How to tarnish a throw? Splash tarnish?

General Yo-Yo
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Ive hear mustard or diet coke? Has anyone actually tarnished a throw (not just by waiting over time) and can give me tips?

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Those methods work for nickle plated yoyos. Not sure if you meant the post for that. And I know the diet coke must be flat but I don’t know the process.

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Yeah, nickel plated yoyo

Its a Markmont.Next

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I dont know the process myself, but I owned a nickle plated yoyo that was tarnished in flat diet coke. The tarnish gets more of a brown color to it compared to a normal tarnish from time.

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Flat Diet Coke.

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Proccess?

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Rub it on there real good. Soaking it couldn’t here it though.

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I’m also interested in learning how to tarnish nickel plating. I have an obsidian 54 where the rims are much lighter then the rest of the yoyo. I want the whole throw to look the same. I was thinking mustard, diet coke, or vinegar.

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Flat diet coke.
Remove the axle, bearing, and response pads (pads will eventually just come out, so it’s not a big deal if you don’t remove them)
Put the yoyo halves into separate cups/bowls of flat diet coke. Let it soak there for a long time (over night? Maybe up to 12 hours, the longer, the darker the tarnish)

I, personally, prefer a natural tarnish.

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Does mustard work, I’m very interested if a splash tarnish possible for my Markmont.Next

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if you left it in too long, would it cause the yoyo to be pitted? Also, if you left it long enough, would it turn black?

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I would suggest just doing a google search for “how to tarnish nickel”. The first link is actually to a thread on yye.

http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php?topic=44766.msg428308;topicseen

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Supposedly you shouldn’t mustardize a MMN. The platings too thin or something.

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