caz1607 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 I'm looking for a non greasy substance that looks like whipped cream to be thrown on stage during a performance. The bowl of cream will be thrown at the back wall of the set but unfortunately the wallpaper is not the commercial wipe clean type, it is a canvas stencilled wallpaper. It is thrown just prior to the interval and then can be cleaned but obviously due to the nature of dairy products if we use the actual thing it will not be easy to clean off of canvas and will begin to smell. The real catch 22 is that we cannot use shaving foam or anything similar as one of the actresses must eat it earlier in the scene! If anyone can recommend any edible substances that are non-greasy or unlikely to leave residue and a stain on the wallpaper your help would be much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 You can buy custard pie foam IIR, not sure about its eating quality but I assume there is some ingestion possible. Turns out that www.lancelynoxford.co.uk supply blizzard foam I am sure they can supply a CoSHH sheet for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerry davies Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 She doesn't "have" to eat it. From my dim and foggy memory I seem to recall this thing called "Akh Ting", a rare Chinese artform that creates the possibility of using a wide range of foams. Useful site here for MSDS but AFIK any chemical or theatrical foam will be far more toxic than shaving foam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 While Kerry made a very droll comment it did remind me of that lad who has that pub in bray. I would be inclined to say you could whisk jelly / agar agar as it sets to create a hard foam.* *don't trust me on this but the logic is there. E2A http://www.makeup-fx.com/gelatinefoam.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Edwards Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 I was thinking of a certain molecular gastronome. The kind of sea foam thing that he does only lasts for the time it takes to serve. Th agar stuff is probably too jelly like. I would say that anything that has the ability to properly foam into something with such tiny bubbles to make it creamy is probably going to stain. The fats in milk/cream, egg whites...guinness... The key ingredient in soap is Sodium Laureth/lauryl Sulphate. This foaming agent or surfactant is also found in toothpaste. Maybe with experimentation you could do it with toothpaste but I suspect that to get it more like like cream and less like bubblebath you would need nitrogen and higher pressures. It would probably be easier to protect the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 I was thinking of a certain molecular gastronome. The kind of sea foam thing that he does only lasts for the time it takes to serve. Th agar stuff is probably too jelly like. yes quite possibly but the jelly/agar (jelly has a stronger bloom than agar) will work as a fixer and hold it in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigclive Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 So a custard pie made of shaving foam and the actress cheats the shot by eating a spoonful of yoghurt out of a hidden dish. (Or some alternative preservative loaded white creamy comestible.) You guys do realise that theatre, TV and film events are not actually real don't you? For instance, this guy is eating neither ice cream nor his brains... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erh2ngRZxs0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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