# burning anno **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [December 31, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/burning-anno/33314 "2011-12-31T23:54:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Canadian\_Caribou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@Canadian\_Caribou](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Canadian_Caribou)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/burning-anno/33314/1 "2011-12-31T23:54:17Z")
I hear that annodization burns. Does that mean you can burn it off? ---
**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 31, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/burning-anno/33314/2 "2011-12-31T23:55:15Z")
It smells burnt when the yoyo clashes with something. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/burning-anno/33314/3 "2012-01-01T01:14:47Z")
No it doesn’t burn. It’s a metal oxide on the surface. If you get the yoyo hot enough to burn the aluminum, yes it probably will, along w/the rest of the yoyo. And I’ve never seen an anodized piece of aluminum spark or smell burnt when hit w/something in all of my vast experience. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/burning-anno/33314/4 "2012-01-01T01:29:26Z")
> [@jhb8426](#): > > No it doesn’t burn. It’s a metal oxide on the surface. If you get the yoyo hot enough to burn the aluminum, yes it probably will, along w/the rest of the yoyo. And I’ve never seen an anodized piece of aluminum spark or smell burnt when hit w/something in all of my vast experience. Have you ever done 3a with metals? ---
**Author:** ![Canadian\_Caribou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@Canadian\_Caribou](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Canadian_Caribou)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/burning-anno/33314/5 "2012-01-01T01:30:04Z")
Thank you!! ---
**Author:** ![Cream9000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cream9000/32/601_2.png) [@Cream9000](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cream9000)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/burning-anno/33314/6 "2012-01-01T02:11:03Z")
The only way to get the Anodization off without hurting the yoyo is using Chemical stripping or Sanding it Of course their are other ways but these are the most used / recommended ways. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/burning-anno/33314/7 "2012-01-01T03:14:58Z")
> [@yoyospirit](#): > > Have you ever done 3a with metals? No. But in my experience aluminum does not spark. Steel, yes, aluminum no. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/burning-anno/33314/8 "2012-01-01T03:40:34Z")
> [@jhb8426](#): > > > [@yoyospirit](#): > > > > Have you ever done 3a with metals? > > No. But in my experience aluminum does not spark. Steel, yes, aluminum no. The anodize can spark if it clashes hard with metal or glass. ---
**Author:** ![guitaryo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/guitaryo/32/830_2.png) [@guitaryo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/guitaryo)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/burning-anno/33314/9 "2012-01-01T03:51:18Z")
I once hit my spinning entheos with my friends avalanche and it smelled burnt. And I wouldn’t go burning your yoyos. ---
**Author:** ![Rika-chan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rika-chan/32/767_2.png) [@Rika-chan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rika-chan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/burning-anno/33314/10 "2012-01-01T04:25:14Z")
> [@yoyospirit](#): > > > [@jhb8426](#): > > > > > [@yoyospirit](#): > > > > > > Have you ever done 3a with metals? > > > > No. But in my experience aluminum does not spark. Steel, yes, aluminum no. > > The anodize can spark if it clashes hard with metal or glass. Titanium. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/burning-anno/33314/11 "2012-01-01T05:19:55Z")
> [@CarlG](#): > > > [@yoyospirit](#): > > > > > [@jhb8426](#): > > > > > > > [@yoyospirit](#): > > > > > > > > Have you ever done 3a with metals? > > > > > > No. But in my experience aluminum does not spark. Steel, yes, aluminum no. > > > > The anodize can spark if it clashes hard with metal or glass. > > Titanium. Anodize does, aluminum doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Rika-chan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rika-chan/32/767_2.png) [@Rika-chan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rika-chan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/burning-anno/33314/12 "2012-01-01T08:59:39Z")
> [@yoyospirit](#): > > > [@CarlG](#): > > > > > [@yoyospirit](#): > > > > > > > [@jhb8426](#): > > > > > > > > > [@yoyospirit](#): > > > > > > > > > > Have you ever done 3a with metals? > > > > > > > > No. But in my experience aluminum does not spark. Steel, yes, aluminum no. > > > > > > The anodize can spark if it clashes hard with metal or glass. > > > > Titanium. > > Anodize does, aluminum doesn’t. I do alot of 3a and 5a, sometimes i just screw with cheap metals like the jk for the heck of it. Throwvem on the foor and purposely burm ano for the smell. Never have i seen a spark ---
**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:** [January 1, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/burning-anno/33314/13 "2012-01-01T17:10:04Z")
I’ve hit a tile hard enough to see a tiny spark. Although it was quite dark.