Little Betty Paintball Grenades

These grenades and the plans you've probably seen.....

 If you just want a couple of grenades to throw in a weekend game, GO BUY a couple! Trust me, the time and energy aren't worth the effort. Here's what my first couple of grenades cost me -

Surgical Tubing - 1.99 per foot @ local hardware store
Ball bearings, pins and keyrings - $1
Paintballs (had to melt down) - $5
Stupid bicycle hand pump thing - $10
Crile Forceps (hemos) - $5

Ok we're up to $22, you get the idea. Not only did it quickly become expensive and time consuming, if you use the "Melt Paintballs" method, it's A ROYAL MESS melting the paint (have you ever done this??? Paintballs STICK to the bottom of the pan like glue!). Also, the paint from paintballs isn't the proper color for grenades. It should be Light baby blue! You can also prepare for tons of frustration trying to use that sorry pump to fill the tubing. I can't even count how many times I got painted trying to put it together. Needless to say, I quit that method!

Grenades the way they should be....

After tons of blood sweat and tears, I have come up with a grenade that sprays more, goes off more often and you can carry 2 in a viewloader tube. I use a smaller diameter tubing. The result is that they are higher pressure, spray more and have awesome range in a smaller grenade. I got the cost for the supplies down a bit, and once I made the equipment to fill them I was all set. I made a new method for filling them. I won't post a pic of the filling device, but I will say that I use an air compressor to pump the paint in. I make my own non-toxic, non-staining, baby blue paint by the gallon. I won't give that recipe away either as it took me 9 or 10 tries and a ton of time to get it right! If you want to buy paint or the finished grenades, let me know! Here's some pics of my little demons.