# Help - Remove White Stuff? **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [June 2, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-remove-white-stuff/321647 "2020-06-02T23:38:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![velocitydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/velocitydog/32/89768_2.png) [@velocitydog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/velocitydog)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-remove-white-stuff/321647/1 "2020-06-02T23:38:04Z")
Got a yoyo from the b-grade sale. Looks like this… What’s the white stuff, and how do I get rid of it? It’s rough, like fine-grit sand paper. Acetone did not help. Is it some kind of etching residue? ![IMG_1117](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/8/f/8/8f8f50f9c2d3bdda6c6bcc76e7c2f441c79a8569.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Durfee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/durfee/32/593280_2.png) [@Durfee](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Durfee)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-remove-white-stuff/321647/2 "2020-06-02T23:38:48Z")
Umm pretty sure that’s an engraving lol ---
**Author:** ![velocitydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/velocitydog/32/89768_2.png) [@velocitydog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/velocitydog)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-remove-white-stuff/321647/3 "2020-06-02T23:43:21Z")
That… that would be unfortunate. Also - not entirely sure. Just took a pin and scratched it, to test your theory - and the white stuff came off where I scratched. I can see un-anodized aluminum underneath, now, nice and shiny silver. Wonder if there’s a way to get rid of this without scratching it all off… ---
**Author:** ![MarkD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/markd/32/40845_2.png) [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-remove-white-stuff/321647/4 "2020-06-02T23:46:56Z")
Looks like an engraving tester! Sweet You won’t be able to remove it, the engraving is already lasered into the anodization layer, which isn’t that thick. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisFrancz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrisfrancz/32/48992_2.png) [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-remove-white-stuff/321647/5 "2020-06-02T23:47:17Z")
It was maybe put there for a custom engraving someone wanted but never paid for? Look what came on my b-grade Czech Point. I hate it but…what am I supposed to do? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/c/8/2c800f1d312e26ce23c0d1e2b96860a6342d5160.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![velocitydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/velocitydog/32/89768_2.png) [@velocitydog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/velocitydog)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-remove-white-stuff/321647/7 "2020-06-02T23:49:24Z")
Fair enough. That stinks. I didn’t even know YYF did custom engraved stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Imdavid122](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/imdavid122/32/87913_2.png) [@Imdavid122](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Imdavid122)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-remove-white-stuff/321647/8 "2020-06-02T23:49:59Z")
That is an engraving. I tried it at lvo, the engraving did feel weird. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisFrancz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrisfrancz/32/48992_2.png) [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-remove-white-stuff/321647/9 "2020-06-02T23:50:04Z")
From the menu - find “custom”… ---
**Author:** ![velocitydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/velocitydog/32/89768_2.png) [@velocitydog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/velocitydog)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-remove-white-stuff/321647/10 "2020-06-02T23:50:10Z")
Ah. Can I un-anno the bit that bothers me? ---
**Author:** ![velocitydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/velocitydog/32/89768_2.png) [@velocitydog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/velocitydog)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-remove-white-stuff/321647/11 "2020-06-02T23:50:42Z")
Thought that was only for California’s. Didn’t realize they’d added other models. Huh. ---
**Author:** ![MarkD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/markd/32/40845_2.png) [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-remove-white-stuff/321647/12 "2020-06-02T23:54:04Z")
The regular shutter engraving isn’t that useful for fingerspins either, tbh. You can still do it though. > [@velocitydog](#): > > Ah. Can I un-anno the bit that bothers me? I suppose you could sandpaper it all off? or smooth it out with finer grit ---
**Author:** ![Kyle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kyle/32/85091_2.png) [@Kyle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kyle)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-remove-white-stuff/321647/13 "2020-06-02T23:56:06Z")
its the b-grade engraving ---
**Author:** ![Kyle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kyle/32/85091_2.png) [@Kyle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kyle)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-remove-white-stuff/321647/14 "2020-06-02T23:57:47Z")
2 options to remove it: strip the ano, or polish it ---
**Author:** ![yoyospirit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyospirit/32/219875_2.png) [@yoyospirit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyospirit)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-remove-white-stuff/321647/15 "2020-06-03T00:11:58Z")
You can actually polish it with very fine steel wool, 0000 grade. Won’t damage the anodizing. ---
**Author:** ![velocitydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/velocitydog/32/89768_2.png) [@velocitydog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/velocitydog)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-remove-white-stuff/321647/16 "2020-06-03T00:29:58Z")
WOOO! Yes, I will do that. Thanks! 😃 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JWaugh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jwaugh/32/42366_2.png) [@JWaugh](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JWaugh)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 4:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-remove-white-stuff/321647/18 "2020-06-03T04:48:00Z")
> [@Stripping a Show Girl (Stripping and Polishing a Yoyo)](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stripping-a-show-girl-stripping-and-polishing-a-yoyo/297680/5): > > I was afraid to click this post when I saw the title… Me being scared to click a post after reading the title volume 2: ---
**Author:** ![velocitydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/velocitydog/32/89768_2.png) [@velocitydog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/velocitydog)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-remove-white-stuff/321647/19 "2020-06-03T11:57:18Z")
BAHAHA I didn’t even think of that. I’ll just be over here, dying of laughter at my own unintentionally poor choice of words. Oh, man…