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    Posted: 16 September 2006 at 11:21pm

i found this on tippmanncentre.com, so this is not my idea


Get about a dozen or so cotton balls. Take a baggie (or pod, whichever works better for you) and drop the cotton balls in. Then fill the container with alcochol until it covers the cotton balls. Take it into the game with you.

When you get a ball break, slide one of these into the chamber and fire it (preferrably at someone because it never hurts to try). The alcochol will break up the paint and the cotton ball will squeegie it out. Shoot as many of these as it takes to remove the paint. It usually takes between 2-5 to do so but it is much faster than using a squeegie.

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Been said before. I would still rather squeegie. Of course I don't use a Tippmann anymore (So I don't have the flip open feedneck thingy. and I wouldn't like carrying an extra pod of stuff or a baggy around that I have to open and get something out of and then close and make sure it is closed.
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Just wondering if you have personally tried this becuase it would seem to me that the force of air would shread the cottom ball to pieces in to barrel and fill it with all that fuzz? But does the alcohol hold it together or something like that?
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straight shot squeegie, easily ftw...
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Battle swabbing takes like 3 seconds.
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It's not a terrible idea but an even better one is not to break paint. For on the fly though it seems alright, on stock guns it would be perfect but useing a gun with vision myself I wouldn't want to try it.
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i dont think i would either, but i was wanting to see if anyone else had heard of or tried it
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Another goofie "paintball idea"... right up there w/ flame throwers and bayonettes...
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Old, very very old, and it's easier to just use a squeegee
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sometimes when my barrel is full of paint i just turn my gun upside-down (so the hopper dosnt feed any paintballs) then i shoot my gun 4-6 times to blow all the paint out.

i bet if  you aimed it  at  your opponent it would hold him down, until you got done
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That used to be standard procedure for some people.

After a ball break, the player would hold the gun upside down and cover the porting of the barrel with his hand while firing a few shots.  Then he would quickly move his hand form covering the porting to covering the front end of the barrel, and again, firing while upside a few times.  The first action should add suction when using a ball to clean the barrel, and the second action should blow the excess paint from the porting holes.
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i dont know man, for people with teflon coated barrles i would think the alcohol would take off the smooth layer of teflon....
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rubbing alcohol will cause the aluminum to corrode if you don't wash it off.
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