How good care of your equipment do you really take?

[Lohman446]

I had the team over last night to sit around, BS, have dinner, play cards, and discuss our plans for next year, as well as discussing our plans to not rust over the off season. One of the guys here, in preparing for playing tomorrow, had out his equipment, and cleaning of it involved canned air and q-tips. Now at one point, all of my equipment was cleaned religously.

We discussed it in comparison to a tournament we played at during the year. I pulled my marker out of my bag, the pods, full of paint and still in the harness from the week before, and wiped off each side of my marker with a quick pass. I took the barrel off to clean it well. One of my teammates looked into my marker and mentioned "theres dirt clear up into your breech", now I play front, its not uncommon for me to dive in. I looked, pulled the trigger a couple of times, and noted it shot, the eyes were not in fault mode, and I'd be fine. I taped my hopper feedneck together as it had gotten broken and I did not have my spare with me, jammed it into the feedneck, and played.

When I'm done with my equipment I normally toss it in my gearbag, put my gearbag in my closet, and not look at it again for a week. Though I do wash my playing clothes after every use. I only bother to lube the bolt on my marker when it sticks or leaks. Stock settings on dwell, close enough on the LPR, and only making HPR adjustments at the chrone etc. work just fine for me, I might adjust the trigger some.

I know the other extremes, I know players who take apart there marker every day after they play, clean every possible surface of it, relube it, toy with settings to try to make it "perfect" store there paint in ridiculous manners (to me), etc.

Curious, how do you really take care of your equipment?

[Dirge]

After a day out, I do the laundry. The equipment usually gets a good cleaning and lubing the day before I go out again.

[Eagle]

After a day out, I do the laundry. The equipment usually gets a good cleaning and lubing the day before I go out again.

I used to clean all my stuff pretty religously, but now I'm pretty much the same as azathoth, save for my barrels I still give a good cleaning to generally right away.

[FromTheBack]

haha, I'm just like you lohman. If it aint broke don't fix it!
I do always wash the gear I wear while playing because if you dont some odd smells can certainly occur..

[shartley]

[grEnAlEins]

I wish I could clean my gear after every play, but I live in a dorm, no paintballs are even allowed, let alone a marker and other gear. The markers are not even allowed on campus.

[captian pinky]

yall are gunna think im a freak i take 3 guns to the field clean everyone lube all the way through befroe i go play then after i play i clean all 3 then my mask to make sure paint doesn't sit on the lense and stain it and i do wash all my cloths cuz i tend to sweat so bad!! this one time i we were at a senario and i throuygh my shirt on top of the cover of a grill and it started steaming and smelled horrible
but i fiqure ur gun goes down us screwed right so i take 3 in case and usually one will go down im always prepared cuz no tellin what will happen

[Automaggot68]

I wash my gear with dirt.




Sam. I made those apple enchilada things again.
Lasst night, and I let them chill overnight.
TASTY.
That recipe alone is single handedly your greatest contribution to AO--NO
The INTERTRON.





/no seriously
//those things are YUMMY

[warbeak2099]

I know the other extremes, I know players who take apart there marker every day after they play, clean every possible surface of it, relube it, toy with settings to try to make it "perfect" store there paint in ridiculous manners (to me), etc.

That's me. I also completely take apart my goggles and clean every inch of them. Oh, and my Qloader and pods. Everything except for my tank, asa, and valve gets a warm bath. And not it the sink, in the bathtub. Don't worry, I close the drain lol.

[shartley]

Sam. I made those apple enchilada things again.
Lasst night, and I let them chill overnight.
TASTY.
That recipe alone is single handedly your greatest contribution to AO--NO
The INTERTRON.





/no seriously
//those things are YUMMY

[kevdupuis]

I clean my gear as soon as I get home. While the laundry is in the washer I hose my mask with the shower head and hang it to dry, then I clean and lube my markers,( removing only what I absolutely have to). I finish wiping everything down while the laundry is in the dryer and put it all away.

[buzzboy]

When I first got my tippmann I took it apart after every game. Then I started just giving it a drop of lube in the ASA and being done with it. I really havn't gotten my new gun dirty yet. Most I did was wash out the macro because it got some crap in it. I know people taht just run thier guns under water after every use. Then I also know people who take their guns as far apart as possible after every use.

[peewee]

Like Mr Shartley I wipe down between games ,totally clean my markers when I get home and lube them up again, and then I lube them again and check em over the day before I play. Getting ready is half the fun. My clothes go in the wash right after I get in the door.

[vinyl]

I'm like lohman ... dump my gun in my bag and don't look at it until i play again.

I didnt play with my classic for 5 years.... wiped it down, cleaned out the barreland bolt, a couple of drops of oil and went on my way.

Damn I love the reliability of my mag.

oh yeah ... i usually wash my clothes too

[wanna-b-ballin']

since i have three guns, i bring three guns. when means i usually end up cleaning all three.
if i just get some splatter on my mag, i just wipe it off, usually with a damp rag. then when i get home i lube it. if i get shot on the gun, i'll end up taking it all the way apart and cleaning everything. if i break a ball in the barrel, i'll run it under hot water then dry it out.
same with my pump, but i usually take it all the way down to lube it anyway.
and for my tippy, its my loaner gun, and its annoying taking it apart, so i usually just wipe it down, and never lube it. it doesn't seem to need lube.

now if i'm bored, i'll usually take my mag all the way apart and change the set up or just dry fire it.

my guns are always cleaner then my friends guns, and my guns never break down. and my friends guns do, and they wonder why.