Worst Paint Ever, Lesson Learned

[hotrod]

I set up a private indoor game for my friends last week. Of course it was field paint only. At first glance, the paint didn't look too bad even though it came in plain brown boxes. With 20 guys asking questions and trying to hurry, I just loaded up to get on the field. This paint was the worst. I chopped a couple times each game (Level 7, but I don't normally chop). And sometimes I was even double feeding with just an old gravity hopper. The paint was a transparent yellow, so when it broke it just looked like a wet spot and the shells were clear.

I know I should have complained, but the other guys only play once a year and they don't really pay attention to paint quality. They all had chopping problems, but that goes along with using rental equipment. I didn't want to ruin the night by arguing with the owner.

I did look at the boxes and the only label said "PB BE Yellow Clear". I'm assuming this means Brass Eagle. I measured one of the balls at home with digital calipers. At the seam, it was .685 to .695. At the other axis I measured .650. It looks like a little flying saucer. Ever seen paint worse than that?

My lesson learned is to confirm what kind of paint is available before I book a private game to pay $70 a case.

[1stdeadeye]

32 Degress Competition is the worst I ever used. It chopped in the hopper!

[My SN > Urs]

be blue streaks were the worst i ever used, always broke in the barrel but never on target.

[PRPB]

Yesterday I dealt with the worst pait ever. I had three different types. Tork, Midnight, and the mystery white box.

I started with the tork worked fine few breaks down the barrel. The I moved on to the mystery white box. I have no words for the stuff. I'd say 6 out of 10 shots broke down the barrel. I tried a large bore back, but I still had the same problem. Atleast I only had a 1000 rounds of the stuff. After that I used the midnight and no problems after that.

[bokraham]

super swirls are the worst i've ever used.

[C_22]

View Loader, it breaks just by looking at it

[deathstalker]

Originally posted by 1stdeadeye
32 Degress Competition is the worst I ever used.

Agreed. Worst. Paint. Evar.

[Sparks]

if that's the paint i'm thinking of, BE hasn't made it for years. Did it come in a black box that isn't of the regular case-of-paint size?

[hotrod]

The boxes were just plain brown cardboard with cardboard dividers, 4 bags of 500. They were kind of neon yellow and really oily. The label was just plain with the printing and a bar code. Can "PB BE" mean anything other than Brass Eagle?

[CodeMA]

we got some of that stuff one weekend(it was cheap... heard it was good pratice paint)

same yellow fill, same clear shells, but they were fairly round and consistant, didnt get many barrel breaks, I think two out of a case and a half.... broke well on target as well...

I thought it was BE as well... but its actually Draxxus brown box if I rember correctly.... just gotta get it fresh

[danheneise]

Originally posted by bokraham
super swirls are the worst i've ever used.

on the contrary, i use this stuff every time i go out, i have a 14" boomstick and i have never used my new level 10 with them, and would rarely break paint and they shoot extremely strait for me, just out of curiosity what kind of barrel and bolt are you using with them? my boomstick is .689 as all boomy's are

[PRPB]

Originally posted by danheneise


on the contrary, i use this stuff every time i go out, i have a 14" boomstick and i have never used my new level 10 with them, and would rarely break paint and they shoot extremely strait for me, just out of curiosity what kind of barrel and bolt are you using with them? my boomstick is .689 as all boomy's are

I also use super swirl and I have yet to have any problems with it.

[TeamNausea]

Well one time I made the mistake to get the Super Swirl form Wal-Mart...Worst ever I think they send seconds to Wal-mart.......

[Mag89]

Wal-Mart paint is the worst paint ever. Alomost all the paint I have bought from them has had at least 5 balls broken balls in the bag when I opened the bag up.

[68magOwner]

my brother bought a case of the exact stuff yor talking about, i ended up using it, and it is the most brittle stuff ive ever used, you cant even run without it breaking in your hopper, and if you manage to hit someone, neither you, nor the ref's, nor they can tell it broke unless they are wearing all white. by the end of the day i was literally running around throwing it at people because i didnt want to have to clean out my hopper any more. But i can say that bunkering someone by throwing a handfull of that at them is one of the most satisfying paintball experiences ive had the pleasure of expirencing.