cleaning
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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: cleaning
Posted By: 98customdude98
Subject: cleaning
Date Posted: 28 July 2007 at 10:23pm
| What is the best way to clean the outside of the gun to prevent paint from chipping or peeling away which my gun is starting to do? |
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Posted By: jordanpischke
Date Posted: 28 July 2007 at 10:30pm
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I just wipe the outside of mine with a rag, but if your paint is peeling that might break off some paint. ------------- 
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Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 28 July 2007 at 11:12pm
| Take all the paint off and redo it better so that it actually sticks to the gun. |
Posted By: netramakin
Date Posted: 29 July 2007 at 10:11am
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"I'm a riddle so strong, you can't break me." |
RoboCop wrote:Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 29 July 2007 at 8:03pm
| Unfortunately, this happens to paintball guns, especially Tippmanns, which don't have the best finish in the world. In my opinion, the chipping paint just adds character, unless you have a "showcase gun," in which case you'll do well to follow Robo's advice and repaint it. |
Posted By: 98customdude98
Date Posted: 29 July 2007 at 10:44pm
| ok thanks but i also heard that rubbing alcohol is a good thing to clean the outside of your gun with. |
Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 29 July 2007 at 10:47pm
| Alcohol will clean off oils from the surface, but it won't preserve the paint job. Tippmann was cheap with the original paint job. A good powdercoat can handle a beating, like the new paint job Tippmann does. |
Posted By: 98customdude98
Date Posted: 30 July 2007 at 1:26pm
| ooo so the new guns they make will withstand a beating unlike the old guns? |
Posted By: Jason Doering
Date Posted: 04 August 2007 at 10:07pm
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yup i went to my dealer and there new guns paint looks diffrent then mine it looks alot tougher thats for sure and doesnt look like it would peal of easly eather |
Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 05 August 2007 at 12:03am
| Yes the new paint is stronger. It's also more flat of a black than the older paint which is kind of shiny. |
Posted By: netramakin
Date Posted: 05 August 2007 at 1:12am
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"Dust black", whatever that is. -------------
"I'm a riddle so strong, you can't break me." |
Posted By: mod98commando
Date Posted: 05 August 2007 at 4:16am
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My A5 sure could use a new paint job. The old paint is flaking off quite badly now and I don't like that metal to be exposed. Guess I know what I'm doin on my day off.
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