can i use an oxygen tank as a subtitute for an air compressor for my airbrush?

4 Comments

1. mariner31 says:

   August 31, 2010 at 2:28 am

   I’ve used compressed air in a scuba tank before… the key is to have to correct pressure and fittings.

   You could check with a Home Depot or hardware paint-shop person to get the correct fittings and attachments (like a water-trap).

   EDIT: Loves Christmas Lights is correct… you don’t want OXYGEN it’s far too hazardous !!
2. loves christmas lights says:

   August 31, 2010 at 2:28 am

   No, pure oxygen is extremly flameable and dangerous!!!
3. Jonty says:

   August 31, 2010 at 2:28 am

   Your air brush comes with a compressor because that’s what it needs. Do you not think if it was feasible to work with something as obtuse as an oxygen tank the manual would already have stated so?

   Sure connect a pure oxygen supply to a high pressure nozzle then watch as it catches fire then burns through anything your trying to paint… Then the back pressure ignites the tank then you & one third of the room your in get vapourised – Fool.

   I often wonderd HOW the human race got to the top of the food chain, after being on Yahoo answers i guess i need wonder no more… Now i wonder is it really safe to leave the house anymore. I mean with all these fools loose with technology?
4. Michael D says:

   August 31, 2010 at 2:28 am

   No oxygen. CO2. That’s what you want. As mentioned, oxygen is too hazardous.