Silver tapes were spray coated using an organometallic solution as the carrier liquid. When this solution was annealed in air at 825 • C, ∼4% of its total weight remained as CaZrO 3 . Mixtures of Bi 2 O 3 , SrCO 3 and CaCO 3 have been prepared with seven different stoichiometries. An organometallic solution was mixed with ceramic oxide powders and spray coated onto silver tapes. Electrical insulation tests were performed applying a dc potential, and insulation survived more than 30 V. Coated tapes were coiled to progressively decreasing diameters down to 1 mm diameter with no sign of cracking, indicating the possibility of metallic bonding and diffusion. This technique appears to be suitable for use in the insulation of Bi-based superconducting tapes and wires, since it does not contain any element that is chemically reactive to this system.