# Anodizing questions answered by jasonwongzero (Loaded Yoyos) **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum Chat W/ The Pros!\ **Created:** [April 19, 2019, 3:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anodizing-questions-answered-by-jasonwongzero-loaded-yoyos/301404 "2019-04-19T03:42:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 36
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> [@Mark\_Leithead](#): > > For the Space Invader one I’m guessing you anodized one of the halves at least 5 times? Pixels on the yo-yo are as precise as my NES, some serious stencil work. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/5/f/f5f2cd45bc596551afc3d491a86f7b18df05f403.jpeg) Thank you! This one was definitely one of the hardest yoyos I have anodized, along with the Captain America Chief. The difficulty was in lining up the stencils perfectly straight and then for a few of the invaders, having to lay down individual pixels very precisely, all without touching the yoyo. For the Space Invaders, each half is anodized only once… then it is dyed/masked each time for each color. So for the defender on the bottom half, it was dyed orange, then masked, then bleached, then dyed black, then sealed. For the top half with the invaders, after creating the stencils: - I dyed yellow, masked, bleached. - Dyed green masked, bleached. - Dyed pink, masked, bleached. - Dyed blue, masked, bleached - Dyed black. - Remove all masks. - Pray. - Carefully observe for ano flaws, proper color saturation, etc… then sealed. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anodizing-questions-answered-by-jasonwongzero-loaded-yoyos/301404)._