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Aright this was a sticky last time so I'm expecting it to be a sticky again.
Choosing your paint: you can't shoot crap so don't buy it.
Buy at least some sort of reliable paintballs, from a good company. I absolutely love RPS, they're advantage shell makes it so they never swell, but brands such as diablo and GAP are good too. Also, buy paint from your local pro shop, its usually freshest if bought from them. Also places like walmart and kmart usually have their paint sit on the shelves for longer. Also another reason to buy from pro shops is that they usually give you a discount or a different batch if paint is broken when you buy it.
Storing it: So you bought your paint, and hopefully its good. First off you want to make sure there are no breaks, if there are get a few paper towels and pour the paint on to a flat surface where it wont roll away and such. Just collect the broken shells, and use the paper towels to dry off all the paint by rolling it around. Now once you get your paint I like to take it out and put it in a cooler, but WITHOUT THE ICE. It keeps the paint less sensitive to heat and humidity, making it last much longer. Use Crossfire magazine's baby rule, if it would make a baby cry dont put your paint there. Now once a week or so if you kept it in bags or whatever flip your paint, the gravity and the paint on top of it will give it dimples, so just shift them around every once and a while depending on how brittle it is. (more expensive usually means more brittle)
Before the day of play: Aright so you got a tourny tomorrow with your tricked out gun but it doesnt mean crap unless you can get that paint where it needs to go. So heres what you do. First get all your paint onto a flat surface, roll the paint around with a paper towel to remove oily residue on the outside, and to partially get rid of any dimples that have formed. (this can be skipped if there's no oil or dimples) Also get your pods ready when you get there or before you drive up, dont leave paint in your pods over night unless you want dimples. And please when you're on the field dont fill all your pods half full they'll bounce around so much that when you reload it looks like you're pouring fruit juice into your hopper. Fill your pods snug, tight is tight, too tight is broke. You want to hear one or two with some space when you shake it and for the lid to close.
this doesnt really have to do with taking care of your paint but barrel cleaning stuff is very helpful in removing the oil from paintballs out of a barrel. The oil on the paint can ruin a perfectly good barrel, so I recommend getting this: http://www.xpaintball.com/proteamprodb.html it should help alot.
Also dont take paint off the ground.
Why dimples are bad
The rounder the ball, the more accurate it is. If it gets dimpled or dented, it will have an uneven surface which will create spin and send the ball flying off 20 feet to the side of your target. Also dimpled balls are more likely to jam and break in your hopper and gun.
thats about it
Heres some good RPS paint laydown
Practice: RPS stinger
Rec: PMI premiums
Tourney: Evil ultra
any questions? if so you can PM me or just ask them in this thread.
also any suggestions are welcome
updated 5/6/08
Choosing your paint: you can't shoot crap so don't buy it.
Buy at least some sort of reliable paintballs, from a good company. I absolutely love RPS, they're advantage shell makes it so they never swell, but brands such as diablo and GAP are good too. Also, buy paint from your local pro shop, its usually freshest if bought from them. Also places like walmart and kmart usually have their paint sit on the shelves for longer. Also another reason to buy from pro shops is that they usually give you a discount or a different batch if paint is broken when you buy it.
Storing it: So you bought your paint, and hopefully its good. First off you want to make sure there are no breaks, if there are get a few paper towels and pour the paint on to a flat surface where it wont roll away and such. Just collect the broken shells, and use the paper towels to dry off all the paint by rolling it around. Now once you get your paint I like to take it out and put it in a cooler, but WITHOUT THE ICE. It keeps the paint less sensitive to heat and humidity, making it last much longer. Use Crossfire magazine's baby rule, if it would make a baby cry dont put your paint there. Now once a week or so if you kept it in bags or whatever flip your paint, the gravity and the paint on top of it will give it dimples, so just shift them around every once and a while depending on how brittle it is. (more expensive usually means more brittle)
Before the day of play: Aright so you got a tourny tomorrow with your tricked out gun but it doesnt mean crap unless you can get that paint where it needs to go. So heres what you do. First get all your paint onto a flat surface, roll the paint around with a paper towel to remove oily residue on the outside, and to partially get rid of any dimples that have formed. (this can be skipped if there's no oil or dimples) Also get your pods ready when you get there or before you drive up, dont leave paint in your pods over night unless you want dimples. And please when you're on the field dont fill all your pods half full they'll bounce around so much that when you reload it looks like you're pouring fruit juice into your hopper. Fill your pods snug, tight is tight, too tight is broke. You want to hear one or two with some space when you shake it and for the lid to close.
this doesnt really have to do with taking care of your paint but barrel cleaning stuff is very helpful in removing the oil from paintballs out of a barrel. The oil on the paint can ruin a perfectly good barrel, so I recommend getting this: http://www.xpaintball.com/proteamprodb.html it should help alot.
Also dont take paint off the ground.
Why dimples are bad
The rounder the ball, the more accurate it is. If it gets dimpled or dented, it will have an uneven surface which will create spin and send the ball flying off 20 feet to the side of your target. Also dimpled balls are more likely to jam and break in your hopper and gun.
thats about it
Heres some good RPS paint laydown
Practice: RPS stinger
Rec: PMI premiums
Tourney: Evil ultra
any questions? if so you can PM me or just ask them in this thread.
also any suggestions are welcome
updated 5/6/08
