# A totally new type of anodizing: Gruntgraphics **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [June 5, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-totally-new-type-of-anodizing-gruntgraphics/80682 "2016-06-05T01:51:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gballc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c2a13f/32.png) [@gballc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gballc)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-totally-new-type-of-anodizing-gruntgraphics/80682/1 "2016-06-05T01:51:17Z")
Still in development, this is NOT hydrodip, it is 100% anodizing. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/b/7/cb776e27c2ba1ce20d6879d7ea68095ae7b0e592.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/9/5/e9590e4fd668726cfb8b46fd0e65da9483463fec.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Dust](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dust/32/83340_2.png) [@Dust](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dust)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-totally-new-type-of-anodizing-gruntgraphics/80682/2 "2016-06-05T02:00:39Z")
whoa dude!!! That is really _really_ sweet. ---
**Author:** ![VyVyTheYoYoGuy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vyvytheyoyoguy/32/7980_2.png) [@VyVyTheYoYoGuy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/VyVyTheYoYoGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-totally-new-type-of-anodizing-gruntgraphics/80682/3 "2016-06-05T02:08:31Z")
How much is it to have a yoyo stripped of its ano then add this? PM Me if you have a B!ST Tondo F/T ---
**Author:** ![TripleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@TripleOne](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TripleOne)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-totally-new-type-of-anodizing-gruntgraphics/80682/4 "2016-06-05T02:26:17Z")
That looks really cool! ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-totally-new-type-of-anodizing-gruntgraphics/80682/5 "2016-06-05T02:27:14Z")
That is amazing. ---
**Author:** ![FiveIronBrian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/fiveironbrian/32/451_2.png) [@FiveIronBrian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/FiveIronBrian)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-totally-new-type-of-anodizing-gruntgraphics/80682/6 "2016-06-05T03:14:53Z")
Like, whoa. ---
**Author:** ![Cannon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Cannon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cannon)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-totally-new-type-of-anodizing-gruntgraphics/80682/7 "2016-06-05T03:27:44Z")
😍😍😍 ---
**Author:** ![gballc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c2a13f/32.png) [@gballc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gballc)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-totally-new-type-of-anodizing-gruntgraphics/80682/8 "2016-06-05T11:47:59Z")
> [@VyVyTheYoYoGuy](#): > > How much is it to have a yoyo stripped of its ano then add this? > > PM Me if you have a B!ST Tondo F/T Retail pricing hasn’t been established yet but it will probably be around $75. ---
**Author:** ![rizki\_yoist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rizki_yoist/32/7925_2.png) [@rizki\_yoist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rizki_yoist)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-totally-new-type-of-anodizing-gruntgraphics/80682/9 "2016-06-05T12:06:56Z")
A new era has begun. If this can be done cheap enough, laser engraving might even become useless. edit: wait a minute, I just remember Magicyoyo did something similar few years ago with their Chinese painting line. No one bats an eye unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![gballc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c2a13f/32.png) [@gballc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gballc)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-totally-new-type-of-anodizing-gruntgraphics/80682/10 "2016-06-05T12:31:02Z")
Those look pretty neat, I wonder what technology they used to coat them? ---
**Author:** ![kadabrium](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kadabrium/32/1522_2.png) [@kadabrium](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kadabrium)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-totally-new-type-of-anodizing-gruntgraphics/80682/11 "2016-06-05T12:51:30Z")
> [@gballc](#): > > Those look pretty neat, I wonder what technology they used to coat them? The coating itself is just regular anodizing. Since you can paint whatever you want onto an anodized base given a compatible type of ink/dye, what you need here is to find an appropriate printing/transfer mechanism to go with one of those ink types. ---
**Author:** ![gballc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c2a13f/32.png) [@gballc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gballc)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-totally-new-type-of-anodizing-gruntgraphics/80682/12 "2016-06-05T12:56:19Z")
> [@kadabrium](#): > > The coating itself is just regular anodizing. Since you can paint whatever you want onto an anodized base given a compatible type of ink/dye, what you need here is to find an appropriate printing/transfer mechanism to go with one of those ink types. If you put paint on the anodizing it is not regular anodizing anymore. In regular anodizing the color is inside of the coating, as opposed to on top of it. ---
**Author:** ![yoyobro1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e0b2c6/32.png) [@yoyobro1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyobro1)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-totally-new-type-of-anodizing-gruntgraphics/80682/13 "2016-06-05T15:35:57Z")
Wow this is amazing! ---
**Author:** ![kadabrium](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kadabrium/32/1522_2.png) [@kadabrium](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kadabrium)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-totally-new-type-of-anodizing-gruntgraphics/80682/14 "2016-06-05T17:36:13Z")
> [@gballc](#): > > If you put paint on the anodizing it is not regular anodizing anymore. In regular anodizing the color is inside of the coating, as opposed to on top of it. i think you are supposed to paint it first then passivize the whole layer instead of somehow injecting dyes through it ---
**Author:** ![gballc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c2a13f/32.png) [@gballc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gballc)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-totally-new-type-of-anodizing-gruntgraphics/80682/15 "2016-06-05T18:35:50Z")
> [@kadabrium](#): > > i think you are supposed to paint it first then passivize the whole layer instead of somehow injecting dyes through it Ok, I must have missed something. ---
**Author:** ![Buggot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/buggot/32/1534_2.png) [@Buggot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Buggot)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 6:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-totally-new-type-of-anodizing-gruntgraphics/80682/16 "2016-06-06T06:23:54Z")
This opens up so much… Is this hand done or by a machine/program? Would love to have my yoyo get Calvin and Hobbes or something with great art like that. ---
**Author:** ![gballc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c2a13f/32.png) [@gballc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gballc)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-totally-new-type-of-anodizing-gruntgraphics/80682/17 "2016-06-06T11:41:26Z")
Its done by machine, and that would be doable. ---
**Author:** ![gballc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c2a13f/32.png) [@gballc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gballc)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-totally-new-type-of-anodizing-gruntgraphics/80682/18 "2016-06-12T20:08:29Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/2/c/02c3e11dd4274c0396864b6337fbb7c0a1b7f36f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![GoCrazyForYoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gocrazyforyoyo/32/7941_2.png) [@GoCrazyForYoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GoCrazyForYoyo)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-totally-new-type-of-anodizing-gruntgraphics/80682/19 "2016-06-18T00:45:19Z")
Rec Rev used to do this a lot. Glad to see it come back. ---
**Author:** ![Colbywill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Colbywill](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Colbywill)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-totally-new-type-of-anodizing-gruntgraphics/80682/20 "2016-06-18T02:25:31Z")
I believe that was hydro dip. [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-totally-new-type-of-anodizing-gruntgraphics/80682.md?page=2)