A question about Markmont Classic

General Yo-Yo
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I did polish the hub of my half MC. Guess what, it got darker ??? I want to know that those line which I mentioned in the beginning of this thread can be wiped out. Here is some pics:
This half was polished.

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This half is normal since I received.
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Here is the comparison:
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Polished half on the left, normal half on the right.

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Polished half on the right, normal half on the left.

As you can see the polished half is darker even though I cleaned it with clean cloth (I used Mother, and I did polish many time with my Nickel, and RAW throws, so I don’t think I did something wrong to my NMC). While those brown lines on the polished half (pic #3) still there, but it’s just lighter.

Any ideas you guys? ???

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Just let it tarnish naturally. When people buy nickel throws it’s usually because they want to see it tarnish over time as they play with it

43

Agreed, I don’t know why you’d buy nickel over clear if you didn’t want it to tarnish

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Nickel adds a bit of weight that brings the yoyo into the perfect zone for some people.

For me, the “Nickel or not” question is always about weight. I mean, I like the look of Nickel, too, but I won’t buy it if it makes the yoyo too heavy.

45

Half of my MMC is tarnishing well. The other half is barely tarnishing. I’m starting to think I got half clear half nickel on my MMC.

46

How much are we talking here? I haven’t weighed my black or nickel MMCs but it can’t be more than a few 10ths of a gram, right?

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It’s about a full gram on a full-sized yoyo.

@DKiminator: not a chance. Nickel looks distinctly different from clear. You would have pulled it out of the box and went, “Oh wow, can’t believe they mixed halves on me!” immediately.

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For reals?! That ain’t good. Shoot us a picture.

The beauty of nickel is that it tarnishes differently for everyone. Most of my nickel throws have weird looking tarnishes, but I love it! I for on am not a big fan of polishing it. Losing all those throw down session memories when you start taking a clothe to it. Let that baby do it’s thing.

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My silver plated Summit is tarnishing to yellow. Any way to make it silver again? If not then it’s okay, just miss it being silver.

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Silver will tarnish to yellow, you need to use silver polish just like you would on fine silverware - you can get silver polish at your local grocery store, or Amazon - Amazon.com: Weiman Jewelry Polish Cleaner, Tarnish Remover Wipes - 20 Count - Use on Silver Jewelry Antique Silver Gold Brass Copper and Aluminum

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I just want to make sure those brown lines is tarnished lines, that’s why I polished it. But why the polished half get darker? It should be brighter, right?

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Is it possible that you maybe spread the tarnish from the lines?

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How, I polished, if those brown lines are naturally tarnished lines, those should be removed, not spread out.

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I have no background to be believed or any experience in this. I’m just giving a common-person hypothesis just to work off of. In others words, I have no idea how those could possibly be spread out.

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Nickel and any kind of precious metal will slowly decay and tarnish over natural time when involved in Yo-Yo play but this looks like you boiled it then soaked it in something like Adams Flee Killer for Dogs and Bleach for 6 weeks…This a Markmont “Classic” in every sense of the word.

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Definitely wasn’t that intense of a process, but I get your point, haha. All I did was remove the response pads and soak the halves in Sprite for about 2.5 days.

I do sort of wish it had stayed looking like that though… I still thoroughly enjoy how it looks now, but I can’t help but miss those crazy blue tones and dark color overall.