AO Research Team!! Need You For Testing!!>>>

[toymyster]

Ok, as I promised, here goes nothing:
I went to my local store, and got a bag of really old Steel Balls they had sitting around. This paint is well over 4 months old!!! By how old, I mean how long the bag has been open!! The bore diameter is anywhere from .680" to .691" (measured at the seam), and the balls are sadly and horrifically misshapen!!! I believe the humidity will affect diameter, that's why I will include it in the test!!!

AO nickname: Toymyster
Paint Manufacturer: X Enterprises
Paint name: Steel Balls
How many weeks old: 16-20 weeks
Dry paint: No

Day one: 12/19/01
Time: 12:30 pm
Temp: 72f
Bounce test of individual numbers 1-10
0,2,3,3,3,1,0,6,0,11,1
Bounce average: 3bounces
Comments: Extremely brittle paint, very old and misshapen.

Day two: 12/20/01
Time: 1:45pm
Temp: 68f
Bounce test of individual numbers 1-10
9,3,2,2,2,2,6,4,4,2
Bounce average: 3.6 bounces
Comments: Although still brittle, They seem much more consistent. Their shape was still ugly, and the diameter was between .685" to .691"

Day three: 12/21/01
Time: 1:25pm
Temp: 62f
Bounce test of individual numbers 1-10
3,7,4,6,2,2,2,3,4,4
Bounce average: 3.7 bounces
Comments: Not as brittle as first day. A lot more consistent also. I don't think anything can help the shape, and the diameter was between .685" to .693"

[MajorDamage]

Second day results

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-12/19/01
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)

ENDO!

[marc]

AO nickname: marc
Manufacturer: unknown
Name of paint: Big Ball
Age: 2 weeks old
Dry paint: No

Date: 12-19-01
Time:6:30PM
Bounce results: 2,3,3,3,4,4,5,6,7,11 (not in order)3,3,6,5,3,4,11,7,2,4 (in order)
Bounce average:4.8
Comment: This is bag 1


AO nickname: marc
Manufacturer: unknown
Name of paint: Big Ball
Age: 2 weeks old
Dry paint: No

Date: 12-19-01
Time:6:35PM
Bounce results: 1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,4,4(not in order)(in order)2,4,4,2,1,1,2,2,1,2
Bounce average:4.8
Comment: This is bag 2

[marc]

Sorry for bag 2 the average was 2.1. Hope it did not mess you up Tom. O and sorry for not doing this sooner but I had a report to do over the weekend and it took longer than I expected, and all yesterday my brother was on the computer, also doing a report(dont you think that students get way too much home work). I will get another bag for testing this weekend (country clubs paintball's paint)

[marc]

Hey tom just wanted to give this to you this is my control of the exparemnt (as in i didnt use any salt water mix but everything else the same, but im sure you know what a control is anyways. I had to do this for extra credit, hope it helps you
AO nickname: marc
Manufacturer: unknown
Name of paint: Big Ball
Age: 2 weeks old
Dry paint: No

Date: 12-19-01
Time:7:00PM
Bounce results: 1,2,2,2,3,3,5,5,6,7(not in order)2,7,5,3,2,3,2,1,6,5(in order)
Bounce average:3.6
Comment: This is controll bag

[MajorDamage]

LOL Without the saltwater mix that proves nothing lol. Oh, and Marc, Bigball is dry paint, it has that oilless shell.

ENDO!

[toymyster]

Marc, I believe the whole point of this experiment is the effect of controlled humidity on the paintball!!! You need the salt dough to conduct the experiment!!! By the way, I'm using a lided plastic container instead of a bag!!!
If this works, I'm building a humidor for my paintballs!!!!!

[AGD]

Thanks Guys!

Keep the data coming. Please remember to edit your old posts so we have all the data for each run on the same post.

AGD

[marc]

Tom read this please

Ok so Im confused what do you (Tom) mean by dry paint, the shell or the paint itself because I have herd of some paint that is dry, unwashable its hard to understand but it is called dry paint. An major Im just doing what my teacher told me to do. An anyways an exparement needs to be conpared or you just prove how long the paintballs are good for in a certian humity, I have to see what is bette, humitity controlled or just a shut bag

[MajorDamage]

All RP paint has a dry shell with no oil on it, thats dry paint

ENDO!

[marc]

O know why I thought that it was not dry, because tom wrote like is the paint dry, not the shell, I might have missinterperated this Tom can you help me out on this. And I have a little problem it says to add a cretin amount of water not a certian amount of salt, look at my diagram

[marc]

well my diagram wont go up anybody no how i can bring it down to the maximum bites

[AGD]

Marc,

Dry paint means the shell type. You should only put a small amount of water in the salt paste.

AGD

[marc]

Well sorry and Major you were right about the shell thing. I barrely added any water and made sure it was just lumpy. but I ll explain what I meant because my diagram didnt work: If you have a cup that has a diameter of 5 inches and 2 inches high of salt in it it has more salt than a cup with a diameter of 3 inches and 2 inches high of salt in it. so if someone didnt pay attention they might have messed theirs up. here is all my info.

Bag 1
AO Member name:marc
Manufacturer: I dont know
Name of paint:Big Ball
How old: 2 weeks bought
is it dry: yes

date: 12-20-01
Time:7:00pm
Bounce results: 2,2,8,9,11,11,12,12,13,24(not in order)11,2,9,2,8,11,12,13,12,24 (in order)
bounce average:10,4
Comments:Im not making this up it was really 24 bounces

Bag 2
AO Member name:marc
Manufacturer: I dont know
Name of paint:Big Ball
How old: 2 weeks bought
is it dry: yes

date: 12-20-01
Time:7:17
Bounce results:1,1,2,2,6,9,11,12,13,30 (not in order)1,11,13,9,1,2,30,2,6,12 (in order)
bounce average:8.7
Comments:Ya 30 bounces I didnt make that up either

Controll bag
AO Member name:marc
Manufacturer: I dont know
Name of paint:Big Ball
How old: 2 weeks bought
is it dry: yes

date: 12-20-01
Time:7:34
Bounce results: 1,1,2,3,3,5,7,7,10,15(not in order)10,5,2,1,7,3,1,15,3,7 (in order)
bounce average:5.4
Comments:

[toymyster]

I just added my day 2 results to my other post!!! This is looking interesting already!!!