# Coloring plastic yoyos. 

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coloring-plastic-yoyos/30370>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [October 2, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coloring-plastic-yoyos/30370 "2011-10-02T18:40:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![yoyoavenger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoavenger/32/884_2.png) [@yoyoavenger](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoavenger)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coloring-plastic-yoyos/30370/21 "2011-10-09T00:09:24Z")

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Im thinking of spray painting a protostar black w/ spray paint and then doing red splash with model paint. Would this work? or am I an idiot?

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**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coloring-plastic-yoyos/30370/22 "2011-10-09T00:10:47Z")

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Don’t do that. You’ll regret it.

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**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:** [October 9, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coloring-plastic-yoyos/30370/23 "2011-10-09T00:56:16Z")

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> [@yoyoavenger](#):
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> Im thinking of spray painting a protostar black w/ spray paint and then doing red splash with model paint. Would this work? or am I an idiot?

That will work. The paint will chip if you ding it.

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**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coloring-plastic-yoyos/30370/24 "2011-10-09T01:18:58Z")

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Spray paint is kind of sticky though. Don’t you think? I don’t think it will stay on unless you use a spray on dye, even then…

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**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:** [October 9, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coloring-plastic-yoyos/30370/25 "2011-10-09T01:52:30Z")

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Spray paint will work just fine as long as you do a decent surface prep.  
It’s been done very well by a number of people, ibanezcollector for example.

> **[Official Brett Paints: GIGANTIC UPDATES PAGE 3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,25928.0.html)**
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> I decided to make this my official thread and will just update here when new work is done. Ok even an old fart like me has moments of brilliance, and out of that moment this was born. I was using this Hspin Beysick as a test dummy for the idea I...

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**Author:** ![yoyoavenger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoavenger/32/884_2.png) [@yoyoavenger](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoavenger)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coloring-plastic-yoyos/30370/26 "2011-10-09T12:32:47Z")

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surface prep? ???

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**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coloring-plastic-yoyos/30370/27 "2011-10-09T13:15:02Z")

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Probobly cleaning it. I would still recomend going with dye though.

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**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coloring-plastic-yoyos/30370/28 "2011-10-12T19:30:19Z")

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Question before this thread is a necro. Does liquid rit dye work?

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**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:** [October 12, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coloring-plastic-yoyos/30370/29 "2011-10-12T21:06:00Z")

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Yes, but powdered works better.

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**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/coloring-plastic-yoyos/30370/30 "2011-10-12T21:26:43Z")

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In what ways?

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