MAC-10 | Acid Hex (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The hex skin is easy to spot by its bright lime body. In Minimal Wear it reads almost the same as a Factory New copy. Any marks are small and sit on edges you rarely notice in game, so this grade is a sensible way to get a nearly clean look for less.

Item type: smg. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Industrial Grade is the second tier from the bottom: common skins from drops and collections.

Hydrographic: the pattern is applied as a film over the metal; wear rubs it down to the base, starting with raised parts.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The whole receiver is coated in a hydrographic hex pattern: irregular lime and yellow-green cells separated by darker green lines, with the size and shading of the hexagons shifting from panel to panel. The long magazine and the grip carry the same pattern, and the yellow tone is strongest on the front of the grip.

Small specks of wear may appear on the sharpest edges of the receiver and the base of the magazine. They are hard to see without inspecting the weapon closely. In game at normal distance it looks the same as Factory New. The pattern on the flat panels and the grip stays fully intact.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of MAC-10 | Acid Hex is 0–0.58; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (14% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

MAC-10 | Acid Hex belongs to The Boreal Collection, which holds 29 skins. It does not drop from a case: the collection has none — such skins come from operation drops, souvenir packages or the market.

What it costs in each quality

Taking Minimal Wear as the baseline:

• Factory New — 3× dearer
• Field-Tested — 2× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 2× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 2× cheaper

The comparison uses our cheapest listing of each quality; where there is none, the market reference.

Among 9 skins of the MAC-10 in the Industrial Grade grade and this quality, this skin is the most affordable.

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Green, yellow and gold stickers blend with the acid palette for a monochrome look, while black or dark holo stickers stand out cleanly against the lime cells. The flat side of the receiver gives the most visible space for a sticker row.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since copies near the cleaner end show less edge wear on the receiver and magazine.
• Inspect the magazine corners and base plate, as they lose paint first and are very visible in the first-person view.
• Souvenir versions exist, so check whether a copy carries souvenir stickers and whether they suit you.
• Look at any applied stickers and name tag, because they affect how the green finish looks as a whole.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a near-clean look without paying for perfection.
• Sticker crafters who need a fresh base where small edge marks are irrelevant.
• Conclusion: practically the Factory New look at a more sensible grade.