Baking your marker?

[bryceeden]

Ok, so I know everyone is sick of AO cross over threads but I have a question. So for those who missed it a trend is starting on PBN of people baking thier markers at about 450 for 2-3 hours. This changes the anno color and admittedly has created some very attractive makers. Now obviously this is a bad idea on anything that holds pressure and the kid on PBN who didn't take the internals out first is an idiot. That being said does anyone have any ideas on why it works. My threory is the Aluminums pores expand with the heat absorb more dye, or the dye is simply burning. Does anyone know for a fact why these results are gained? I'm just curious. I also may try a Spyder VS highlight kit as I've got about a billion of them just to see what it comes out like.

[BigEvil]

I would absolutely LOVE for this to be attempted on every single *** ever made :happydance:

[bryceeden]

I would absolutely LOVE for this to be attempted on every single *** ever made :happydance:

That would be awsome, aperantly someone tried as there are warnings that the anno on the *** parts just falls off instead of changing color.

[Geronimo7]

I just wanna know how much crack the guy did before he decided......i'm bored, i know.... i'll put my paintball marker in the oven :crazy:

[FiXeL]

It's thermolysis.. (not correctly spelled i think) It breaks down the colors in the anno by heat. I've seen this once when welding a ASA. The black colors became like gold.

[bryceeden]

It's thermolysis.. (not correctly spelled i think) It breaks down the colors in the anno by heat. I've seen this once when welding a ASA. The black colors became like gold.

Interesting, so does it damage the aluminum? I would kind of think not as its a relativly low temp, but on the other forum some people who seem to know thier stuff are saying it does.

I wouldn't do it to my Marq, but a cheaper marker maybe.

My Spyder eye covers and barrel should be done in about 30min, I'm interested to see the color.

[Ninjeff]

i read about this on AO. Kinda interesting i think.

Post pics when you get those vs kits done.

[bryceeden]

i read about this on AO. Kinda interesting i think.

Post pics when you get those vs kits done.

Well, the black VS kit is unchanged after 3 hours at 450. Its interesting because I would have figured a Spyder kit would change easily.

[Ninjeff]

Well that is weird.

[michbich]

At first i thought this was stupid, mainly because it came from pbn. After checking those 47 pages, there were some pretty narly baking. I still wouldn't put an expensive marker in the oven though. I like the post on pbn about putting a CF barrel in the oven. :wall:

[FiXeL]

Interesting, so does it damage the aluminum? I would kind of think not as its a relativly low temp, but on the other forum some people who seem to know thier stuff are saying it does.

I wouldn't do it to my Marq, but a cheaper marker maybe.

My Spyder eye covers and barrel should be done in about 30min, I'm interested to see the color.

My guess is that baking the parts will do nothing to the aluminum, but it will affect the pigment in the dye used to color the parts. Because the dye is incased in the anno, it should be permanent but the result may vary on the types of dye used in the anno process.

[Dark Side]

I just wanna know how much crack the guy did before he decided......i'm bored, i know.... i'll put my paintball marker in the oven :crazy:

You aren't the only one.

[riflemanwi]

seems kinda dumb to me..

[mastab]

I would never think about putting my paintball gun in the oven. Somebody must be bored.

[BYERS]

I just wanna know how much crack the guy did before he decided......i'm bored, i know.... i'll put my paintball marker in the oven :crazy:

Seriously, I've never been so bored with my paintball equipments looks/color scheme that I felt the need to "bake" the ol' marker! mmm baked mag with icing on top... :wall:

MB

[Ninjeff]

I still say its kinda interesting myself. Have no idea how someone arrived at the idea to bake their marker, but its still a cool idea.

[Army]

So, it just changes the color because you burnt it? This is way cool somehow?

This will make a great Whiteboard.

[bryceeden]

So, it just changes the color because you burnt it? This is way cool somehow?

This will make a great Whiteboard.

Yes, it will. Also I have found thru messing with it alittle that it make the anno very rough and the bolts no longer slide well(I have alot of old broken makers I test all sorts of crazy therorys on). It is definatly an interesting idea but is not good for your marker. Considering that most people are doing this to DMs Cyborgs and Marqs and such those come it so many colors I'm not sure why they didn't just get the desired color to start with.

[A-Tach-One]

Only paintball related thing I bake are my E/XMag trigger magnets that sit in the frame. I wonder convection oven would make a difference.:nana:

[Geronimo7]

^Oh do tell........why do you do that

[A-Tach-One]

^Oh do tell........why do you do that

Lol, I hate trying to stuff a bunch of paper under my magnet in the frame to lighten the trigger pull. If the magnet sits to high also, it is likely your working ACE will fry if the magnet touches the underside of the board. So I bake my magnets to lesson the magnetic strength. Then paper is no longer needed.

[Mechanic79]

Only paintball related thing I bake are my E/XMag trigger magnets that sit in the frame. I wonder convection oven would make a difference.:nana:

A convection oven would allow for more even temperature distribution. So it might create a more even affect.

[Geronimo7]

i'm not sure excatly which oring it is but there is one that fits in the frame nicely bellow the magnet (you probably know this already...but its gotta be better than paper) seems to lighten the trigger pull up some too.

[A-Tach-One]

i'm not sure excatly which oring it is but there is one that fits in the frame nicely bellow the magnet (you probably know this already...but its gotta be better than paper) seems to lighten the trigger pull up some too.

Yeah I've done that but it still isn't a light enough pull for me. I like my triggers super duper light.:wthumpup:

[Geronimo7]

I like my triggers super duper light.:wthumpup:

Indeed :cheers:

[Mechanic79]

Indeed :cheers:

I second that motion.

I use an o-ring and nylon washer.

[TnDeathInc]

stock

[tymcneer]

I put heat shrink on the magnet to make sure it doesn't short out the ACE board. Then I usually use nylon for shims to get it just right.

Ty