Cooking spray oil?

[milosmomma]

I was shopping today and saw avacado oil in a cooking spray type bottle. I got it because my hair like avacado and I thought having a spray can may help application. I ran a search here and found a thread about pam but no other cooking spray oils so if there is a thread please direct me there and I apologize for creating a whole new one :)
I have seen olive oil in these type of cans but my hair doesnt love olive. It's ok just not as good as a lot of other oils I have tried. Let me know if anyone has tried these out of if maybe I've got a screw loose :lol:

[blackgothicdoll]

I think I've heard of people using crisco, I'm sure I've tried it long ago. It's just vegetable oil, so if you'd use it in the bottle why not use it in the can? Sounds less messy IMO. :D

[gin]

I'd love to know how it works out! We've gotten the Avocado spray for cooking, never even thought of using it on my hair, even though I do sometimes use regular avocado oil on my ends. Spray would definitely help a more even spread.

I know some people on YT have bought those oil sprayers and poured oil in them to use on their hair. So my guess it should be the same right, assuming it's pure oil?

[MermaidDreads]

I've seen this too and wondered about it. I'm also interested to hear if anyone has tried it and how it worked out.

[Kalamazoo]

Does it contain aerosols? It might be cheaper to make your own by spending $1 at Walmart for a spray bottle, + buying a bottle of avocado oil & filling the spray bottle (with a funnel)...

[milosmomma]

That was my thinking, same oil, less mess. The one I have is aerosol type spray. It comes out quite fast so maybe a little spritzing bottle would be more accurate. I was hoping for a more even application and I think this works well. Maybe it will last longer now that I have a more even and accurate applicator. I may end up using less oil over time because it is more expensive than buying a regular pour bottle. I got a few cute sausage/dna curls from my wash today(used oil for roo) and I did nothing to encourage my waves so I was surprised by it. Here it is!

https://i.imgur.com/jxnHWcsl.jpg

I kind of wish more kinds of oil were available in aerosol spray form. I did feel weird taking cooking spray to the bath though :lol:

[Nox_Inber]

Does it contain aerosols? It might be cheaper to make your own by spending $1 at Walmart for a spray bottle, + buying a bottle of avocado oil & filling the spray bottle (with a funnel)...

I like this idea! I'm not a fan of aerosol going onto my hair or in my body, no real scientific reasoning behind it, just my feelings :) Plus there's usually an easy alternative so at that point I'd rather stick to what's tried and true.

I did some research and there was very little credible information about the propellant used in Pam. This https://www.fooducate.com/community/post/Is%20the%20Propellant%20in%20PAM%20Cooking%20Spray %20Harmful%3F/54845449-96E6-5774-43AB-BD4A8A8D0CE1 was the most reliable information I could find, they claim to have emailed the company to find out the ingredients contained in the propellant. I wish they had citations or listed sources for some other things stated but it was a starting point at least. The article says that the propellant is composed of propane and butane.

"The acceptable residue level of propane, butane and other hydrocarbons in food is 1 milligram per 1 kilogram of food. That’s 1 part per million. In tests conducted on typical foods in a variety of temperature ranges, data consistently showed amounts 'below 0.1 mg residual hydrocarbon/kg cooked food. In most cases the amounts are substantially less than 0.1 mg/kg food”.

Supposedly most of the propellant is supposed to dissipate, this leads me to wonder what effect it would have on hair and exactly how much residue is needed to be noticeable. How long does it take to build up? I'm not brave enough to try it on myself lol but now I'm wishing I had kept all my shed hairs for experiments like this lol!

[Kalamazoo]

Personally, I avoid PAM... :whistle:

[Kalamazoo]

That was my thinking, same oil, less mess. The one I have is aerosol type spray. It comes out quite fast so maybe a little spritzing bottle would be more accurate. I was hoping for a more even application and I think this works well. Maybe it will last longer now that I have a more even and accurate applicator. I may end up using less oil over time because it is more expensive than buying a regular pour bottle. I got a few cute sausage/dna curls from my wash today(used oil for roo) and I did nothing to encourage my waves so I was surprised by it. Here it is!

https://i.imgur.com/jxnHWcsl.jpg

I kind of wish more kinds of oil were available in aerosol spray form. I did feel weird taking cooking spray to the bath though :lol:

Really pretty curls!

[Hexen]

Cooking spray oils?
It never would have occurred to me. Although I am a neophyte here just pooing and dishing.
But if I develop Tricophagia, I'm blaming this thread.
And my spice cabinet.

[milosmomma]

Thank you!
I didnt really think about the aerosol aspect too deeply but now I am wondering if I have some residues in my hair :lol:
Eta: I like to enable people buying hair toys and experimenting, not hair ingestion! :lol:

[Hairkay]

I do use the olive oil spray, not the aerosol just 100% oil in a spray bottle. It's less messy. Why go through the trouble to buy a spray bottle costing £2.00 and have to decant oil, another £2-3.00 when it comes ready done. It cost me about £1.50 and it last a year or more. I only need one little spray to get a tiny amount to do the ends of my hair. The rest of my hair is fine as it is so it does not need oil.

[lapushka]

Well it turned out great, there's no denying that. I think you've inspired a couple people here. I don't see aerosol sprays with cooking oil in our grocery stores, though (at least where I go, and that's Aldi & Lidl). Not that there's a need for it.

[gin]

Here's a YT video about an oil sprayer you can buy that will mist-spray oil without aerosols (I believe):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzYaxIDlF3s

There are a ton of others on YT and I'm sure also a ton of different sprayers, that's just the first one that popped up in my search.

I would think this type of sprayer would be preferable to the cheap sprayers at Target or Walmart? Whenever I try to use one of those with oil, the sprayer gets clogged or some of the oil drips out rather than sprays out and gets on my hands.

[MusicalSpoons]

Well it turned out great, there's no denying that. I think you've inspired a couple people here. I don't see aerosol sprays with cooking oil in our grocery stores, though (at least where I go, and that's Aldi & Lidl). Not that there's a need for it.

I have seen both aerosol and non-aerosol oil sprays here for some time, including Lidl and Aldi - I never understood the need for them either until my Mum started trying seriously to lose weight, and some of them give 5 sprays for 1kcal so for her it was definitely worth trying (for food, anyway ;)) they work pretty well for that. We've only tried non-aerosol sprays though, and actually I don't recall seeing aerosol sprays particularly recently.

I haven't seen any pure oil ones though, of non-aerosol sprays (I haven't looked at the aerosol ones). I can definitely see the usefulness of pure oil sprays for hair if it works out equally or even more economical, and that really gave you great results milosmomma! Amazing :crush:

For me there's no point at the moment as I have lots of oil to use up still and I've got a method of application and rinsing that works for me, but definitely something to consider in the future if need be :)

[ExpectoPatronum]

I'd just make sure it's aerosol-free, but it looks like it gave you very good results either way.

[milosmomma]

Thanks for all the feed back you guys :) Well I had a pretty scary incident today, my bfs mom has those sticky fly strips hanging around random places and I had my hair in just a pony tail...can you see where this is going? Well a good sized chunk of my hair got stuck to one and bf helped me get free but I had a big clump of basically glue in my hair. Spray avocado to the rescue! I was worried about the chemicals in the aerosol and read the bottle further and it is only pressurized, no chemicals! I will take a pic and post the bottle so if anyone is interested they know what to look for. I found it at wegman's grocery. It worked amazing for freeing the glue from my hair as well. Followed my conditioner.

ETA pics
https://i.imgur.com/HR1hSVRl.jpg
front

https://i.imgur.com/VzROiJwl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/gVmuz1Rl.jpg
sides and back with "pressurized" info

[Nox_Inber]

I'm so glad your hair was saved! Talk about making blood pressure go up :run: I think you've really stumbled onto a cool idea :D The most appealing part to me is the even distribution and ease of application, I might see what I can find next time I go to the grocery store. I'd be particularly interested in this for a ROO trial, that way I don't use up my NB oils :)

[Kalamazoo]

Thanks for all the feed back you guys :) Well I had a pretty scary incident today, my bfs mom has those sticky fly strips hanging around random places and I had my hair in just a pony tail...can you see where this is going? Well a good sized chunk of my hair got stuck to one and bf helped me get free but I had a big clump of basically glue in my hair. Spray avocado to the rescue! I was worried about the chemicals in the aerosol and read the bottle further and it is only pressurized, no chemicals! I will take a pic and post the bottle so if anyone is interested they know what to look for. I found it at wegman's grocery. It worked amazing for freeing the glue from my hair as well. Followed my conditioner.

ETA pics
https://i.imgur.com/HR1hSVRl.jpg
front

https://i.imgur.com/VzROiJwl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/gVmuz1Rl.jpg
sides and back with "pressurized" info

Wow! That's GREAT!

[AutobotsAttack]

I was shopping today and saw avacado oil in a cooking spray type bottle. I got it because my hair like avacado and I thought having a spray can may help application. I ran a search here and found a thread about pam but no other cooking spray oils so if there is a thread please direct me there and I apologize for creating a whole new one :)
I have seen olive oil in these type of cans but my hair doesnt love olive. It's ok just not as good as a lot of other oils I have tried. Let me know if anyone has tried these out of if maybe I've got a screw loose :lol:


That was my thinking, same oil, less mess. The one I have is aerosol type spray. It comes out quite fast so maybe a little spritzing bottle would be more accurate. I was hoping for a more even application and I think this works well. Maybe it will last longer now that I have a more even and accurate applicator. I may end up using less oil over time because it is more expensive than buying a regular pour bottle. I got a few cute sausage/dna curls from my wash today(used oil for roo) and I did nothing to encourage my waves so I was surprised by it. Here it is!

https://i.imgur.com/jxnHWcsl.jpg

I kind of wish more kinds of oil were available in aerosol spray form. I did feel weird taking cooking spray to the bath though :lol:


I like this idea! I'm not a fan of aerosol going onto my hair or in my body, no real scientific reasoning behind it, just my feelings :) Plus there's usually an easy alternative so at that point I'd rather stick to what's tried and true.

I did some research and there was very little credible information about the propellant used in Pam. This https://www.fooducate.com/community/post/Is%20the%20Propellant%20in%20PAM%20Cooking%20Spray %20Harmful%3F/54845449-96E6-5774-43AB-BD4A8A8D0CE1 was the most reliable information I could find, they claim to have emailed the company to find out the ingredients contained in the propellant. I wish they had citations or listed sources for some other things stated but it was a starting point at least. The article says that the propellant is composed of propane and butane.

"The acceptable residue level of propane, butane and other hydrocarbons in food is 1 milligram per 1 kilogram of food. That’s 1 part per million. In tests conducted on typical foods in a variety of temperature ranges, data consistently showed amounts 'below 0.1 mg residual hydrocarbon/kg cooked food. In most cases the amounts are substantially less than 0.1 mg/kg food”.

Supposedly most of the propellant is supposed to dissipate, this leads me to wonder what effect it would have on hair and exactly how much residue is needed to be noticeable. How long does it take to build up? I'm not brave enough to try it on myself lol but now I'm wishing I had kept all my shed hairs for experiments like this lol!


Personally, I avoid PAM... :whistle:

In an attempt to reply to all these concerns I have a solution:

https://i.imgflip.com/37ofcz.jpg (https://imgflip.com/i/37ofcz)via Imgflip Meme Generator (https://imgflip.com/memegenerator)

Per the comment that gin has brought up.
Here goes the Misto Can sprayer. Since a lot of inquiries have already been made about canned sprayers, this is a can that is used to house cooking oils, and dispenses them like any other cooking spray, minus the butanes, aerosols, and other flammable hazards.

Use whatever oil you want, coconut, almond, avocado, castor, jojoba, you name it.

There’s a compressed/pressurized mechanism that pulls the oil in, and dispersed it just like the typical can sprayers do. Re-usable, food grade aluminum, no bad stuff. Problem solved.

[gin]

In an attempt to reply to all these concerns I have a solution:

https://i.imgflip.com/37ofcz.jpg (https://imgflip.com/i/37ofcz)via Imgflip Meme Generator (https://imgflip.com/memegenerator)

Per the comment that gin has brought up.
Here goes the Misto Can sprayer. Since a lot of inquiries have already been made about canned sprayers, this is a can that is used to house cooking oils, and dispenses them like any other cooking spray, minus the butanes, aerosols, and other flammable hazards.

Use whatever oil you want, coconut, almond, avocado, castor, jojoba, you name it.

There’s a compressed/pressurized mechanism that pulls the oil in, and dispersed it just like the typical can sprayers do. Re-usable, food grade aluminum, no bad stuff. Problem solved.

I admit this has been in my Amazon shopping cart for awhile now. :) Do you have it? I'd be interested to know if anyone on here has tried it out.

[Kat-Rinnè Naido]

That was my thinking, same oil, less mess. The one I have is aerosol type spray. It comes out quite fast so maybe a little spritzing bottle would be more accurate. I was hoping for a more even application and I think this works well. Maybe it will last longer now that I have a more even and accurate applicator. I may end up using less oil over time because it is more expensive than buying a regular pour bottle. I got a few cute sausage/dna curls from my wash today(used oil for roo) and I did nothing to encourage my waves so I was surprised by it. Here it is!

https://i.imgur.com/jxnHWcsl.jpg

I kind of wish more kinds of oil were available in aerosol spray form. I did feel weird taking cooking spray to the bath though :lol:

Pretty curls to go with the gorgeous hair colouring.

[lapushka]

That looks like an awesome spray! :D

We don't have these around here (not in Aldi, or Lidl in my area in Belgium). Just oils in bottles (plastic or glass). And butters in tubs.

[milosmomma]

Autobotsattack, that is great I would love to have that bottle. Thank you for sharing. I really do like the convenience of having the spray type, and now that I know my avocado oil doesnt have the chemicals or aerosols I was wondering if the can would be reusable. I am thinking not, but I am definitely interested in the one you shared. My hairs favorite oil is meadowfoam seed and I doubt I would ever find it already in spray form.