# How do you paint yoyos?

**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-paint-yoyos/4022
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
**Created:** [July 8, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-paint-yoyos/4022 "2009-07-08T02:03:36Z")
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### Author: ![davideyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/davideyo/32/158_2.png) [@davideyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/davideyo)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-paint-yoyos/4022/1 "2009-07-08T02:03:36Z")

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So yeah how do you paint them? I see lots of poeple with pianted fhz’s that they painted and i wan’t to know how.

Thanks  
davideyo

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### Author: ![mattsk8nike](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mattsk8nike/32/213_2.png) [@mattsk8nike](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mattsk8nike)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2009, 2:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-paint-yoyos/4022/2 "2009-07-08T02:08:10Z")

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Here is how you dye them.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/1/c/f1c6530063d008df6e7098ea6330b552977e338c.jpeg "How to dye Polycarbonate Plastic") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nanowe1tG9g)

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### Author: ![EvanB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@EvanB](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EvanB)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-paint-yoyos/4022/3 "2009-07-08T02:10:18Z")

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[http://www.yoyonation.com/talk/index.php?topic=53472.0](http://www.yoyonation.com/talk/index.php?topic=53472.0)

[http://www.yoyonation.com/talk/index.php/topic,39555.0.html](http://www.yoyonation.com/talk/index.php/topic,39555.0.html)

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### Author: ![davideyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/davideyo/32/158_2.png) [@davideyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/davideyo)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-paint-yoyos/4022/4 "2009-07-08T02:12:49Z")

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> [@Evan](#):
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> [http://www.yoyonation.com/talk/index.php?topic=53472.0](http://www.yoyonation.com/talk/index.php?topic=53472.0)
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> [http://www.yoyonation.com/talk/index.php/topic,39555.0.html](http://www.yoyonation.com/talk/index.php/topic,39555.0.html)

I found those just after I made this post, :-[ thanks any way. :wink:

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### Author: ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2009, 3:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-paint-yoyos/4022/5 "2009-07-08T03:59:12Z")

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Clear yoyos are better to paint. Because you want to paint the inside, not the outside. I think pretty much any paint, besides watercolor, would work because its not really exposed because of caps.

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### Author: ![yoyofr3ak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@yoyofr3ak](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyofr3ak)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-paint-yoyos/4022/6 "2009-07-31T20:00:57Z")

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