HOW TO STORE PAINTBALLS:
Correct storage of paintballs is critical to ensure the best performance and the longest possible shelf life. (“Shelf life” is the length of time any product can be stored without having a noticeable reduction in performance or value).
CORRECT STORAGE:
For best results, Keep paintballs in dry, room temperature(15 to 30 deg) environments as much as possible.
Word to the wise: “Never leave your paintballs anywhere that you would not leave a human baby. If the conditions would make the baby cry, they will ruin your paintballs!”
Exposure to air that is too Cold, Warm, Humid, or Dry, can drastically reduce paintball performance after only a short exposure.
COLD: Temperatures BELOW 45°F / 8°C will likely develop chronic brittleness or
severe dimples on the shell. Once degraded, there may be nothing you can do, even if you follow the procedures listed in our “How-To Remedy Brittle or Dimpled paintballs” articles on this website. When you go out to play in the cold, only take as many paintballs as you plan to use each game. Leave the rest in a warm place like a building or warm car. If you leave a case of paintballs in the staging area while you are playing a couple of winter games, chance are that the cold will ruin them.
HOT: Temperatures ABOVE 85°F / 29°C can cause performance problems including swelling, brittleness, “sweating”, and sometimes the shell becomes too “tough” and won’t break on impact. Returning this paint to ordinary room temps. for a day or two may restore them. A few days in an “Air Conditioned” room-temp. environment may restore them.
HUMIDITY will degrade paintball performance. Keep your paintballs out of the humidity. Paintballs should be stored between 35% - 50% humidity.
1. Once open, keep the remainder in a re-sealable bag or container.
2. Rubbermaid works great.
3. Ordinary Air Conditioning is a natural de-humidifier.
(Do NOT use a refrigerator: TOO COLD!!!)
4. Keeping paintballs at air-conditioned room temperature is the very best.
DRYNESS will degrade paintball performance in extreme cases. Keep your paintballs out of severe dryness. Paintballs should be stored between 35% - 50% humidity. Dryness can result in brittle or overly fragile paintballs. Introducing humidity may restore some of the desired performance. (See “How To Restore dimpled paintballs”)
CORRECT STORAGE:
Keep paintballs in dry, room temperature environment.
Word to the wise: “Never leave your paintballs anywhere that you would not leave a human baby. If the conditions would make the baby cry, they will ruin your paintballs!”
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