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how to make paintballs and what type of paint to use that's easy to clean up?


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Sep 16, 2009. 7:20 PMsquishoso says:
Try cooking a some water, food coloring and cornstarch for the child friendly paint inside. For the outside, I dont know...maybe cooked playdoh?!
Jul 13, 2009. 7:02 PMhazza_1125 says:
I use hume made play doh, microwave it for a minute or two and then refridgerate the play doh balls. All I know how to make are reballs. Paintballs are a different story. You could microwave the play doh for a minute then inject paint into it and close the hole up with a patch of play doh, microwave it again and then refridgerate them and shoot them.
May 10, 2009. 10:55 PMsharlston says:
i once made something simmiliar i got some play doh and pushed a marble half way in then pour wax in and around the semicircle where the marble used to be and do it again to make two then fill 1 half with paint and super glue the halves to gether ps if you nedd any help just private message me hope i could help
Apr 3, 2009. 1:29 PMhg341 says:
try useing WATER based CHILD friendly paint it is the easy to get off most anything
Mar 15, 2009. 7:26 AMwaffleking101 says:
The casing for the paint, (the actual ball) is made of geletain. Not sure about the "paint" though.
Feb 13, 2009. 8:14 PMscotchtape110 says:
the paint is actually just normal arcylic paint with alot soap and water mixed with it im not sure how you can make a paintball but for a paint granade just fill up a water baloon
Feb 13, 2009. 4:48 AMKiteman says:
The paintballs I've been hit with used have all had an odd sort of soft plastic coating that absorbs water (dropped paintballs swelled and jammed the barrels).

The paint itself seemed oily, but washed off easily with soap and water.

Not much help, but there is one extra thing - whatever you use, make sure that it degrades quickly in the environment, as paint splashes will be unsightly, and the scraps of balls will pose a hazard to wildlife.
Feb 13, 2009. 12:26 AMmg0930mg says:
This is best to be done with professionally made paintballs, this could be dangerous. Now that that's out of the way, here's a link to an episode of how it's made on paintballs, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gneZc_hafDE
Feb 12, 2009. 3:51 PMAwesome-aniac says:
You could use a metal sphere mold and burn the outside of the paint ball.

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