Paintball Hacks: What Commonplace Items Have a Paintball Use?

[Chuck E Ducky]

I wrap the elastic around my wrist and keep the 12g in the inside nice and close for a change out.

[Meleager7]

Volleyball Knee Pads.

My Woodland BDU pants are pretty baggy, so I just wear the volleyball knee pads underneath, and they fit fine. They work great, and since I already had them, I did not have to spring for any expensive purpose built paintball kneepads.

[XEMON]

Similarly I have a stock pouch on my SSR for the spent 12g (I hate leaving them laying in the field).

[Nish]

Gloves. Good work/hunting gloves are much cheaper for the quality compared to most paintball gloves

This! My personal favorite are "Carpenters gloves" Thumb, pointer and middle finger are 1/2-3/4 closed. This leaves enough protection on the back of your hand while allowing me to deal with fine motor jobs like filling 10rnd tubes and loading them into my belt without removing my gloves every time.

Shotgun but stock shell holder to hold 12g is my favorite way to carry them. Plexus plastic polish for keeping lenses looking new and clear.

Also my favorite throughout the years. Recently I have switched to DBD's capless harness sometimes though. Stilgar had a great layout for stiching sections of a shotgun shell belt to paintball pants as well.

On the subject of paints. BDU/Cargo pants make great paintball pants.

[Chuck E Ducky]

Shotgun but stock shell holder to hold 12g is my favorite way to carry them. Plexus plastic polish for keeping lenses looking new and clear.

Not a use item but definitely a hack. Shake up a bag of paint for better accuracy. Paint often sits and the thick parts of the fill settle to the bottom of the ball especially when it’s not stored properly or rotated. If you shake up a bag of paint at the beginning of the day it will fly more true. Makes a big difference when playing limited paint. It helps balance out the ball for a much better group.

[iamthelazerviking]

Tennis ball for rounding out the butt ini small flat tanks.
RC car spacer shims for taking out the side to side slop on triggers, like in the Etha2.

[Cdn_Cuda]

I’ve used a tool bag as a 3 marker carrying case for decades now. Added a cardboard piece with foam as an additional divider.

[Cdn_Cuda]

“Domestically liberated” is my new favourite term. You guys still have phone booths?!

[Spider!]

You can often find decent used test gauges on ebay pretty cheap. I have a big 4" test gauge that is very repeatable and more accurate than any of my little gauges. That supply should fade away as test gauges are replaced by electronic gauges.

[BenoitOWN]

I tried buying something that ressembled a pod cleaner from lee valley that was 1/3 of the paintball cost and is ‘telescopic’ but nope doesn’t do as good as a job.

[Spider!]

Gloves. Good work/hunting gloves are much cheaper for the quality compared to most paintball gloves

[Grendel]

Pump Spritzer bottle used in cosmetology and in the kitchen. I fill with alcohol/water mix and keep in my bag for occasional spritzing paint residue when at the field. It is small, carries enough for a weekend scenario and works off just a couple of pumps.

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I buy them at discount stores usually for a couple of bucks new on Amazon they are around $10. I have been using my red original in my bag for 10+years.

[Alexndl]

I need to try the cigar cutter on macro line!

[Brokeass_baller]

Back in the day, I was one of those kids using a garbage disposal splash guard as a speed feed. Now I use proper feeds though.

I have a nice fat piece of fabric conveyer that I use as a tech mat. The reverse side is a good tough black rubber.

I also use a camo fanny pack I won from some really dumb company moral-booster contest as a dump pouch for ten round tubes.

[Trbo323]

Ikea door mat for a tech mat

It's like $2.50, flip it over and it has a nice rubber side. Cut the rubber in a few small spots and glue in some magnets for holding screws

Got an old memory foam mattress topper? Cut it up and make a marker "book" with duct tape. Multiple slots for markers

Papa Murphy's cookie dough container makes a great "hold all the screws and such from one marker" container.... Bonus! You have to get the cookie dough out first

Old junky but functional on/off ASA? 0-1500psi gauge? You now have a reg tester

Cigar cutter? You mean macro cutter!

Old tv dinner tray stand thing, perfect for laying 2 halves of a tippman down for painting. Hang other parts off the side that you need 360 access to and you can paint a whole tippmann at once



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