Freezing Paintballs
Question: Some of my friends freeze their paintballs. does this mess them up if you freeze more than you use? does it give more accuracy? distance? pain?
Answer:
- Actually, the effect of freezing paintballs is to make them distort, meaning they don’t fly straight or get stuck in your barrel.
- The paint tends to get dimples, which are a negative for accuracy.
- Some paintball shells will get brittle from freezing.
- The moisture involved can have a negative effect on the paint. It’s a waste of good paint to freeze it.
A simple experiment will show what happens to them from the effect of water and temperature changes. Put one into a glass of water and watch what will happen; watch for a day or two.
Put one on the table and watch it over a day or two. Put one into the freezer and watch what happens, and when it is taken out and left at room temperature, watch what happens.
There are temperature and humidity ranges that give the best storage for paintballs. Too hot, too cold, too humid, and the paintball quality lessens.
Therefore the myth that frozen paintballs can be used and result in greater accuracy and the inflication of greater pain is a complete myth!