new paint idea

[battlegroup]

The largest problem with the pressurized paintball is that the volume of air in the paintball would be very suceptable to changes in temperature. As we all know, pressure increases with a increase in temperature. If the ball is pressureized at 80degres(for example) Then when you play at 90 degrees the pressure inside the ball will increase making the ball more brittle. Conversly, if you play at 70 degrees the pressure will decrease, possibly causing dimples and out of round paintballs, therefore decreasing accuracy. The last thing we want in a tourney is a ball that is dependent on weather. It may work well in the cool morning and break all over the inside of the gun in the afternoon.


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[Potatoboy]

However, If you are familiar with the paintball manufacturing process you realize that the gelarin balls are much larger when they come off the production line then when they are shipped. As the balls are dried and cured they shrink and harden.

If one could come up with a fill that would not dry out as well and would compress under the force of the drying gelatin you would in essence not have to change current production much, and as soon as that little shell has a pinhole the goo will come spraying out.

I don't know how practical this is, if at all. Regular fill doesn't work because the water base does not compress while in liquid form.

Maybe someone can back me up that this is theoretically possible.

[battlegroup]

In the manufacturing process the balls do shrink because the moisture is being drawn out. I think you would find that the pressure inside the ball before it is dried out is the same as when it is dried. the only differene is the shell has hardened around a smaller volume of liquid.

The reason the pressure is the same is that a liquid cannot be compressed. This is a physical law, not my opinion. Now, the fill can't be a complete solid because A) it would hurt like hell, and B) it wouldn't mark.

The fill has to be liquid based and we get back to physics, you can't compress a liquid.

[Potatoboy]

This is true, Water and oil are both very incompressable liquids, but some liquids are more compressable than others. If you'll note I did say that the fill would have to be redesigned.

[battlegroup]

You may be able to slightly compress a liquid under extreme pressure, but not within the capabilities of a gelatin paintball. I don't care what the liquid is. You can't compress them.