HOT AND COLD CONDITIONS:  When purchasing any item that has paintballs included in the purchase, please be aware that during hot summer months and very cold temperatures, paintballs can sit for extended periods of time in transport trucks (UPS, FedEx, etc.)  It is advised that you select a faster means of delivery so that your paintballs arrive in good condition.  If you need to know what paintballs are made of and the care for paintballs, we have provided you with some important information.

PAINTBALLS USED FOR HUNTING:  The larger paintballs, the .50 and .62 (when available), are used in hunting deer. Some hunters have dipped the paintballs into the deer scent and splattered the paintball onto a tree. The deer will come up and smell this scent. 

WHY DON'T .40 CALIBER PAINTBALLS BREAK VERY EASILY? Paintballs are temperature sensitive. The smaller they are, the harder it will be for them to break. If they are hard to break, you can use a blow-dryer on them for a couple of "SECONDS." This will soften them up a bit. You can also hold them in the palm of your hand and close your hand over the paintballs. This will give them some heat also. It is important to keep them out of the heat, cold, and the sun. Too much heat can cause the gelatin shell of a paintball to soften, meaning the paintball might deform, bounce more or stop feeding into the paintball pistol or the blowgun.  Never leave your paint in the direct sun. Do not buy paintballs and then leave them in your trunk. Paintballs that get too cold will eventually become deformed, and you cannot make them back into round paintballs.

WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO STORE MY PAINTBALLS?  Store paintballs at temperatures between 60 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit, in not more than 50 percent relative humidity. Humidity and moisture make paintballs "swell up." Both the gelatin shell and the paintballs fill is moisture sensitive. They will absorb moisture and begin to swell. Once they swell, they'll never be the same again. Since you cannot take the moisture back out, it is very important to keep paintballs in moisture-barrier bags or containers. You can use the thick plastic bags they come in or you can purchase the "View Loader Paintball Holder." This item holds 700 .40 caliber paintballs. It will also accommodate the .50 caliber, .62 caliber and the .68 caliber paintballs. 

There are also medical grade plastic bags or plastic bags that are four mils or more thick, like a moisture-barrier freezer bag. Paintballs can be stored in tubes or pods that have snug fitting caps. Keep the containers closed as much as you can, at home, during transport and at the field. The more humid it is, the more important it is to protect your paint from the humidity. DO NOT store paint in the refrigerator. 

WHAT'S INSIDE THE PAINTBALLS?  Food dyes (pigments), the same as those in orange soda, candies, ice cream, bubblegum, mints, etc., and polyethylene glycol (not to be confused with antifreeze). This liquid fill in a paintball is non-toxic and non-caustic, water-soluble and made of biodegradable or naturally-occurring ingredients. When a paintball hits a target, the thin gelatin skin splits open as it is designed to do, and the liquid inside makes a "paint" mark on the target.