# I painted my clear Freehand One tonight
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-painted-my-clear-freehand-one-tonight/373509
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [April 12, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-painted-my-clear-freehand-one-tonight/373509 "2023-04-12T03:09:05Z")
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### Author:  [@Hojo-YoYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hojo-YoYo)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-painted-my-clear-freehand-one-tonight/373509/1 "2023-04-12T03:09:05Z")
I decided I wanted to paint one of my clear Freehand One. I found @dylan_kowalski video on YouTube and got some ideas.
Like Dylan, I had some bright colors of nail polish left over from another hobbies project.
I first had to break down the FH1 and remove the caps.
Once apart and on the bench I grabbed a fine brush and one of the colors, after trying some fine line I switch to another color. I found that the nail polish did like light coats and had to go over it twice which made the lines fat.
After think about other ways to apply the polish, I came up with using a cordless drill. I took one half and put in the bare axle, I then put the axle in the drill with the cup facing up. I grabbed a tooth pick and dipped it in the nail polish bottle so it came out with a lot of polish on it, held it over the cup and while it was spinning at full speed I let the paint drip in. I switched the axle to the other half and repeated the process.
The caps were another issue, how was I going to spin those. Well I took a new one inch diameter felt pad with the shaft from a dremal, placed it in the drill and used double stick tape to attach the cap to it. I then used the tooth pick method again.
Remember to wear and old shirt incase it splatters.
While it didn’t come out quite like I imagined, I still think it came out alright. I’m going to order another one and try it again.
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### Author:  [@hsb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hsb)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-painted-my-clear-freehand-one-tonight/373509/2 "2023-04-12T03:29:47Z")
Looks really cool.
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### Author:  [@Pox](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pox)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-painted-my-clear-freehand-one-tonight/373509/3 "2023-04-12T12:30:04Z")
Yes, really sick, love the colors
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### Author:  [@Hojo-YoYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hojo-YoYo)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-painted-my-clear-freehand-one-tonight/373509/4 "2023-04-12T17:11:03Z")
Thanks, the more I look at it I really like it. Going to put a string on it and see what it looks like spinning.
Howard
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### Author:  [@13rainstorm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/13rainstorm)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-painted-my-clear-freehand-one-tonight/373509/5 "2024-11-14T20:06:28Z")
Inspired by @Hojo-YoYo and @dylan_kowalski, I decided to buy a clear Freehand One to paint. I used the bike pump method to pop off the caps and then hand-painted with Vallejo Game Color acrylics.
This was a really fun project for an afternoon, I had a general idea of what I wanted to do but didn’t plan too much and just went for it.
When spinning the color reminds me of sea glass, and the tentacles give me octopus/kraken vibes, so I’ve been calling this one the Glass Kraken 🤘
Here’s a gutshot
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### Author:  [@Snoopy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Snoopy)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-painted-my-clear-freehand-one-tonight/373509/6 "2024-11-14T20:17:47Z")
Makes me want to paint my Clear FH1! 😵💫
…If my sisters didn’t strip it. 🫡 🤣
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### Author:  [@Splizacular](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Splizacular)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-painted-my-clear-freehand-one-tonight/373509/7 "2024-11-14T20:32:49Z")
dude after my earlier post, i feel the need to buy a clear one 🤣
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### Author:  [@Snoopy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Snoopy)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-painted-my-clear-freehand-one-tonight/373509/8 "2024-11-14T20:35:44Z")
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### Author:  [@Abyss](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Abyss)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-painted-my-clear-freehand-one-tonight/373509/9 "2024-11-15T12:16:42Z")
next step : light mods 💡