In theory it is biodegradable, which means it breaks down naturally over time. Of course, exactly how long that takes is anyone's guessOriginally posted by AJermstad
Because the paint never dries, does that mean 50 feet under the ground of recreational paintball sites there is a huge paint suppository??? Kinda like oil?? It just drips through the soil to the vast exance beneath.....only to be unearthed years later by the 'Zap drilling company' to recycle it!! It would bring a whole new meaning to the term 'seconds' paint!!
Food dyes (pigments), the same as those in orange soda, candies, ice cream, bubblegum, mints, etc., and polyethylene glycol (not to be confused with antifreeze). The liquid fill in a paintball is non-toxic and non-caustic, water-soluble and made of biodegradable or naturally-occurring ingredients. When a paintball hits a target, the thin gelatin skin splits open as it is designed to do, and the liquid inside makes a "paint" mark on the target.
Not far off-its hygroscopic, a substance tending to absorb moisture from the air.Originally posted by Tom Tom
Its (apperently) a vegatable based dye, which is hydroscopic??? so it absorbs water (well the whole ball does but that is why uts easy to wash out)
Non toxic but tastes like $hit.