Just ordered paint..

[s4mm4n16]

I ordered a bunch of the white box special since my field just changed over to use your own paint :) (so freakin sweet and cheap).

The paint came and no broken balls really looks nice except the balls are extremmelly soft and squishy and wont break.

Is this just because of the traveling and heat? Is there something i should do to harden them up a little so theyre more brittle?

LMK really curious

[crankwalk]

I've heard of putting soft paint in the fridge for a while to stiffen the shell back up (not the freezer!) but I wasn't sure so rather than blurting it out here, I googled it first :D. I found a gigantically long tutorial, ironically on Yahoo! Answers, on paintball storage regarding temperature effects.. here is just a snippet - this may help. Try the fridge trick :tup:

In the heat of the summer, barrel breakage is rare. Breakage on target could also be a problem as paintballs get soft from the heat and humidity. So now we must keep the paint dry and cool. Room air conditioning may be good enough for the player but air conditioned air still contains 70 to 80% relative humidity. Keep the bags closed tight! If you begin to get a lot of bouncers, chill the paint in the refrigerator (not the freezer!) for 30 to 60 minutes - NO LONGER!. The air in the refrigerator is cool and dry and will condition the paint for use on the field.

[s4mm4n16]

awesome thanks..just for quicker results i tried zapping them in the freezer for 10-20 minutes and im getting a 10% more ball breakge when throwing them against my basketball backboard so i think ill just go through the cases and stick the bags in the fridge for an hour or so to stiffen them up for storage then just keep them room temp

[crankwalk]

No problem, glad that's working out for you. Nothing worse than squishy paint (except maybe brittle paint breaking in the breech haha)

[lopez17]

If you're not comfortable chilling them, put them in a dry room or near a dehumidifier. They'll dry out relatively quickly getting the effect you're looking for.