Sweaty Balls!

[Roland]

I have an unopened bag of paint that appears to have ' sweated'.

There are no burst balls in the bag but there is a small amount of clear/orange oily liquid inside the bag, it doesn't look like paint.

Any ideas, is the paint still OK to use?

Also if a ball bursts, say in a pot, can you still use the balls if they are cleaned up?

 

[IanC]

Sweaty

This is quite common with cheap paint / site paint.
Normally it shoots fine, just roll the stuff accross an old towel to avoid getting grease in your barrel, pots, hopper etc.

And no, if paint bursts in a pot or hopper I would normally throw it all away. It might be fine, or it might smeg up your gun big time.

Laterz

Ian

 

[Graham-DV8]

Roland

Also if a ball bursts, say in a pot, can you still use the balls if they are cleaned up?

To a rec baller I would say yes (with them paying loads for a pot of paint), but at tourny level a pot of paint is worth next to nothing and it would be best to throw away, uless you want to risk big time getting a nasty break in your barrel where the paint has swelled.

Just my 2 pence

Graham

 

[ericostani]

i had a 'sweaty' bag of blaze, it was fine. think its just excess moisture, to keep them 'fresh'.
if you have a ball break, and you're paying alot, put it in your jersey and roll it around (clean it), till its basically clean. its shoots fine then.

 

[Graham-DV8]

Deppending on what level you play deppends on if you want to take the risk or not, I myself would not think twice to throwing broken paint into the bin

 

[DANIEL]

I thought the 'sweat liquid' was a sort of separating fluid to prevent the balls from sticking together in the bag, maybe wrong though.

 

[Dark Warrior]

some one once said it was coconut oil in shell to stop balls sticking together