Paintball Tips
Stop your paintball mask fogging up
- After cleaning your mask, make a mixture of 1:10 washing up liquid and water. Wipe the inside of your mask with this and no more fogging up!
- It is helpful to take a small spray bottle with this mixture when you go and play just in case you fog up while playing
- Try breathing down out of the bottom of the mask to stop the hot air fogging up the mask
- Try and keep your hair out of the mask as this fogs it up
- NB. Please check if you can use washing up liquid on the plastic of your mask as it may cloud some plastics
Cleaning your paintball marker
- It is important to do a basic clean of your marker after each session as some paint damages the paint work
- All you need is marker oil, warm water, a cloth and a tooth brush
- Strip your marker down removing the barrel, hopper and gas cylinder
- Wipe down the marker with a warm damp cloth
- Use a damp toothbrush to clean the hard to reach places
- Rinse the barrel and hopper with warm water (only do the hopper this way if it is not electronic)
- Use your squeegee to clean out the barrel
- Dry off the marker, barrel and hopper with a towel
- Oil all o-rings etc as instructed by your marker user manual
- Once every 3 months, depending how often your marker is used, you should strip down your marker and clean all the inside mechanics
- Follow your marker user manual as each marker is different
Paintballs storage and care
- Paintballs should be stored in a dry area, out of direct sunlight.
- Kept between 20°C and 26°C
Some interesting points on paintballs
- Paintballs are filled with a mixture of Propylene Glycol, Sorbitol, colour dye and sometimes a little wax
- It is the Propylene Glycol that gives the paintballs the bad taste
- Paintball’s optimal speed is between 280 and 290fps so chrono-ing your marker higher is not going to help
- Freezing paintballs also does not work as they become dimpled and will not shoot in a straight line
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