Just wondering where you can buy a airbrush at to decorate cakes ?
And about how much do they cost ?
Anybody have any ideas?
I have been shopping for one as well. There are so many different kinds...I was looking at a gravity fed one on ebay and my husband said those wouldnt be good cuz you would have to have the gun upright all the time...there were several on ebay for sale though, ya might wanna check there.
Just wondering, can it be any kind of airbrush, or does it have to be one especially for cakes ?
I saw one for cakes only, but was kind of high, just wondering, if the others work fine or not.
go to a hobby shop. they are cheaper than getting it through a cake supply place. i like badger brand, #155 anthem and a regular compressor. any airbrush will work for cakes it just depends on what you want it to do. the hobby shop guy should be able to explain the differences between guns and compressors.
Just make sure it is new or has only been used for cakes. You don't want one that model paint or tanning spray has been put in.
There is awhole bunch on ebay, but I wonder if they would be cheaper at the craft store ?
The closest one here is like 60 miles away.
Doesn't seem like there are too many people here that know about them. I would like to know the difference between all of them....like is there one NOT to buy, like the gravity feed one I know is not the best choice. When I punch in 'airbrush ' to google, I get a bunch that come up but they all talk about tattooing, painting model planes and cars, fabric, etc. None of them say anything about decorating cakes...but why couldnt ya use of them for cakes anyways? Is anybody out there knowlegable about this?
Go to www.kopykake.com, and search in the section marked Cake Decorating Products.
Page down below the 4 decorated cakes and click on the link for Airbrushes. Page down to Airmaster Airbrush Compressor System.
In my opinion, this is the best airbrush for beginners. I bought three other airbrushes from AC Moore and Michael's, and now I am so sorry that I did not just invest in this one in the first place.
Theresa 
Kopykake airbrushes are designed to be used with edible airbrush colors for cakes, foods.
The ones at the craft stores are made for use with crafting and fingernails. The nozzles on those airbrushes emit more spray than you need for a cake, which causes:
Beading of the airbrush color
Dripping
Uneven coloring
Streaking
I found that it was too much work try and make consistent adjustments when using the craft store airbrushes.
Besides, most of the airbrushes that they sell do not include the compressor. The package I advised you to read about includes the airbrush and compressor for one price.
The compressor for the Airmaster has adjustable pressure, which is not available on the airbrushes in the craft stores where I live.
Theresa
I was doing the same search and found that most cake decorators recomend the same two KopyKake airbrushes. For me personally the KromaJet would be fine. I'd like to have the airmaster though because you can adjust the pressure but it is quite a bit more and I'm having a hard enough time convincing my dh to buy me the KromaJet for Christmas.
Hiya guys,
K here's the skinny on airbrushes. There are two different types, one is single action and the other is double action. Single action is what we are more familiar with, it's where you pull back the little knob and paint comes out. Double action is you have a knob for air flow and then a knob for paint flow. It's a little bit more complicated, but from what I have heard, you have more control over your paint.
Most single action airbrushes are the same, doesn't matter what brand they are. The major differences between " craft" airbrushes and "cake" airbrushes is the compressor. Usually with a craft compressor the air pressure isn't as regulated as in a "cake" compressor. When you are decorating cakes you don't want your air pressure to be more than 10psi.
Other wise you will blow holes in your frosting or have spider vein splat when you are trying to make a nice fine line,
With a little practice with a single action you can control the amount of paint that comes out and you can do a rather fine line or you can cover a lot of area quickly. I personally have the Kromajet at home and at work I use the badger. I like the Kromajet better actually, becuase it doesn't blow holes in my frosting, but the one at work has a bleeder screw that you can adjust the airflow (can't keep it where I want it though the other decorators turn it all the way up.) O well.
But an airbrush is a wonderful thing to use and you can color entire cakes if you want to without the mess of mixing colors. You can paint dried bc roses or flowers with it, actually paint images on cakes with it (my horse cake in my portfolio) You can do quite a bit, you can even blow off powdered sugar on fondant with it (of course the cup will be empty.)
There are many uses for it but you have to practice and use what is comfortable for you.
As for the pricing, Mine was 130.00 with the compressor (kromajet) and the professional one at work is about 300.00. Quite a difference but then the most expensive part is the compressor not the brush. Brushes can run from the 20 buck cheapy one at the hobby store, to the one i have which I can replace for 80 bucks to the double action brushes which will cost more and are usually used with the larger bottom feed cups and usually used in the car business.
I hope that this helps you decide and I hoped that I gave you enough info to start your quest.
Thanks ladies.
Thanks for describing the differences between the types of airbrushes. I'm keeping that info in my CC file on the desktop for future reference!
Theresa
chaptlps:
Thanks so much for your post. I haven't bought one yet because I've been unable to reconcile the different opinions about which to buy. After your post, I think you've talked me into a Kromajet. You were really helpful, and your info was much appreciated.
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