Eating Paint?

[ruthlessp8ntballer]

Hey, have seen this for a while, but never really asked the question. I see lots of Paintball eating contests at tourneys, and stuff like that. In order to win I guess its who finishes "eating" all their paint first. Im guessing they dont actually consume the paintballs, but rather they pop the ball, and spit out the filling. My friend and I have been debating this for a while. I know its non-toxic fill, but if it is eaten, it must cause the need for lots, and lots of Pepto Bismol. Anyway, Im just bored, so if someone knows the answer, post it up! Thanks.

 

[JoseDominguez]

paint is mainly vegetable oil........ just tastes like crap, no harm done. I wouldn't recommend eating a huge amount. Not much COSHH data on ingesting vast amounts of titanium oxide........ probably OK, but I'm not going to be the first to try it

 

[dr.strangelove]

Everything in paintballs is food grade, it's gelatin, food dye and water based paint (essentially). In those contests, they eat the whole ball, shell and all (or at least that's how I did it). No harm done.

 

[fred1]

Were you sick after that or did you stomach it?

 

[Matski]

I think I could chew the crappy easy-wipe paints but the super chalky hellfire stylee death paints cannot be fun!

 

[jahlad]

flavoured paint ain t a new idea at all it was around years ago...i think it was forest (wdp) who made a mint flavoured paint about 5 or 6 years ago.....i never tried it myself but it was definatly around.
the dynasty banana ball has been around a year at most and the other flavours are pritty new i think......end of the day its a gimmick to sell paint!

 

[Dazdread]

It is about time we had an alternative to the standard ear wax flavour.

Victory orange, smelled of oranges but still had a familiar taste.