I've been reading different opinions on the cans of air used for air brushes....safe...not safe.. I just bought a mini airbrush that requires a can of Propel to work. Was this a waste of money? I'm wondering if I should've bought a different airbrush that requires a different way to work. Fellow CC'ers thoughts on these?? Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I used the cans, many, many years ago when I first started using an air brush. It worked fine but didn't last long. At that time people didn't talk about how things were unsafe to use around food so much. I don't know if it was safe or not. I even took a car tire on a rim and used that for my pressure for awhile. If you air it up to 40 lbs. of pressure, it works great. You just screw the tubing on to the valve stem. I was only doing cakes to take to contests at that time so it really didn't make any difference.
As far as getting a compressor....I would do that. You really don't have to have a big one for doing cakes. I have the smallest one which KopyKake makes. I bought the whole set, gun and compressor, for $120. I use my air gun a lot and the cans wouldn't last very long. I love to do shading and airbrush backgrounds for a scene. I also shade in centers for flowers, edges of the cake.....I hardly ever do a cake without picking the airgun up.
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