# A few years ago my friend stripped and polished this n12 for me, I’ve always loved how it looks
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**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
**Created:** [June 8, 2019, 10:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-few-years-ago-my-friend-stripped-and-polished-this-n12-for-me-i-ve-always-loved-how-it-looks/303608 "2019-06-08T22:52:47Z")
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### Author:  [@moby323](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/moby323)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2019, 10:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-few-years-ago-my-friend-stripped-and-polished-this-n12-for-me-i-ve-always-loved-how-it-looks/303608/1 "2019-06-08T22:52:47Z")
A few years ago a friend stripped and polished this n12 for me. I think he soaked it in oven cleaner after taking it apart. I changed the bearing and response and it has been a great beater yo-yo ever since.
You can also put it in a ziplock bag with pebbles and put it in the dryer and that gives it a matte look.
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### Author:  [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-few-years-ago-my-friend-stripped-and-polished-this-n12-for-me-i-ve-always-loved-how-it-looks/303608/2 "2019-06-09T00:26:02Z")
> [@moby323](#):
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> a ziplock bag with pebbles and put it in the dryer
I don’t advise that with a plastic ziplock bag and a dryer with the heat on.
Have you tried this? It seems that a ziplock bag wouldn’t hold up too well even with no heat. I think you may end up with a dryer full of pebbles. 🙂
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### Author:  [@moby323](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/moby323)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-few-years-ago-my-friend-stripped-and-polished-this-n12-for-me-i-ve-always-loved-how-it-looks/303608/3 "2019-06-09T01:37:27Z")
What you do is put the yo-yo with a few pebbles in a small ziplock bag. Then you wrap that bag. in a towel or a shirt and put THAT in a larger ziplock bag.
You can throw a few extra towels in to help with the thumping. This only takes about 5-10 minutes. Keep an eye on the dryer and the yo-yo and you should be fine.
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-few-years-ago-my-friend-stripped-and-polished-this-n12-for-me-i-ve-always-loved-how-it-looks/303608/4 "2019-06-09T01:44:44Z")
You shoulda said so up front. :wink:
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### Author:  [@moby323](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/moby323)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-few-years-ago-my-friend-stripped-and-polished-this-n12-for-me-i-ve-always-loved-how-it-looks/303608/5 "2019-06-09T01:55:04Z")
I was just giving a general outline of the process, not step-by-step instructions.
I would hope that most people know not to just throw a bunch of rocks and metal parts into their dryer.
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### Author:  [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2019, 2:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-few-years-ago-my-friend-stripped-and-polished-this-n12-for-me-i-ve-always-loved-how-it-looks/303608/6 "2019-06-09T02:13:07Z")
> [@moby323](#):
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> Then you wrap that bag. in a towel or a shirt and put THAT in a larger ziplock bag.
Again I want to point out that no heat should be on.
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-few-years-ago-my-friend-stripped-and-polished-this-n12-for-me-i-ve-always-loved-how-it-looks/303608/7 "2019-06-09T02:33:04Z")
> [@moby323](#):
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> I would hope that most people know not to just throw a bunch of rocks and metal parts into their dryer.
Don’t count on it.