Paint ruining barrel

[soccer4minimags]

Has anybody else here ever had paint left in a barrel ruin it? I seem to have wrecked one of my cp's. I had paint in it, ran my squeegee through, put it away, and for got to do a more thorough cleaning later. when I had found it some time later (at least a week or so) it had like dried up in side. Some of it came out but some of it like took the finish off or something. You can't really feel it or anything but its deffinitely there permenately. Has anyone else experienced this?

[FreakBaller12]

this assumng it doesn't shoot good like it used to?
if not sure check that

[ExtremeODD]

ive had paint in a barrel for like 2 months! it didnt dry, it left some discoloring but thats about it, i hope ur barrel turns out ok in the end

[soccer4minimags]

I've only used it briefly since then. It's not one of the barrels I use often. From what I noticed it shot alright, chronoed alright. I was having a heck of a time with my paint that day though, and it shot okay with bad paint(some dimpled and crazy sized big ball). I'm not really saying that its totally wrecked or anything and unuseable, its just weird. Sorry if I didn't make that clear.

[temps]

i left paint in my barel (stock mini mag barrel) for umm.. a couple of weeks, stained the inside of the barrel (you can still see yellow inside it..)

But it still shoots fine

[xadamx]

ive left paint in a barrel for almost a year. it still wasnt dry when i cleaned it out. stained but still shot like a champ

[punkcmonkiez]

i was just cleaning off a cp barrel and paint had been on ther since sunday(just a few specks) and when i cleaned off the barrle when i went to wipe if off the anno came off with it...this was on my spyder barrel so i dont use it as much but it still makes me a little mad

[cphilip]

That can be cleaned out. A mixture of Rubbing Alcohol and water. 50:50 will clean that waxy build up right out. Also washing under warm water and soap in the sink.... If you do make a Alcohol mix... Make sure you label the container you use for this mixture. You do not want it on your mask and such.

[hAppy]

is your cp a chrome one?

chrome cp barrels tend to peel, cp is nice, if you sned your barrel in, they ll replace it w/e color and size

[FragTek]

CP is great about replacing things. I've sent a few parts back to them that I have been unhappy with performance wise and they went above and beyond for me to straigten things out.

Just call em up and see if they will replace it if it bothers you that much.

[soccer4minimags]

thanks for the hints. Yes, mines a nickle cp. I've tried that stuff, alcohol, windex, along with some other stuff. I'm thinking its just unique to the nickle cp. I've never seen this in other barrels though. I'm just curious if others had this problem from what I see its related to that finish. I'm not going to go as far as to try and get it replaced though, stuff happens big deal and it still seemed to shoot fine.

[hAppy]

it only happens w/ cp barrels

and so far, between me and my friends, all 3 of our cp 1 pieces have done this, i didnt take it as a big deal, my friend just wanted to get it replaced, so they kinda did.

and my other friend who currently owns one, you can kinda see its starting to peel.

you're a nice guy if you re not gonna go start trouble w/ the company, i respect that

[xen_100]

if I really need to super clean mt barrels, I jsut run them through the dishwasher.(not the drying cycle) cleans em up perfect. even stains comes off. there is nothing in paintball paint that should be able to touch anodized aluminum. just needs to be cleaned more.

[dansim]

cant you just put your barrel in teh dishwasher?

[FragTek]

Do you read posts? Xen-100 just said thats what he does.