Will spray painting my barrel affect accuracy?

[offsetfish]

I recently purchased a Smart Parts Progressive barrel 14'' but unfortunately it's silver. (The vendor had no other color) I've already "painted" it with a thick Sharpie pen, but it scratches off easily. Does anyone know if spray painting it black will affect the barrel's accuracy at all?

---thanks alot! :P

[tiny rabid bird]

So long as you don't get any paint inside the barrel, you should be fine. Be careful around the porting and the tip. I'm not sure how much spray paint will effect it if it gets inside, but I'm not guessing it's something you want to test.

[reneirwolf878]

Return your barrel and wait for them to get a new one. Not only could spray paint make your barrel go bad but it also looks uber noob.

[xavier678]

im not sure if they will accept a sharpe'd barrel but maby. spray paint shouldnt affect the performance of the barrel provided you dont paint into the porting.
i woudl recommend putting a rolled piece of newspaper inside the barrel and putting something small into each port. do a good job of it. if you play woods, who gives a crap if you painted the barrel. and if you play speedball, who cares if its shiny?

[offsetfish]

Thanks to all of you for your replies!

In response to some of you, I play woodsball across the street on my friend's property (He's got over 30 acres), and being hidden was a priority. I could've waited but there was a game the next day and I just had to have it then!

Peace,

Offsetfish

[DarkeWolf]

like they said, roll up some newspaper and put it in both ends of the barrel. also, use masking tape, to tape several layers of newspaper over your threads. and flood your porting with petroleum jelly, so that none of the paint gets down into your porting. (just wait till the paint is GOOD and DRY before you clean out the petrol, and make sure to get all of it off the surface of the barrel before you put on the paint.)