How to Make Your Own Paintball Mask in 2023

In the game of paintball, it is important to protect your body parts by using specific and specially designed gears like paintball masks, elbow pads, knee pads, shoes, pants, etc. Paintball mask is the most important element used to protect our head, eyes, nose, ears, so we must use a full face coverage mask throughout the game, available at every paintball field or sports store. But if you want to make it your own then this article will be helpful for you. Here we are going to share some tips and tricks to make a quality and protective paintball mask.

What Type Should you Make – Half Face or Full Face?

Whether to make a half face or full face mask is very obvious but you are still confused with this question then ask yourself some of the following questions and make accordingly. 

  • How much protection do you need?
  • How much visibility do you want?
  • Which mask style do you like best?

According to our experience and pro recommendations, always use a full face mask as it helps you in many ways such as protecting your eyes and other parts from paintballs, paint, shots and other accidental exposures. During the game, there are high chances of paintballs entering our mouths, affecting our eyes and causing many health problems, so we need to wear masks to avoid them. 

Anti-fog full face masks have many features that will give you clear vision, as their lens prevents fogging even in bad weather, while also providing the athletes with excellent comfort for breathing, speaking and hearing well.

Important Points to Consider Before Making your Paintball Mask!

Here we are going to share some important points that you should keep in mind while making paintball masks to get a quality and amazing final product.

Keep it simple:

Just focus on quality rather than design and look, over designed and stylish masks can cost more and not be worth it, so it is recommended to keep everything simple without compromising on quality.

Make sure it fits well:

You know the size of your head very well, so it is important to make a mask that fits you perfectly, otherwise if you make it too big, you will face problems like slipping, and if you designed a small-sized mask, you will face difficulties such as rigidity, which is not good for playing paintball.

Make sure you can see and breathe out of it:

You need a proper point of view to target your enemies and a proper ventilation system to speak, hear and breathe well in the mask, make sure you have checked out all these features before using the mask in game.

Use only approved materials:

Whatever material you are using to make the mask, it should be approved by field experts, as it is important for your safety. Most of the people are careless in this matter and ignore it due to which they have to face big problems later.

How to Make a Paintball Mask?

Let’s start making the paintball mask, before starting the process you must gather all the items you need, we have listed all the items below.

  • Steel mesh (30×15 cm) with a thickness of 1 mm. The cells should be kept as small as possible to prevent the pellet from entering the mask.
  • 1 meter of insulation between wires
  • An elastic band 50 cm wide with rounded ends.
  • 1 meter sling length
  • Dye

All done, now start making a mask by following the steps below defined very in a simple and easy way. 

  • First, cut the stencil mask paper according to the shape and size of your face with any sharp cutter or knife.
  • Never forget to attach the stencil to the grid, this is for your safety as the edges are very sharp which can cut your hand, also use safety gloves to be on the safe side.
  • Remove any excess oil from the mesh and apply it to your face. This will help to cover all the edges of the mesh with wire insulation, for this you can use leather or some other soft but strong material, you can clean the joint with a little material.
  • To get a stylish visual element in the field, the mask should be draped over the insulation around the edges of the mesh.
  • After that, the mask must be adjusted a second time to the size of the wearer’s face and fasteners are placed on the mask for security. Using a large elastic band is the easiest way to achieve this.

By following these step you can able to make your mask by yourself, next step is to paint it and its customization which you can follow by our article: https://truepaintballer.com/how-to-paint-a-paintball-mask/

Benefits of Your Own DIY Paintball Mask

Why people prefer to make their own paintball mask when we can easily buy very high quality masks from any field shop, so here we will discuss some of the advantages which force you to make your own mask.

You can do it just for the sake of fun:

One of the fun you feel while playing the paintball game, as you can enjoy creating and customizing their tools, you can also feel safe and comfortable because you are very confident that you made your mask from quality materials and as per your size.

You know exactly what’s in your mask:

If you make your mask with your own hands, you can feel proud and use it very carefully, investing your effort and money, you can change its parts as needed and one more thing, making the mask by yourself is the step that takes you to be a professional, You value it more apart from shopping from other stores.

Cost effective:

Making your own masks is very cheap, you can save as much money as you want by buying supplies from any wholesale store where the price is low, also save money by using cheap spray paint.

The Bottom Line

If you’ve already decided to make your own mask instead of buying it from a sports store, it’s not a bad decision overall. Many people choose to use handmade masks in the game of paintball and have good results if they have good experience in buying quality materials and using them well.

If you don’t have much experience, no problem, you can try your best by following the instructions above, you will get great results, you can also contact us and let us help you.


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