# Is there a way to make matte Yoyo nice and shiny?

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**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [September 28, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-matte-yoyo-nice-and-shiny/308765 "2019-09-28T18:52:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ryanm7277](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/82dd89/32.png) [@Ryanm7277](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ryanm7277)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-matte-yoyo-nice-and-shiny/308765/1 "2019-09-28T18:52:11Z")

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Probably not but was curious

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**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:** [September 28, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-matte-yoyo-nice-and-shiny/308765/2 "2019-09-28T19:53:35Z")

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you’d have to strip the yoyo first.

See:

> [@Stripping a Show Girl (Stripping and Polishing a Yoyo)](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stripping-a-show-girl-stripping-and-polishing-a-yoyo/297680):
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> Huge thanks to Jeremy McKay (MrYoyoThrower) for sending me a Raincity Skills Show Girl to be the star of the show! [image] Hey guys! So one of the questions I get asked pretty often is how do I manage to get a mirror polish on a yoyo? Well, as the saying goes, there’s more than one way to skin the cat (or gerbil since we’re yoyoers?). You can definitely just chuck the yoyo up on a drill and start with some rougher grit sandpaper to remove the anodize and then continue up to finer sandpaper for…