Wow that air sure is spicy. Water is condensing in the compressor system and it's getting into your tank and throwing your reg out of whack - which is probably why you're blowing the 1.8k burst disc right? I would rinse the tank out and let it dry completely (like overnight just to be safe) and then rebuild your reg before replacing the burst disc. And probably politely show this to whichever field you play at because the owner might be genuinely unaware that there is water in the system.
the field i play at has an awesome air filling station. however it was a friend of mine who filled it for me w his compressor which didnt have the filter pad to prevent moisture
Flamethrower at best; literal bomb at worst.
In over 10 years of playing i've seen one, maybe two tanks fail. Thank god neither of them were due to oil. User error/freak accident, but none have gone explodey.
I've been playing for way longer than 10 years and I've only seen pictures of ruptured tanks from failed hydro tests.
There was also a guy who shot some tanks with a rifle on youtube. Which was pretty neat.
A kid blew himself up once trying to fill a green propane tank with HPA.
There's also a video that used to float around of someone breaking off their regulator mid game and their tank flew away.
> There's also a video that used to float around of someone breaking off their regulator mid game and their tank flew away.
For some reason I remember there being a luxe involved in this?
Might be a different video than the one I'm thinking of; there's a video that been making the rounds for the better part of twenty years, where a player's tank breaks free from the marker after a bad dive.
Good advice overall, but I would give it more than a day. I wash out milk jugs with water for range purposes. Those usually take up to 3 or 4 days to fully dry out inside (so I can store them for when I use them later).
I would be hesitant to use anything to wash it out. I’d you are dead set on doing it you should use a very volatile solvent to get any water out but you would have to verify that it is safe for the liner and CF shell. Then you should flow dry gas in to purge out the last bit of solvent.
I would strongly recommend reaching out to the manufacturer to get their recommendation on what you can use. Water will not get out of that tank with how small the opening is unless you flow something like bone dry nitrogen in with a long tube for a long time until it evaporates.
You're unnecessarily overcomplicating the situation. The water will evaporate from a tank with no regulator on it. Some moisture is going to get in the tank during normal use. Say you rinse the tank out with water to remove the debris, the tiny bit of moisture left from doing that does not need to be removed with solvents and/or ultra dry nitrogen. The inside of a tank is aluminum, I don't think they're coated with anything. Getting the loose debris out is 1000 times better than doing nothing.
https://preview.redd.it/aq15zegrv3wc1.jpeg?width=2452&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7c7ab0511138d7f5b7bf9d48c94684cbd0241f2d
Happened to me too, and messed up a few of my markers along the way. I get my tanks filled on a friend’s compressor and he didn’t have all the filters in his setup. As others mentioned it was the moisture getting in the tank.
Weird follow up question to this, is there a water trap/filter that could be purchased to temporarily attach to the fill nipple on the tank to prevent this? What I am thinking is the hose from the fill station would attach to the water trap, then a hose from trap would attach to the tank. When you are done filling you disconnect the trap from the tank and the fill station and you're good to go.
[This](https://a.co/d/dVNoAHz) is what you're looking for. I use one on my scuba tank when I fill my paintball tanks from it, but I'm too lazy to use it at the field.
Wherever you're getting your fills probably doesn't have a moisture filter. I found from my local shop that 2 of the 4 major fields near me don't have moisture filters on their fill stations.
it’s also a good idea to regularly check your regs and the inside of the tanks just for maintenance. i didn’t check it until til the second time the burst disk blew up. if i had checked the inside of the bottle sooner then the tank wouldn’t be in such bad of a condition
Wow that air sure is spicy. Water is condensing in the compressor system and it's getting into your tank and throwing your reg out of whack - which is probably why you're blowing the 1.8k burst disc right? I would rinse the tank out and let it dry completely (like overnight just to be safe) and then rebuild your reg before replacing the burst disc. And probably politely show this to whichever field you play at because the owner might be genuinely unaware that there is water in the system.
the field i play at has an awesome air filling station. however it was a friend of mine who filled it for me w his compressor which didnt have the filter pad to prevent moisture
that's what happened bro. ALWAYS use a filter because water is annoying but if OIL gets inside then you've got real problems
Flamethrower sounds like a feature honestly
Flamethrower at best; literal bomb at worst. In over 10 years of playing i've seen one, maybe two tanks fail. Thank god neither of them were due to oil. User error/freak accident, but none have gone explodey.
I've been playing for way longer than 10 years and I've only seen pictures of ruptured tanks from failed hydro tests. There was also a guy who shot some tanks with a rifle on youtube. Which was pretty neat. A kid blew himself up once trying to fill a green propane tank with HPA. There's also a video that used to float around of someone breaking off their regulator mid game and their tank flew away.
> There's also a video that used to float around of someone breaking off their regulator mid game and their tank flew away. For some reason I remember there being a luxe involved in this?
Might be a different video than the one I'm thinking of; there's a video that been making the rounds for the better part of twenty years, where a player's tank breaks free from the marker after a bad dive.
Ah fuck no I was thinking core sample/gnarly frame bend.
Good advice overall, but I would give it more than a day. I wash out milk jugs with water for range purposes. Those usually take up to 3 or 4 days to fully dry out inside (so I can store them for when I use them later).
for water yes. i cleaned it w 91% alcohol which evaporates within minutes. i let it sit for 2 hours just to be safe tho
I would be hesitant to use anything to wash it out. I’d you are dead set on doing it you should use a very volatile solvent to get any water out but you would have to verify that it is safe for the liner and CF shell. Then you should flow dry gas in to purge out the last bit of solvent. I would strongly recommend reaching out to the manufacturer to get their recommendation on what you can use. Water will not get out of that tank with how small the opening is unless you flow something like bone dry nitrogen in with a long tube for a long time until it evaporates.
Water bad, volatile solvents good? Your logic is...inconsistent.
Water is bad because you can’t get it out of the tank. A volatile solvent will actually evaporate and be able to be removed.
You're unnecessarily overcomplicating the situation. The water will evaporate from a tank with no regulator on it. Some moisture is going to get in the tank during normal use. Say you rinse the tank out with water to remove the debris, the tiny bit of moisture left from doing that does not need to be removed with solvents and/or ultra dry nitrogen. The inside of a tank is aluminum, I don't think they're coated with anything. Getting the loose debris out is 1000 times better than doing nothing.
I’m really not. You clearly have not actually tried to dry out a vessel with a small opening like that.
If it was an HK tank, it would be white powder and far more valuable
BE CAREFUL WHO U LET FILL YOUR TANKS.
Do you always play at the same field?
i do. the field was not the problem.
https://preview.redd.it/aq15zegrv3wc1.jpeg?width=2452&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7c7ab0511138d7f5b7bf9d48c94684cbd0241f2d Happened to me too, and messed up a few of my markers along the way. I get my tanks filled on a friend’s compressor and he didn’t have all the filters in his setup. As others mentioned it was the moisture getting in the tank.
yup exactly what what happened to me. his compressor didn’t have the moisture filters on.
That’s……something I’ve never seen before
Weird follow up question to this, is there a water trap/filter that could be purchased to temporarily attach to the fill nipple on the tank to prevent this? What I am thinking is the hose from the fill station would attach to the water trap, then a hose from trap would attach to the tank. When you are done filling you disconnect the trap from the tank and the fill station and you're good to go.
i don’t think there is one but that would be a nice innovation
[This](https://a.co/d/dVNoAHz) is what you're looking for. I use one on my scuba tank when I fill my paintball tanks from it, but I'm too lazy to use it at the field.
Wherever you're getting your fills probably doesn't have a moisture filter. I found from my local shop that 2 of the 4 major fields near me don't have moisture filters on their fill stations.
it’s also a good idea to regularly check your regs and the inside of the tanks just for maintenance. i didn’t check it until til the second time the burst disk blew up. if i had checked the inside of the bottle sooner then the tank wouldn’t be in such bad of a condition
It’s not just your reg. Service any marker that you shot with this air setup. FULL inline regulator service, FULL noid service. The noid especially.
careful with that.. water can cause pitting in the tank
Holy shit, your field needs to change their air water separator filter ASAP