yes… YES!!!
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Half comparison. 20 minutes in the dryer and about 30 minutes of on/off manual shaking (with ample inappropriate jokes about the arm motion).
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So far so good! You need about another hour of tumbling (per side!) so I’d fix that dryer if I were you 
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IDK man I kinda like how it looks now. The wife disagrees, lol.
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I may not know about art, but I know what I like!
Ricochet I got from @chaosgow is up next.
It’s like a janky shake-weight. So main gains…
Ok I didn’t do a ‘before’ pic because I’m impatient. Here’s the ‘after’! Anyone know how to get a halfspec in this bad boy?
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I brought my stonewashed one for @docpop to try and he confirmed, this does add a little vibe. He tests differently than I do so this is independent confirmation. It is nothing that would affect play in any way (not sure if the average player would notice unless I called it out) but it is there.
If your titanium is already truly perfectly glass smooth I would not go this route.
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Those look fantastic!
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Had anyone tried this with 6061?
I have a project yoyo on the way; thinking of trying to stonewash it using this method.
Obv, aluminum is much softer than titanium, so I’m planning on using a container with less empty space and checking it more often.
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Maybe smaller media? Idk seems like if it does this to Ti, it’s gonna really fudge the shoot out of any aluminum.
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Whoa whoa whoa, watch the dang diddly language there Nedward Flanders.
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Unrelated: Anyone ever tried this with their strings to break them in?
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im going to try this
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Why would you ever do this to a pristine new string? 
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First attempt - I’m pretty happy with the result. I messed up masking the bearing seat when I was stripping the ano, so I ended up doing a little sanding/polishing too.
I’ll prob polish again and re-stonewash at some point, when I’m feeling crafty.
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can WD-40 strip the Ano from a yoyo? i wanna get an N6 to experiment on and i’m curious if i could use WD-40
No. You’d need something caustic like oven cleaner.
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Ah ok thanks Mark!!
wait… sand or rocks? which one is better?