# Close-Up Photos of Various YoYo Finishes
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/close-up-photos-of-various-yoyo-finishes/67375
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [June 28, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/close-up-photos-of-various-yoyo-finishes/67375 "2014-06-28T14:12:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Gambit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Gambit)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/close-up-photos-of-various-yoyo-finishes/67375/1 "2014-06-28T14:12:06Z")
Why hello there!
This all started after Landon’s suggestion on the 3yo3 manufacturer thread:
> [@3YO3's Official Manufacturer Thread!- Check out the new Bass Line 2!!!!](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/3yo3s-official-manufacturer-thread-check-out-the-new-bass-line-2/28957/290):
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> Right?? To my knowledge, no one’s using charcoal yet for a blasting media.
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> You know what’d be cool, a list of all the different media finishes BUT with a really zoomed in, maybe 10 or 20x shot of the surface!!
I also thought it’d be cool, so I hastily went online and ordered the cheapest iPhone “microscope” money could buy.
Needless to say, at $10 or so, it’s not at any immediate risk of discovering new boson particles… but it still gave me a bit of an insight into yoyo surfaces.
Now I don’t know the first thing about grind physics, or about blasts in general. So I’ll keep the information minimal and yet the photos speak for themselves. If anyone notices any errors in anything I say or has any suggestions, please feel free to let me know.
Disclaimer: It seems you can spell Anodise/Anodize with a S or a Z, i’ll be sticking with the S for simplicity.
1. My Finger
First up we have my fingerprint, purely for reference. This should give you an idea of the kind of zoom we are working with.
2. Raw Surface (Raw Yoyorecreation Gleipnir)
Simple enough, this is a raw and un-anodised surface. You can clearly see the ridged machining rings where it’s been turned on the lathe.
3. Non-blasted Anodised Surface (Yoyofactory Superstar 2013)
Here is the surface of my Superstar, which is ano-ed in blue but with no blast. You can still see the tooling marks as you could in the raw, but with the layer of anodisation over the top they are definitely less prominent.
4. Machined Plastic (Onedrop Rally)
Starting off with the machined surface of the Rally. You can clearly see the tooling marks where Onedrop have used their lathe to “fine tune” the catch zone of the yoyo.
5. Light Blast (Yoyofactory Supernova Lite w/Acid Wash)
I chose to do this as it has one of the subtlest blasts that I am aware of. It’s by no means the grind king, and I wanted to see what a less-grindable blast looked like. You can just about make out some of the machining grain through the ano.
6. Spyy’s Beadblast (Spyy Addiction V2)
This is one of the best blasts I’ve come across on a yoyo. Very smooth, very grind able.
7. Gruntbull’s Beadblast (CLYW Bear .vs. Man Round 2)
CLYW’s famous blast. Decent grinds, very smooth feeling.
8. General Yo Beadblast (General Yo Majesty)
General Yo’s finishes are renowned for their smoothness and grind ability. I couldn’t really have a list without this finish in there somewhere.
9. Yoyofactory Unknown Blast (Yoyofactory CZM84VK Proto)
The prototype CZM8 has a very stange blast indeed on it. It feels somewhat sticky, almost like it shouldn’t be a very good grinding surface and yet the reality is just the opposite. This, in my humble opinion, is the best grinding surface I have ever tried. However, that’s just my subjective opinion.
The craters on this surface seem to be noticeable more spaced apart than the blasts on the Majesty and BVM2 above.
10. Onedrop’s Pyramatte (Onedrop Chik)
From what I’ve been told, the surface is tumbled in a ceramic medium rather than blasting, which gives a less aggressive grinding surface. You can still make out the machining grain as you could in the Supernova Lite, and similarly the surface doesn’t grind quite as well as the blasts do.
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This is all I have snapped so far. I have a 3yo3 Bassline 2 on route to me which has a Charcoal blast, so I’ll post that up when I get it. I’m also looking into getting my hands on one of the Candy-blasted ILYYs.
So there you have it! I’m not really sure what conclusions, if any, can be drawn from these photos… but I hope you found them all as interesting as I did. ;D
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### Author:  [@CaliBuddha](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CaliBuddha)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/close-up-photos-of-various-yoyo-finishes/67375/2 "2014-06-28T14:15:43Z")
Whoa! That’s really cool. I wish I knew what my AngelDust finish looks like up-close. Sadly, I do not have any…
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### Author:  [@WaterFiredude](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/WaterFiredude)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/close-up-photos-of-various-yoyo-finishes/67375/3 "2014-06-28T14:21:39Z")
So Cool! :o
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### Author:  [@Chimera](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chimera)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/close-up-photos-of-various-yoyo-finishes/67375/4 "2014-06-28T14:53:37Z")
Very cool thanks for doing that. Definitely curious to see what the Bass Line 2 blast looks like, as it feels very different to all of those other finishes. The Pyramatte doesn’t look like I thought it would either.
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### Author:  [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/close-up-photos-of-various-yoyo-finishes/67375/5 "2014-06-28T16:40:52Z")
Really cool Gambit.
I don’t think the Rally is blasted though. I think it’s molded then the outer part (non cup area) is machined for the finish.
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### Author:  [@Gambit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Gambit)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/close-up-photos-of-various-yoyo-finishes/67375/6 "2014-06-28T16:51:59Z")
> [@vegabomb](#):
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> Really cool Gambit.
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> I don’t think the Rally is blasted though. I think it’s molded then the outer part (non cup area) is machined for the finish.
Did a bit of research and it seems you are entirely correct, thanks for the clarification. I have amended accordingly. 🙂
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### Author:  [@jasonwongzero](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jasonwongzero)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/close-up-photos-of-various-yoyo-finishes/67375/7 "2014-06-28T17:59:09Z")
Very cool project thanks for sharing.
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### Author:  [@Totalartist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Totalartist)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/close-up-photos-of-various-yoyo-finishes/67375/8 "2014-06-28T18:07:30Z")
Those will make a nice screensaver/wallpaper.
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### Author:  [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/close-up-photos-of-various-yoyo-finishes/67375/9 "2014-06-28T22:05:44Z")
> [@TotalArtist](#):
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> Those will make a nice screensaver/wallpaper.
Not high enough quality. Phone cameras just aren’t good enough to take pictures worth blowing up past 7 or 8 inches. The quality just isn’t there.
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### Author:  [@Nikolai](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nikolai)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/close-up-photos-of-various-yoyo-finishes/67375/10 "2014-06-28T22:23:58Z")
> [@WildCat23](#):
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> Not high enough quality. Phone cameras just aren’t good enough to take pictures worth blowing up past 7 or 8 inches. The quality just isn’t there.
Good lock screen wallpaper
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### Author:  [@stickman](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stickman)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/close-up-photos-of-various-yoyo-finishes/67375/11 "2014-06-29T01:03:33Z")
Dig It…
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### Author:  [@saintrobyn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/saintrobyn)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2014, 3:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/close-up-photos-of-various-yoyo-finishes/67375/12 "2014-06-29T03:36:17Z")
This is so cool. I would love to see One Drop’s Soda Blast finish and the General Yo finish on the 5 Star v2.
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### Author:  [@Sheep](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Sheep)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/close-up-photos-of-various-yoyo-finishes/67375/13 "2014-06-29T03:58:06Z")
This may need a sticky
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### Author:  [@yoyoboy224](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoboy224)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/close-up-photos-of-various-yoyo-finishes/67375/14 "2014-06-29T04:10:12Z")
> [@TotalArtist](#):
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> Those will make a nice screensaver/wallpaper.
Well idk about the finger one lol
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### Author:  [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2014, 4:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/close-up-photos-of-various-yoyo-finishes/67375/15 "2014-06-29T04:25:36Z")
> [@Nikolai](#):
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> Good lock screen wallpaper
Maybe on an iPhone since they’re so small and low res, but even with my Galaxy S5 (Current best camera in a phone, and large 1080p screen), I still have a lot of trouble with pictures I take in darker conditions coming out great. This picture was taken at a concert with it, and you can see clearly that what is light is what comes out well. Back to the point however, the pictures that phones take just isn’t crisp enough to use as wallpaper. You can see it on pretty much every picture that has been taken by a phone; over processing and just a lack of general sharpness.
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### Author:  [@3yo3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/3yo3)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2014, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/close-up-photos-of-various-yoyo-finishes/67375/16 "2014-06-29T11:07:55Z")
Dude!! That is awesome!!! Glad to see ya carried through on it. Can’t wait to see the Bass Line 2.
I really want to see a Ti5, and any of my polished acrylics up close. The Ti5 has a much finer finish than really any aluminum I’ve seen, but it could just be how Ti works. & it’d be neat to see polished clear acrylic up close!!
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### Author:  [@Gambit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Gambit)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2014, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/close-up-photos-of-various-yoyo-finishes/67375/17 "2014-06-30T09:04:17Z")
> [@3yo3](#):
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> I really want to see a Ti5, and any of my polished acrylics up close. The Ti5 has a much finer finish than really any aluminum I’ve seen, but it could just be how Ti works. & it’d be neat to see polished clear acrylic up close!!
I have a Yoyofactory Ricochet, so I’ll post that up along with the bassline when it arrives. I tried getting a photo of delrin but the light reflected off it too well, so you couldn’t really see anything. 😛
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### Author:  [@Yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/close-up-photos-of-various-yoyo-finishes/67375/18 "2014-06-30T17:16:44Z")
> [@WildCat23](#):
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> Not high enough quality. Phone cameras just aren’t good enough to take pictures worth blowing up past 7 or 8 inches. The quality just isn’t there.
Nokia 1020 would like a word.
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### Author:  [@Philip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Philip)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/close-up-photos-of-various-yoyo-finishes/67375/19 "2014-06-30T18:42:24Z")
> [@Gambit](#):
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> I tried getting a photo of delrin but the light reflected off it too well, so you couldn’t really see anything. 😛
Isn’t the rally delrin?
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### Author:  [@Nikolai](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nikolai)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/close-up-photos-of-various-yoyo-finishes/67375/20 "2014-06-30T18:49:34Z")
Take pictures before and after monkeyfinger buff please!
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