a-5 paint blender
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Topic: a-5 paint blender
Posted By: K Hop
Subject: a-5 paint blender
Date Posted: 08 August 2008 at 6:06pm
| my a-5 had been working fine for a while, but recently it has started blending up my paintballs. i'm pretty sure the cyclone is blending them up but i cant figure out why. seems to be operating fine the times it isn't blending paint. is it because my cyclone is not upgraded? and i'm using a r/t? i'm not shooting over 10 bps so i don't think its that. any help is appreciated. |
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Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 08 August 2008 at 6:15pm
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Check the ratchet for wear. If the edge is even a little rounded, this will result. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 08 August 2008 at 6:28pm
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what kind of paint are you using and how old is it? ------------- 
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Posted By: K Hop
Date Posted: 08 August 2008 at 8:21pm
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Rambino - the ratchet isn't worn and neither are the other parts, i checked everything. i completely disassembled the cyclone and cleaned all the paint out of it. EE - i think the paint was draxxus midnights. and i had just purchased it from the field that day. |
Posted By: slackerr26
Date Posted: 08 August 2008 at 11:04pm
do you know how long the paint was sitting at the field for? ------------- 
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K Hop wrote:Posted By: K Hop
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 8:41am
| slackerr - maybe 2 or 3 hours, not nearly long enough to affect the paint. it would have to be there for a long time. |
Posted By: slackerr26
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 1:07pm
i know. just checkin -------------
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Posted By: thejudge
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 8:10pm
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I have had a similar problem with some midnights. might have just been a bad batch. try a higher end and see if it works better. ------------- Stay low, run fast, and hope that paintball doesn't hit your... http://www.deltasquad.info/"> 
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Posted By: WilhelmSchulz.
Date Posted: 11 August 2008 at 6:27pm
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Is that the paint you usaly use? Like judge said it could be the paint. |
Posted By: K Hop
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 6:32pm
yeah i've always used em and never had a problem before.
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