# How to make a Splash Pattern **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [November 8, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-splash-pattern/8144 "2009-11-08T00:47:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![aznenemyxp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/aznenemyxp/32/330_2.png) [@aznenemyxp](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/aznenemyxp)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-splash-pattern/8144/21 "2009-11-09T04:36:28Z")
nice job ;D ---
**Author:** ![Batryn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/batryn/32/78_2.png) [@Batryn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Batryn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-splash-pattern/8144/22 "2009-11-09T23:32:15Z")
How? That looks great! BTW, has anyone heard of soft masking it? [http://www.skilltoys.com/yoyocraft/paint/softmask.htm](http://www.skilltoys.com/yoyocraft/paint/softmask.htm) I don’t get how it works :-\ I was thinking of soft masking the outside and streaking the inside, just for variation, since I can’t do anything solid on the outside because it’ll streak towards the inside. Do you guys have any suggestions of what kind of pattern to dye the outside? ---
**Author:** ![Skip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skip/32/353_2.png) [@Skip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Skip)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-splash-pattern/8144/23 "2009-11-10T10:06:12Z")
To be honest im not competely sure how I did that dye. Layer of glue, dye in the colour, and either remove or partially remove some of the glue, remask, dye in another colour. I guess thats how I got some really strong parts then some really “ghostie” looking parts. I wish I still had the baby, but the guy who now has it refused to part with it. I’d rather that, than it be part of the lucky dip at a bakesale. ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-splash-pattern/8144/24 "2009-11-10T13:24:30Z")
That is one nice pad recess!!! Dye is funkadelic too! ---
**Author:** ![Batryn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/batryn/32/78_2.png) [@Batryn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Batryn)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-splash-pattern/8144/25 "2009-11-11T00:47:10Z")
I was thinking about doing the soft mask on the outside… but how do you do it? Do you just drip soap everywhere? ---
**Author:** ![Skip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skip/32/353_2.png) [@Skip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Skip)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-splash-pattern/8144/26 "2009-11-11T01:46:33Z")
Im not sure about the tecnique you are reffering too, but if the result is softer lines and such, I did this by not letting the glue dry entirely. The best part about these random dyejobs is that the messier and more messed up the better. Get a bunch of cheap butterflies or imperials and just go banana’s! Or, just go through your case til you’ve modded almost everything in one way or another… I just can’t not tinker with my belongings, I mod my clothes, furniture, bags, EVERYTHING! ---
**Author:** ![aznenemyxp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/aznenemyxp/32/330_2.png) [@aznenemyxp](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/aznenemyxp)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-splash-pattern/8144/27 "2009-11-11T02:00:30Z")
yeah ---
**Author:** ![Batryn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/batryn/32/78_2.png) [@Batryn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Batryn)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-splash-pattern/8144/28 "2009-11-11T02:11:35Z")
[http://www.skilltoys.com/yoyocraft/paint/softmask.htm](http://www.skilltoys.com/yoyocraft/paint/softmask.htm) Soft Mask. How? ---
**Author:** ![aznenemyxp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/aznenemyxp/32/330_2.png) [@aznenemyxp](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/aznenemyxp)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-splash-pattern/8144/29 "2009-11-11T03:07:50Z")
well its kinda straight forward i dont quit know what you do get if you tell me that would help alot ---
**Author:** ![Batryn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/batryn/32/78_2.png) [@Batryn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Batryn)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-splash-pattern/8144/30 "2009-11-11T03:12:21Z")
I just put on a layer of soap? Or in a pattern. ---
**Author:** ![aznenemyxp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/aznenemyxp/32/330_2.png) [@aznenemyxp](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/aznenemyxp)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-splash-pattern/8144/31 "2009-11-11T03:55:28Z")
for the soft mask the hard mask your going to want to use elmer glue or hot glue ---
**Author:** ![Batryn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/batryn/32/78_2.png) [@Batryn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Batryn)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 5:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-splash-pattern/8144/32 "2009-11-11T05:46:43Z")
Right, but do I just coat everything with soap? Or do I do it selectively? ---
**Author:** ![aznenemyxp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/aznenemyxp/32/330_2.png) [@aznenemyxp](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/aznenemyxp)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-splash-pattern/8144/33 "2009-11-11T06:00:23Z")
Only where dye shouldn’t be ---
**Author:** ![JM1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jm1/32/135_2.png) [@JM1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JM1)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-splash-pattern/8144/34 "2009-11-11T10:53:37Z")
> [@Batryn](#): > > Right, but do I just coat everything with soap? Or do I do it selectively? Think of it this way: In a simple ‘splash’, you have two different colors. Lets call them Color A and Color B; as defined below. Color A (the purple) is the original color of the yo-yo. This is the color that we will be masking off, so it will also be the color of the ‘splash’. Color B (the blue) is the color of the dye we will use. This dye will change the original color of the yo-yo on any part of it that is not covered by the mask. [http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4541/colorab.jpg](http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4541/colorab.jpg) The concept is when you mask the yo-yo, the dye cannot get to the surface that is masked off. This means that anything that is masked will stay the original color, while the rest of the yo-yo will take the dye and change to its new color. It can be a little confusing because it sounds like you should by using the dye to ‘splash’ the yo-yo, when in fact its the original color that shows the ‘splash’ effect. In order to dye a plastic yo-yo, the dye must be darker than the original color. In the example I use above this is not the case, but anodizing has special rules and procedures that don’t need to be discussed here. [i]Recap: 1. The mask is going to be what your splash effect looks like 2. Dye must be darker than the color of the yo-yo itself. [/i] ---
**Author:** ![masaki84](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/masaki84/32/178_2.png) [@masaki84](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/masaki84)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-splash-pattern/8144/35 "2009-11-11T14:30:55Z")
the softmask link you gave is really straight forward, wherever the soap is the dye isnt going to set, if you want a pattern the put the soap on in a pattern. if you want it random then put it on randomly. ---
**Author:** ![Batryn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/batryn/32/78_2.png) [@Batryn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Batryn)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-splash-pattern/8144/36 "2009-11-11T20:12:39Z")
I see… I thought the soap would kinda disappear and… never mind. But I’ll do it today if I can get the dye today, cuz it’s veteran’s day so I have the day off. If not, maybe this weekend… but I’m going camping… maybe next weekend’? ---
**Author:** ![aznenemyxp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/aznenemyxp/32/330_2.png) [@aznenemyxp](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/aznenemyxp)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-splash-pattern/8144/37 "2009-11-11T21:04:51Z")
it does that how you get that kind of effect [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-splash-pattern/8144.md?page=1)