My little brother has an airbrush compressor that he uses to make designs on t-shirts and stuff like that do you think I could use this machine if I get a new gun and hose to use it on my cakes or does the airbrush macihine have to be specifically for cakes? Please let me know anything you know about this topic.


Thanks
Jackie

The airbrush itself should be new (or at least well cleaned and should only have ever sprayed non-toxic media.) You can use any old compressor, but it should have a regulator on it so you can adjust the air pressure. For cakes you want (generally) between 10 and 20 psi. Another thing you want to add is a moisture trap. Unless it's an oilless compressor (most garage-type compressors are not) the moisture trap is necessary to keep any aeresolized oil and water out of the hose and off of your cake.

I belive that it would be ok because i was told that if its is too sttrong you could just purchase a regulator ......adjust the pressure.........

there are some other post here on cc maybe one can help you better i just bought my airbrush but havent gotten the food colors for it so I havent tried it yet ...

good luck

As alimonkey said you have to be careful that the PSI are not too high or it will literally blow a hole in your icing.I,myself would purchase a new compresser only for the reason of cross contamination of non-edible inks which could still be present even with multiple cleanings...I wouldn't want to chance someone falling ill.The commpressers made for cake decorating already have moisture traps and the proper PSI so you can control the pressure better.

You shouldn't have to worry about paint in the compressor unless there was a malfunction where the airbrush backed up and forced paint into the compressor, which I'm sure is a pretty rare occurrence if it's even possible. The only thing the compressor deals with is air, the paint is only in the airbrush itself and should never come in contact with the compressor unless you decide to spray paint it.

Yeah...now that I think of it....the compresser never really comes in contact with the ink.It should be fine!! I bought my airbeush system new so I didn't have to consider that!!