Pool Supplies

Swimming pool owners are often in a quandary which pool supplies should be bought and used to keep their pools in tip-top condition. In the absence of an honest-to-goodness checklist of relevant pool equipments and supplies, they would often depend on dubious advertisements and sales talks when buying their pool necessities. Swimming pool owners must prioritize cleaning tools and pool chemicals as these are needed for regular pool maintenance. The necessary pool maintenance tools are telepoles, thermometer, vacuum head and hoses, leaf pool skimmer and rake, nylon pool wall and surface brushes. On the other hand, vital pool chemicals are Chlorine, Bromine, Specialty Chemicals, Water Balance, Winterizing Chemicals, Natural Chemicals, Shock Treatments, Algaecides, Salt Clorine Generators and Water testing chemicals. Aside from these swimming pool cleaning necessities, there are other relevant pool supplies that enhance the aesthetics of the pool and its immediate surroundings. In addition, these protects the pool water from the elements. These are pool fences, pool steps and ladders, outdoor lighting, patio furniture, pool covers, replacement filters, pool floats, pool heaters and pool lights.

Back in 1970, a gentleman by the name of James C. Hale, an employee of Daisy Manufacturing, designed and patented a device to be used by the forestry and farming industries to mark trees, trails and livestock. This mechanism was to become the very first paintball gun – the Nelspot 007, and was manufactured by the Nelson Paint Company. Charles and Evan Nelson founded the Nelson Paint Company in 1940, as the forest and farming industries needed a way to mark hard to reach places. Charles is credited with the creation of pellets filled with paint that could be shot out of a regular type of gun to complete this difficult task.

The first paintball game in paintball history came in 1981 New Hampshire when 3 friends (Bob Gurnsey, a sporting goods retailer, Hayes Noel, a stockbroker and Charles Gaines, a writer) planned to play the organized game “Capture the Flag” with 9 others. On June 27, 1981, the game was played using the original Nelspot 007 paintball gun, and homemade ghillie suits. The winning team never even fired a single shot. The twelve friends had such a good time, they decided to buy into the Nelson Paint Company, and began marketing their newfound fun as a recreational sport.

The paintball guns themselves had to evolve along with this newfound recreational activity, as alternations to make the paint pellets fire softer so they wouldn’t hurt their human target. George A. Skogg, employee of the Nelson Paint Company, invented a “washable marking fluid” formula for soft gelatin capsules, which were more accurate and bright easy-to-see marks that would wash away easily with water and/or detergent. This patent became the Nelson formula for paintballs, as they were the perfect mix for the sport.

The very first paintball outdoor playing field opened in Rochester, New York in 1982. Very soon after, paintball originator Charles Gaines began marketing it as the National Survival Game (NSG), and the following year saw the first NSG championship complete with a $14,000 cash purse for the triumphant party. Upcoming years saw the first indoor playing field in Buffalo, NY, as well as recognition and outdoor fields in Canada, Australia and England.

1988 brought with it the IPPA- the International Paintball Players Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to the safety, education and growth of the entire paintball industry. The NPPL (National Professional Paintball League) was founded in 1992, which then started the NPPL Pro-Am series that are found all over the U.S.