Final Results
OK, I finally was able to do the drop test on Big Ball paintballs that sat in with a cup of standing water over night, between 8-9 hours. The results weren't what I expected, but if you recall I first did the test on Big Ball right off the UPS truck, and they were very cold.
The balls I tested now were room temperature and had been sitting with water over night. The results were: 9,38,50,30,19,56,19,15,12,55.
Those things will hurt if they hit you! Maybe I left them in with the water too long, and since they're now at room temp instead of straight off the UPS truck, they bounce more.
Considering the temp difference, I took 10 more balls at room temp that never sat in with a cup of water. The results were: 3,3,7,1,5,4,1,1,7,7. Those are a little closer to acceptable, but I know once they get cold, they'll bust easily like the very first test I did.
Two other things I noticed were that the ones that sat in with water, when the did finally break, barely broke and only left about a drop or two of paint on the floor. Most of the non-water paintballs had good breaks, that left the floor a mess.
Now I don't know what to do. I'm thinking my best bet is to lower the number of hours the water is in with the balls, which will raise the bounce factor to possibly around 10-15, and then when I go out to play in the cold, the cold, dry air will bring them back down to about 4-6, which is what I'm aiming for. I think I will do this for one bag of 500 and leave another bag of 500 normal and see what happens.
Well, I hope this data helps everyone, and I hope you get a chance to look it over Tom since you suggested it to me. I will let you know how the weekend goes with the two different bags of paint.
Thanks,
Nathan
OK, I finally was able to do the drop test on Big Ball paintballs that sat in with a cup of standing water over night, between 8-9 hours. The results weren't what I expected, but if you recall I first did the test on Big Ball right off the UPS truck, and they were very cold.
The balls I tested now were room temperature and had been sitting with water over night. The results were: 9,38,50,30,19,56,19,15,12,55.
Those things will hurt if they hit you! Maybe I left them in with the water too long, and since they're now at room temp instead of straight off the UPS truck, they bounce more.
Considering the temp difference, I took 10 more balls at room temp that never sat in with a cup of water. The results were: 3,3,7,1,5,4,1,1,7,7. Those are a little closer to acceptable, but I know once they get cold, they'll bust easily like the very first test I did.
Two other things I noticed were that the ones that sat in with water, when the did finally break, barely broke and only left about a drop or two of paint on the floor. Most of the non-water paintballs had good breaks, that left the floor a mess.
Now I don't know what to do. I'm thinking my best bet is to lower the number of hours the water is in with the balls, which will raise the bounce factor to possibly around 10-15, and then when I go out to play in the cold, the cold, dry air will bring them back down to about 4-6, which is what I'm aiming for. I think I will do this for one bag of 500 and leave another bag of 500 normal and see what happens.
Well, I hope this data helps everyone, and I hope you get a chance to look it over Tom since you suggested it to me. I will let you know how the weekend goes with the two different bags of paint.
Thanks,
Nathan
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