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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Engine on March 13, 2004, 02:26:17 PM
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Tomorrow will be my second time going, and I was wondering if anyone knew what I could apply to my mask to keep it from fogging up. It was so bad the first time it ruined a lot of my fun. It's not cool being blind in the woods with people shooting at you.
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I never had my mask fogging up in paintball but I know that spit works well on diving goggles.
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Fog Tech (http://www.motosolutions.com/)
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There is an anti fog spray you can buy that really helps.
edit: ya, what sandman said... sorry sandman.. got all excited when I saw a paintlball post.
Another option: Stop sweating
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Engine, I live on L.I. and play somewhat often in the spring/summer. Where do you play?
-edit- as for the goggles I use shaving cream or car wax (seems to work for me )
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Home solutions, please. I don't go enough to warrant buying a bottle of that stuff, unless they sell it at the paintball place and it's cheap. :)
Pork - I was trying spit last time, helped for the 30 seconds it took for the mask to fog up again.
A friend thinks liquid soap would work. Anyone know for sure?
Heinkel: I have no idea, I just know it's upstate somewhere. I think it's called something like Extreme Paintball, or Intense Paintball. Something like that.
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Google rules. (http://www.off-road.com/rick/fogging.html)
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Dip the goggles in beer. dunno if it realy works, but it might...and at least it'll smell nice.
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I remember using some stuff that was similar to what they used for skying goggles. Same stuff. We used JT goggles and masks but often modified them for more protection and added more venting etc... Only thing is you cant get the lens wet or dirty on the inside or you have to wash it all out with water and reapply the stuff. I also used Rainx antifog but the mask need good ventelation and it doesnt work as good as the other stuff.
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clear shampoo works on hockey visors. Play airsoft, its better :)
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I've played paintball since the guns were pistols that only fired one shot at a time. Back then, and even for a few years afterwards, when you got shot you'd tell the other guy "Nice shootin" and walk off the field. Tthe game is now overrun w/ tards who think they are Rambo. These tards whine.. wipe paint, turn up their guns, etc. Because airsoft leaves no mark, it will not be successful as paintball. Since there is no honor left among most people, airsoft cannot succeed on the scale of paintball.
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What the hell is Airsoft?
I keep hearing about it, but I can't figure out how it works.
Is this the game where you shoot plastic BBS at each other?
How do you know when you hit or get hit?
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There is no known ways to stop fogging. There are a few things that will limit fogging. The best I have found is "Cat Crap" http://www.catcrap.com
If you find you like Paintball the very first thing to get is a good pair of goggles/mask even before you get a marker. Get "thermal" lenses, they are double pane goggles that reduce fogging.
JT Paintball makes a goggle fan for about $50. Its a fan that sits on the top vents and draws air into the eye area. It helps quite a bit.
I have all of the above and I still fog. To justify why I am giving advice on Paintball go to...
http://www.teamlockdown.com
I am the capt.
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Good stuff on the website Fridaddy... looks like fun times.
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The headgear you wear also affects fogging as it affects ventelation and how hot your head gets. Like boonie hats, caps etc... I remember wearing an olive bandana and never had fog issues so long as I washed and reapplied the anti fog before going out to the field.
Cool pictures fridady.
:aok
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Spit in it.
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Liquid soap works great, I've never had fogging problems using it.
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Diluted tearless baby shampoo works extremely well as a defog.
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for some reason spit doesn't seem to work as well for me on land as it does diving (and it's not great then).
I always use liquid soap.
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Originally posted by Martlet
I always use liquid soap.
Haha, that's gentle on the eyes.....
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Advice? Try not to get shot.
Oh! Defogging!
Spit in it. Always seems to work and is always ready to be used.
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i hope you get shot in the gonads, engine :D
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I did, but the unholy power of my amazing testicles reflected the shot back and caught the guy in the face.
Thanks for the advice, all. I had a blast this time, and had NO fogups whatsoever. In the end we went with liquid soap, and while the weather helped combat fogging, others still had problems while we were having none.
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I got hit on the end of my ding ding once at close range. Had difficulty speaking for a several seconds, it hurt so bad.
Was a very peculiar shade of purple/green for a while.
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Originally posted by Steve
I got hit on the end of my ding ding once at close range. Had difficulty speaking for a several seconds, it hurt so bad.
Was a very peculiar shade of purple/green for a while.
Wear a cup. :)
I took one in the throat from about 10 feet once. I hit the ground so hard the ref ran over to see if I was ok. I was rolling around making all kinds of God-awful noises, so couldn't reply beyond making funny gurgles and gasps. They had a first-aid guy there before I could talk again -- they thought I'd impaled myself on a stump.
The *******s at school made fun of my "hicky" for weeks.
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Lol Tarmac. You can bet I wear a cup now. I play about every other weekend here until it gets too hot. Of course, I haven't been hit in the cup .... but you know if I took it off....
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Those Rambo types is what turned me off to the whole game. One guy had his gun turned up so hot he actually blew a hole in the side of the hopper on my gun and gave me a bruise on the left knee that lasted over a month. Next time I went out I watched a "team" practice and listened to some guy scream obcenities at a 13 year old kid because he wasn't doing it right apparently. Completely took the fun out of the whole thing for me.
Not a fix if you don't have your own mask but I got an insert called "combat vision" I think it was. Was basically a lens with adhesive on the edge and a no-fog coating on it that you stuck to the inside of your mask. Ran me about $20 a think and I never had a problem with fogging.
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*sigh* ya soulyss funny to think it was actually once a gentlemen's game.
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The most fun I ever had paintballing was actually my first trip and we found a field that was doing a pump-gun only day. It was so much fun. We borrowed some old sheridan, (I think that's what the they were) and went to town, was great. All the big rambo types walking around looking like a bunch of cyborgs with tubes running all over ruined it. I dunno if I'll play again unless I find a field that runs stock class or pumpgun days.
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Engine, wear loose fitting clothes with as many layers as you can stand to wear. Most rules allow you to continue to play as long as the paintball doesn't explode when it hits you and the loose clothes cushion it increasing your chances.
Good luck and remember concealment is your friend but cover is your lover.
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Say ello to my litel friends.
(http://www.paintmagazine.com/pog/pics/memberspics/larry_sterling/huri_15.jpg)
(http://www.paintmagazine.com/pog/pics/memberspics/larry_sterling/huri_14.jpg)
(http://www.paintmagazine.com/pog/pics/memberspics/todd_woolever/Mvc-006s.jpg)
(http://www.paintmagazine.com/pog/pics/memberspics/todd_woolever/Mvc-002s.jpg)
Been playing since '88
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Originally posted by Soulyss
I dunno if I'll play again unless I find a field that runs stock class or pumpgun days.
http://www.FirePro84.com
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Say ello to my litel friends.
cool pics. I first played 84-85. We had pistols only, fired a shot, then you had to recock. Had those little co2 containers about the size of those little liquor bottles on commercial flights.
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Thats a sheridan pump. I remember playing with that. I hated it.
(http://www.paintmagazine.com/pog/pics/memberspics/todd_woolever/Mvc-006s.jpg)
Now that looks like a stock Bushmaster Si (top row middle). I really liked that gun.
(http://www.firepro84.com/sitepics/loaner3.jpg)
I also owned a pistol splatmaster, CarterComp (anodized grey), and full automatic Tipman SMG-60 and much later an Autococker and Spider. The Carter comp was more accurate than the standard 14 inch Bushmaster Si but mine had a 20 inch barrel, honed to perfection .) I really liked my Bushmaster. I regret ever selling it. The SMGs werent allowed on many fields. Currently only have the Spider clone.
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Ah, here is a bushmaster with a 20 inch barrel.
:D
(http://www.mcarterbrown.com/tasostock/images/taso.jpg)
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I remember talking to a guy at teh field one day and he was telling me a story of a pump day he was at, and this was back when the auto-cockers were first starting to appear and he managed to talk his way on to the field with his auto-cocker by arguing that technically it was a pump gun, just the gun manually pumped on it's own. Somehow the refs bought his argument and let him loose on the rest of the people there for about 1-2 games before they pulled him out for all the carnage he was causing. :)
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no bushmaster in my lot. bleh . All are sheridans Modded by Palmers Pursuit Shop...
The cutway "L" stock I carved is a Hurricane Rifle from PPS.
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Wear a cup.
They don't make one that small.
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Originally posted by Engine
Tomorrow will be my second time going, and I was wondering if anyone knew what I could apply to my mask to keep it from fogging up. It was so bad the first time it ruined a lot of my fun. It's not cool being blind in the woods with people shooting at you.
Engine, just spend $40 and get a JT Spectra Thermal Mask.
trust me.
Karaya
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Originally posted by SunKing
no bushmaster in my lot. bleh . All are sheridans Modded by Palmers Pursuit Shop...
The cutway "L" stock I carved is a Hurricane Rifle from PPS.
lol, you know what I mean. A stock Sheridan is difficult to cope with. Replacing the CO2 pellet is a pain because you have to unscrew the cap at the tip of the gun. At the end of the day, my twist fingers were blistered from all of the twisting. Im sure a modified sheridan is much more paintball combat ready, especially against auto trigger automag nitrogen paintball spraying rambos.
:D
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"especially against auto trigger automag nitrogen paintball spraying rambos."
Thats where the Palmer guns shine. I am more accurate and have better range. My kills/shot ratio is to brag about.. I got to the point where I was jotting down my rounds used per hits/kills and doing silly spread sheets back when I was playing evey weekend. They can brag about all the xtra money put into their markers, I can brag about money saved.
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I haven't played in years, but I had problems with my glasses fogging inside of my goggles (since had LASIK surgery).
Buy good thermal lenses, and you use to be able to buy a little fan that mounted on top of the goggles, powered by a AAA battery, which worked wonders. Called Xwind? Or something like that. Expensive but worth the cost, especially if you play in an area with high humidity.
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Originally posted by Steve
I've played paintball since the guns were pistols that only fired one shot at a time. Back then, and even for a few years afterwards, when you got shot you'd tell the other guy "Nice shootin" and walk off the field.
You mean like this:
The game is now overrun w/ tards who think they are Rambo. These tards whine..
Hmmm, ...are there chutes?
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I've never owned a pump gun, but have borrowed a friend's to try.. lots o' fun. My first semi was a tippman '68 special. I've owned 'cockers ever since.
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Originally posted by Steve
I've played paintball since the guns were pistols that only fired one shot at a time. Back then, and even for a few years afterwards, when you got shot you'd tell the other guy "Nice shootin" and walk off the field.
I mentioned I had a splatmaster pistol. I carried that as a sidearm for a while. Always wanted the situation where Im out of amo or CO2 and have to pull it out to defend myself. That never happened.
However one goofy thing I have done is take a paintball and run up behind someone and splat them on the back with it, claiming a kill.
Thats where the Palmer guns shine. I am more accurate and have better range. My kills/shot ratio is to brag about.. I got to the point where I was jotting down my rounds used per hits/kills and doing silly spread sheets back when I was playing evey weekend. They can brag about all the xtra money put into their markers, I can brag about money saved.
Longest kill I ever made was about 100 yards. Two kills to the head of two players using dove tail sites. Took three shots.
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Ok I'll be honest, maybe 80 yards. I did have the long shot down pretty good.
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I bounced one in on a guy down a dirt road once. He was laying down... one bounced and gogged him. Dunno how far it was but it was about max range on my cocker w/ a boomstick. He failed to see the humor in it when we talked about it after the game so I led the poor sod to believe it was an intentional shot; that I knew I couldn't quite get there so I bounced it in on purpose.
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I own a bushmaster similiar to new types... except mine uses a 8 power traditional optic scope...
btw Great pics of that old PMI rifle... PMI put out great product in the day..
I remember when splatmasters (pvc piece of ****) were popular...
We would fake the sound of changing the co2 and people would come rushing.. (old school tactics...)
only to be lit up by the bushmaster...
Best pump paintball gun ever made...
And yes with good ammo (not all of it is round..) you could hit something out to 100yards... pretty amazing..
I can still use the bushmaster as a successful sniper weapon on the fields today which is a real testement to its quality now that the semiauto game that is the standard...
2 cents.
DoctorYO