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

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 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