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[Hexis]

I'm still planning on starting mine, but have een delayed because of Holiday/Family stuff. I have two kinds of RP, and I can go pickup some more at one of the local shops.

[Dave]

C'mon guys! So far we only have 2 paint tests that have gone for 4 days...we need people to post their final days, so lets do it!:)

-Dave

[hitech]

Originally posted by Dave
C'mon guys! So far we only have 2 paint tests that have gone for 4 days...we need people to post their final days, so lets do it!:)

Did I screw up? I thought the test only ran for two days. I thought I was done. They are still in the humidor (I was curious about the long term effects), but it's been over a week.

[hitech]

For those of you who haven't run this test, what is stopping you? I don't mean this as a rhetorical question. I really want to know what is keeping you from being able to run the test.

[Dave]

yeah you were supposed to test it a 3rd day from being in the Humidor...I dunno if Tom will care if you pull it out now, in any case it would be interesting. The most interesting thing in my test was I ended up with the EXACT same number I started with- 1.6 on the bounce test. Man, talk about paint that really bites the lame-o stick.


-Dave

[hitech]

Originally posted by Dave
1.6 on the bounce test. Man, talk about paint that really bites the lame-o stick.

Mine wasn't any better. However, what I find interesting is that no one had any problems with the paint. It was the preferred paint by everyone in our group.

[marc]

Hey I just wanted to tell you that i am still going to do this like i said i i would. Just that i have goten alot of homework this week. I have 3 bags i will test and at the latest i will start testing sunday. Im getting eztra credit from this too .

[MajorDamage]

Up for this! And I bought a case of Team Colors, so tommorow I will do the bounce test and make my saltpaste! I would do it now, but I'd wake people up . Come on guys! Help Tom out! He gives us contests, and cool products and you won't even give him $2 of paint? FOR SHAME! :)

ENDO!

[joeyjoe367]

I've got some Diablo Blaze that's about 3 & 1/2 weeks old. I'll make sure to get results every day for 4 days.

[MajorDamage]

Here ya go Tom, I just got done with the first part of the experiment, I hope I did the salt thing right :). I put about half a 140rd tube in the bag, so I should have enough paint for about 6-8 days. Oh, and anyone using Team Colors, search the outside of the bag, there is a tiny hole in each bag in my case, so I think they put them there. I tied the twist tie underneath that so it wont let the air out.

Start of test

AO nickname - MajorDamage
Manufacturer of paint- 32 Degrees
Name of paint (Blaze, Advantage etc)- San Fransisco Team Colors
How many weeks old is this paint? - I bought this Saturday, but I think its about 1 to 2 months old.
Is this dry paint? - no

Date-12/18/01
Time- 5:10
Bounce test results individual numbers 1-10
-15, 0, 9, 4, 4, 0, 0, 1, 4, 10
Bounce average - 4.7
Comments- Very inconsistent I guess lol

Second day results

Date-12/19/01
Time- 5:10
Bounce test results individual numbers 1-10 - 1, 6, 6, 0, 4, 1, 18, 2, 2, 2
Bounce average - 4.2
Comments- I guess it got a little better, and it stayed about the same bore size(I check it)

Third day results

Date-12/20/01
Time- 5:10
Bounce test results individual numbers 1-10 - 4, 4, 11, 1, 4, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0
Bounce average - 2.6
Comments- Seems to be getting more brittle...

Fourth Day Results

Date-12/21/01
Time- 5:10
Bounce test results individual numbers 1-10
- 7, 0, 12, 5, 0, 4, 0, 5, 24, 2, 1
Bounce average - 6
Comments- Inconsistent......lol


ENDO!

[MajorDamage]

AGD, if you want I can try and get some of the "Chrono Paint" from the field where I work. Its like a bunch of old Proball and FirstChoice, and I can do the test with this. I figured I'd offer because you havn't got a whole lot of people to do this yet. I can also maybe get some NitroDuck paint that some people left in their rental guns last week after they played lol, when I left Saturday some of the rentals still had almost a full hopper. I can check and see if I can have this stuff too, its pretty fresh(although its sitting in hoppers, so may start to go bad).

ENDO!

[toymyster]

I will try this with some very old Steel Balls this week, and see what happens!!!

[bofh]

Results

Ok, I don't normally have paint in the winter, and I didn't have the amount of salt that I thought I needed. I found a couple pods in my basement, and my wife brought home a 3lbs box of salt one day...


Paintballs kept in airtight cooler inside house. House temp set at 60. (yeah, I like it cold) The cooler should minimize temp changes. Drop testing done in fairly cold garage.

AO nickname - Bofh
Manufacturer of paint- RP Shearer
Name of paint (Blaze, Advantage etc)-
How many weeks old is this paint? - From Sping 1999 (Call it 80 weeks?)
Is this dry paint? - y/n no

Date- 12/15/01
Time- 11 pm
Bounce test results individual numbers 1-10
- 0,2,4,2,8,16,7,1,0,0
Bounce average -4.0
Comments- Some of the breaks were amazing. Shells spliting in half and flying a few inches apart.



After one day in humidor
Date- 12/16/01
Time- 11pm
Bounce test results individual numbers 1-10
- 5,4,34,11,4,3,13,10,2,1
Bounce average - 8.7
Comments- I really should clean up my garage.


After two days in humidor
Date- 12/17/01
Time- 11pm
Bounce test results individual numbers 1-10
- 21,27,2,8,3,3,8,3,31,0
Bounce average - 10.6
Comments- This stuff stains the concrete pretty good.

After three days in humidor
Date- 12/18/01
Time- 11pm
Bounce test results individual numbers 1-10
- 12,4,0,25,18,13,11,28,16,9
Bounce average - 13.6
Comments- The breaks are much less impressive. They don't split all the way in half anymore, and it's like they don't bounce back. Wife has stopped counting for me, and left garage, citing "It's too cold."

{edit - Added averages}

[Snooky]

I'm not sure if this will help at all in the experiment but im gonna post it for the sake of it. I have some paint that is from the middle of the air say july, august and i noticed that the bags of paint were untied and left for the air to get to them. They have gotten a ring of dust it looks like but its not dust its a white powder. I was wondering if anyone knew what caused the white powder. Im gonna try to shoot these balls and see what happens. Like i said doubt this will help but I'll post it anyway. keep up the work tom.

[MajorDamage]

Snooky, I don't know why, but some paint does that. This one kind of paint called First Choice used to do that even before you opened it. They changed it though lol.

ENDO!