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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Here is my Freehand Al. It covered the pinpricks pretty well. I may run the pen over it again.
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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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