# Back to Raw: Opinions? **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [December 11, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/back-to-raw-opinions/46422 "2012-12-11T00:10:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yoyoman0029](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/49beb7/32.png) [@yoyoman0029](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoman0029)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/back-to-raw-opinions/46422/1 "2012-12-11T00:10:50Z")
So it turns out that a friend of a friend who I am know well aquatinted acquainted with owns a sandblasting company. After talking with him and doing a little explaining (he’s not a thrower) he would be happy to decoat one of my throws to raw! Here is the finished product, I’m going to polish it up and post a pic later! Tell me what you think, I would love feedback and might do jobs for people on request! 🙂 : ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/9/f/59f20e4c952068c8291471ea8f52e8cfcf5f1add.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![YoCyanightYo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/77aa72/32.png) [@YoCyanightYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoCyanightYo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/back-to-raw-opinions/46422/2 "2012-12-11T00:18:41Z")
That looks amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Jake\_Elliott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@Jake\_Elliott](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jake_Elliott)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/back-to-raw-opinions/46422/3 "2012-12-11T00:28:39Z")
Looks awesome already, with a little polish it will look great. I wouldn’t recommend trying to mirror polish it though, that rough look is awesome. Hows it grind? ---
**Author:** ![YoCyanightYo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/77aa72/32.png) [@YoCyanightYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoCyanightYo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/back-to-raw-opinions/46422/4 "2012-12-11T00:29:49Z")
I can’t even explain how beautiful that looks… ---
**Author:** ![jasonwongzero](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jasonwongzero/32/725_2.png) [@jasonwongzero](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jasonwongzero)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/back-to-raw-opinions/46422/5 "2012-12-11T01:17:38Z")
Looks lovely, but it’ll likely end up eating strings. Be sure to sand down the very inside of the catch zone. It’s probably a bit too rough for grinding as well. Still, I’m a fan of the look. ---
**Author:** ![yoyospirit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyospirit/32/219875_2.png) [@yoyospirit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyospirit)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/back-to-raw-opinions/46422/6 "2012-12-11T01:30:48Z")
Looks good and all, but I would have masked the bearing seat and area around it, and take this from experience, it’s not fun polishing such a rough blast lol. ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/back-to-raw-opinions/46422/7 "2012-12-11T03:45:47Z")
> [@jasonwongzero](#): > > Looks lovely, but it’ll likely end up eating strings. Be sure to sand down the very inside of the catch zone. > > It’s probably a bit too rough for grinding as well. > > Still, I’m a fan of the look. I agree. I totally like the look. But I’d like to see the catch zone sanded down for more of a satin finish and the bearing area done as smooth as possible to prevent string eating. ---
**Author:** ![Hippo\_Samurai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hippo_samurai/32/1058_2.png) [@Hippo\_Samurai](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hippo_Samurai)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/back-to-raw-opinions/46422/8 "2012-12-11T03:50:18Z")
It was a good idea to start on a Maverick, or Dash-- I cant tell the difference from looking. ---
**Author:** ![Bcmaddog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bcmaddog/32/1170_2.png) [@Bcmaddog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bcmaddog)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/back-to-raw-opinions/46422/9 "2012-12-11T20:01:28Z")
Nice! ---
**Author:** ![merger3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@merger3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/merger3)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/back-to-raw-opinions/46422/10 "2012-12-12T13:46:47Z")
I like it a lot, but I would polish it just a little bit. ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/back-to-raw-opinions/46422/11 "2012-12-12T18:49:12Z")
It looks like a big rock. I bet it grinds like a BOSS ---
**Author:** ![Jansen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@Jansen](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jansen)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/back-to-raw-opinions/46422/12 "2012-12-12T18:54:37Z")
> [@Pajama Man 8398](#): > > It looks like a big rock. I bet it grinds like a BOSS or rips the skin off your finger 🙂