So this may have been discussed before but I bought a Birchwood Casey aluminum black pen. It basically causes a chemical reaction that causes raw aluminum to turn black. Sorry I didn’t take before pictures but this is on my Zeekio Slim Jim. This would work great on a black Yoyo.
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I was thinking of trying shoe polish.
Where did you buy this?
I don’t think shoe polish would stain the aluminum for very long. It would probably wear off quickly.
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Amazon. It was $6.
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This is cool, not heard of it before! I’m going to pick some up to black out the scuffs on my Theodore.
Thanks for sharing!
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No problem. I think as a precaution you should wear gloves to protect your skin. I think it’s some sort of acid in the pen that causes the chemical reaction. I didn’t wear gloves and was fine but it probably wouldn’t be good to accidentally get some on your finger and then touch your eyes or something.
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I’ve had fairly good results with felt pens of various colors. Got the best results using a black pen on a black yoyo.
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Wandering the sporting goods store today I seen this stuff. I wanted to share and see it’s been discussed before. So I’ll post here.
I was stoked when Recess did another heartagram drop, but I wished there was a little more contrast between the purple and the heartagram. So today I seen this stuff and thought there’s the answer! So a little trial and error later here’s my results. I may give it one more coat to see if I can get it any darker. This is 3-4 applications. I was worried about the anodizing when I started, but it doesn’t seem to have had any negative effects on it.
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Dang that’s SICK. You’re giving me… ideas…
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Put some gloves on, I’ve got the finger tingles happening lol
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Did you just hand trace it? If so, you did a really good job. Looks great!
It’s a liquid product, I used a q tip to apply it to the general area of the etching. The rest was the product in action, it only darkens the raw aluminum. Anything anodized was unaffected. I wish my hands were that steady lol
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Gotcha, makes sense!
It did darken a bit more with another heavier coat. Don’t think it’s going to get much more black then that.
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Do an entire raw YoYo next lol
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