flatline maintenance
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Category: Paintball Equipment
Forum Name: Gun Maintenace and Repair
Forum Description: Important info for keeping your marker in top shape
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Topic: flatline maintenance
Posted By: DeTrevni
Subject: flatline maintenance
Date Posted: 19 September 2005 at 4:56pm
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if a ball breaks in the barrel, the accuracy is shot to poo. how would you clean a flatline? do you have to take it apart to clean it and then realign it? if so, that sucks... ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: whack-a-mole
Date Posted: 19 September 2005 at 7:54pm
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Just use a long squeege(sp). Your flatline should have come with one. If not just buy one or rig one. ------------- NASA and the Americans spent millions of dollars and hundreds of hours to develop a pen that would write in space.....The Russians used a pencil. |
Posted By: Mr. Heckler
Date Posted: 19 September 2005 at 7:59pm
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This may seem wierd but I actually carry cotton balls in one of the pockets of my tactical vest on the feild. If a ball breaks I simply unlock the hopper and shove one in, then fire. Repeat if necessary. ------------- The Tippmann Forums.....My Anti-Drug. -98Custom -Flatline -6-Position Collapsible Stock -32 Degrees Remote Hose -Crossman Red Dot |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 19 September 2005 at 9:20pm
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thats really smart. i applaud thee! ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 22 September 2005 at 3:11am
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My Flatline came with a long squeegee that feeds smoothly through the ball port when I swing the hopper away. |
DeTrevni wrote:Posted By: gslstar
Date Posted: 22 September 2005 at 8:58pm
| Make sure you sqeegee a couple of times. The flatline doesn't like shooting through paint. The cotton ball is a great idea. I've heard of keeping them in a baggie with some rubbing alchohol to keep them moist, plus the alchohol dries faster than water. I have shot cotton balls through mine but the fibers get caught in the ports, so now I feed the squeegee through and add the cotton ball in before the first squeegee ring. |
Posted By: Champ80
Date Posted: 22 September 2005 at 9:33pm
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i just use a home made squeegee i used 1fishing sinker, 2snap swivels, line, and then a rag about 4inX4in I attached the sinker by tieing on the swivels at both ends of the line(make sure you have enough line) next i hooked the rag (Cotton works best) in the center with one of the swivels. It is cheap and it works better than any other squeegee i have found
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