Why do paintballs taste so bad?

[magdude25]

My freind dard me to eat 5 kick'n green/red red fill paintballs for 10 dollers ....i ate one and nearly threw up

[RaV3n_Pa1ntba||]

i believe paintballs ingrediants include:

(SHELL OUTSIDE)
Thin Plastic

(INSIDE)

Gelatin based
Water
DYE
Oils
and some preservative junk

[speedballbanks]

rt 01037 has that big book of paintball and it says the outsides of paintballs are pills if you notice the outside of paintballs are sweet.

[Dr.StockClass]

From the RPS Website:

What is inside a paintball?
Food dyes (pigments), the same as those in orange soda, candies, ice cream, bubblegum, mints, etc., and polyethylene glycol (not to be confused with antifreeze). The liquid fill in a paintball is non-toxic and non-caustic, water-soluble and made of biodegradable or naturally-occurring ingredients. When a paintball hits a target, the thin gelatin skin splits open as it is designed to do, and the liquid inside makes a "paint" mark on the target.

The gelatin skin is the same as is used to make gelcap pills that we take orally as medicine.

[DJSOLID]

That's right - RP Scherer pretty much invented em. Antifreeze is propylene glycol NOT polypropylene glycol. Propylene glycol is the new "long life" anti-freeze found in construction equipment and automobiles. Havoline's tradename for it is "Dexcool" and it is deep orange in color. The flourescent green colored antifreeze that you may be used to seeing in most vehicles is ethylene glycol.

In paintballs is Polypropylene glycol and I found this:

"Polypropylene glycols have unique physical and chemical properties due to the co-occurance of both primary and secondary hydroxyl groups during polymerization, and the multiplicity of methyl side chains on the polymers. Polypropylene glycol of all molecular weights are viscous liquids which show an inverse temperature-solubility relationship, along with a rapid decrease in water solubility as the molecular weight increases. The terminal hydroxyl groups undergo the typical reactions of a secondary alcohol, including esterification by way of an alkyl halide." -Mobile Oil company

If anyone can actually understand this: I'll give you props, cause I can't.

[DJSOLID]

I just wanted to apologize for that last post, as it was the fargin' nerdiest post I've ever done. (Or seen for that matter.)

[Dr.StockClass]

No way man. Don't apologize. I understand it. Besides, not everybody on this board is a teenie bopper.

"Polypropylene glycols have unique physical and chemical properties due to the co-occurance of both primary and secondary hydroxyl groups during polymerization, and the multiplicity of methyl side chains on the polymers. "

This just means PPG (polypropylene glycol) has extra and better properties because of the way its formed.

Polypropylene glycol of all molecular weights are viscous liquids which show an inverse temperature-solubility relationship, along with a rapid decrease in water solubility as the molecular weight increases.

This means that all PPG is a thick liquid and as temperature decreases the solubility increases. As it gets colder PPG actually gets dissolves in water better. This is important for anti-freeze stuff. And as it gets more dense it becomes less soluble. (I know I substituted density for mol. weight, but for this example it's appropriate.)

Feel free to correct me. I'm trying to apply hard earned money in the way of college classes.

[justinellery]

I haven't a clue what paintballs are made from but I believe you when you say fish oils. I have this indoor field near me that had all this beach sand brought in. Well, the smell of all the paint in there was TERRIBLE. It smelled like a combination of fish, BO, dirty socks, you know the rest. There's got to be some nasty stuff in that paint!!!!!!

[SGTKennedy]

i would eat 5 paintballs for 10 bucks. id probably just eat them on a dare. pathetic. meh. I wonder how many paintballs have to be consumed to get an Emag...

[martlet1]

ok... horror story time

Ok, well since the topic came up...... I was officiating a game and I had my Flex mask rolled up, and someone shot me in the mouth while it was open. The ball hit on the inside,right, top part of my mouth on my canine tooth. The taste was just like eating a handfull of yard grass. The shell fragments got stuck in my gums and roof of my mouth. If you have ever had a dorito stick in the roof of your mouth, magnify that about 10 times and thats what I got. I had to get tweezers and scrape out the shell. Combine blood, paintball, and saliva and it makes an interesting taste to say the least.

[SPOOKI]

yum...

Dunno but apparently one kid who came to the field where I used to work thought that powerball tastes like mint... I can't say as I've tried them myself but you're welcome to attempt to confirm this if you want...

[BTAutoMag]

some taste really good. i was shot in the mask once and the ball was so good i was licking it off my mask. i dont remember the brand though

[SPOOKI]

ummm... yeah...

I think you guys need to sit down with a nice big ribeye and a baked potato. If you're so hungry that you are LICKING THE PAINT OF YOUR MASK I'd say you need to go get some food... Just my opinion...

[BTAutoMag]

im not saying i wouldnt prefer a ribeye but IT WAS GOOD

[StuDawggie]

Originally posted by Xzion
To be honest, I don't think your -suppose- to taste paintballs.... if ya don't like the taste, I think the only solution your gonna see happen, is to keep your head outta the way of incoming paintballs

That's the best advice I've seen on the thread, and the only true answer to really make sense.