O-Ring Kits and Hardware Stores

[rdb123]

The other day I was forced to order a 15 dollar Intimidator O-ring kit that included about 12 orings for my gun. Do you guys know of any hardware store that I could take the kit to and get more of each oring? How much do orings go for outside of the paintball industry? I'm just sick of paying 1 dollar for an oring that may only cost 12 cents.

Thanks

[Thordic]

Most o-rings if you go to a hardware store are anwhere from $.15 to $.50 each. I have a couple $4,000 o-rings at home though :) It's not like you could ebay them, but thats how much they cost at the time. I still owe sarah one, she wanted a $4,000 o-ring.

Most hardware stores don't carry the right materials though. Most o-rings you find in hardware stores tend to be neoprene, which is fairly soft. It works ok with HPA, it sucks with CO2. I've used them in my Spyder but I don't know if I'd trust them in any other marker.

[rdb123]

Most o-rings if you go to a hardware store are anwhere from $.15 to $.50 each. I have a couple $4,000 o-rings at home though :) It's not like you could ebay them, but thats how much they cost at the time. I still owe sarah one, she wanted a $4,000 o-ring.

Most hardware stores don't carry the right materials though. Most o-rings you find in hardware stores tend to be neoprene, which is fairly soft. It works ok with HPA, it sucks with CO2. I've used them in my Spyder but I don't know if I'd trust them in any other marker.

So I'd want to look for the polyurethane ones correct? Where would be my best bet though?

THanks

[Thordic]

Not sure. Grainger prolly has em, but I think you need to be a business to shop there.

Butyl-Nitrate is good, I think, as is Viton. I think the paintball standard is urethane, but if you aren't using CO2 and don't have to worry about freezing/corrosion, other materials are fine.

[SlartyBartFast]

Look up air supply and hydraulic supply businesses in your area.

[mamba juice]

www.fastenal.com
www.mcmaster.com
www.smallparts.com


they should have everything you need

[FallNAngel]

The problem is knowing the right size o-ring you need.

[rdb123]

Hmm, so you guys don't think a place like Ace Hardware or a plumbing store would have them??

[Thordic]

Probably not. O-Rings are specialty items, most people never need to use them. The ones at, for example, Home Depot, are for plumbing applications usually, which are larger than you'd need.

[Number13]

I've never had the need to try it, but I have been told that refrigerator oring kits are supposed to work well for servicing paintball markers.

-MC

[Almeister]

Home Depot has them. Thats where I get mine.

[rdb123]

Home Depot has them. Thats where I get mine.

You took a bunch of orings in and got them matched??

[252]

I went to ace and got like, 50 tank orings for like, 5$. :clap:

[The Spanish Inquisition]

Thanks Mamba Juice! Those pages are awsome.



Especially this one. http://www.smallparts.com/products/descriptions/ort.cfm

[Lohman446]

You could use AC o-rings from a parts store.. but your not going to save any money, there probably more expensive.. they are, I just looked

[FallNAngel]

You could use AC o-rings from a parts store.. but your not going to save any money, there probably more expensive.. they are, I just looked

Well, there's very few o-rings you'll ever need to replace on an Autococker anyway

[Chojin Man]

do you measure o-rings from the inside diameter or the outside diameter?

[InexactMelissa]

Try here: http://www.marcorubber.com/ . You can get just about any size or material you want. I'm not sure if it came from this place, but in my house we have this big box of various sizes and materials similar to the kits they show on this site that usually contains about anything we need.