Can anyone tell me the difference between the airbrush machine for cake decorating and just a regular airbrush machine from Hobby Lobby?

Mac,

The regular airbrushing equipment that is used for t-shirts and art will blow holes in your cake. The compressors are too powerful.

My husband just bought me an airbrush kit without the compressor. A decent sized aquarium pump with aquarium tubing (silicone) will do just as well as the expensive compressors.

Check out www.badger.com My airbrush kit is from Badger. It's a model 155. You'll see the models that they recommend for cake decorating.

Didn't see anything that resembled an airbrush kit at www.badger.com.
Put in airbrush kit and model 155 in the search area and nothing came up.

Mac,

I apologize. I made a mistake with the web address. It is...

www.badgerairbrush.com

I have a regular airbrush from Badger that I used when I worked in a salon doing nails.

Pulled it out and sanitized it and used it to do my Spiderman Crawling on the City cake with no problems with holes.

I have an Airmaster from Kopykake.I absolutely love it!! The pressure is awesome and smooth and the colors are vibrant and true!!


www.kopykake.com

Littlebigmomma - what size aquarium pump do you use? I'm looking at an airbrush that doesn't come with a compressor and I'm looking for the cheapest possible option that still works.

Thanks.
Ali

The brand is TOP FIN. It's for a 30 to 80 gallon aquarium and it has adjustable air flow control with advanced high-tech design for quiet performance. It is very quiet. I also got silicone tubing and a stainless valve (aquarium supplies). I do not use the tubing that came with the airbrush kit because it is too stiff and the fittings wouldn't work with the aquarium pump.

Hope this helps.