
Thank you for this tutorial. I was wondering whether this is a single action or double action airbrush, and which do you advise for a beginner and just for some light touches on a cake? Thank you
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I got mine from Karen’s Cookies. Here is the link: http://www.karenscookies.net/Pegasus-Professional-Airbrush-System_p_1749.html
Hope you enjoy it;)
After seeing this post and many cookiers using this tool, I decides to buy it! So lot of fun is ahead !
We found manual pretty useless. Your tutorial here was very good, and we assembled it very quickly, many thanks for that!
That thing which you haven’t used, would be air filter (I just wrote it here, someone might ask, because there is no explanation in manual; I attached it between compressor and long hose).
Greetings from Kuwait dear lady!!!
I found out that weird piece is the air filter just the other day. LOL I am working on a few new airbrush posts that I will share after I do a demo at Cookie Con in November. So hopefully it will answer even more questions for everyone.
Hope you like your airbrush gun!
Oh I love it, instantly! <3
I had to fill it with water I think million times, until every tiny shiny thing went out! 
Well, I've put that thing right away, today we assembled it, so I will try other time without, just to see if there is any difference
Today I've done pearl shine on cookies, I must say that cleaning after those sheen colors (I got all 3 packages from karenscookies.net) – is paiiinnnn