I got a small surface scratch in one of my bimetal 000 yo-yos. Since the outer edges by design are fairly sharp, I decided that when I took the half up to buff the scratch out, I would relieve the edges and give them a light polish. In stock form, the yo-yo has a sort of like brushed utility finish, which is pretty dull just the way Jeffrey wanted to come out. Kind of a high-performance but no bones kind of yo-yo.
So after I filed the one edge down, so that was no longer a hard corner, but a softer corner as I started polishing the edge I slipped and hit a spot about an eighth of an inch in from my target area. I thought OK OK, I’ll just chuck up the other half relieve the edge and then figure out what to do.
I decided to just give it the medium grade utility polishing, and then use the stock 000 as a yoyoe stand so you could see the difference. I can get aluminum even brighter than the one in these pics. But I have found that the utility level polishing just seems to wear better. And also by just sticking to the light polishing, I didn’t really have any effect on removing the engraving that’s on the one half of the yoyo. Personally, speaking with as many things I have polished over decades, hence, the things probably didn’t need to be polished at all. But that’s OK, I just like the polish stuff because it’s fun. I don’t see any performance value in a policy yo-yo. And I don’t know, anybody else they said that really it was better after they polished it. These look nice. And then again, maybe not. Whatever floats your boat most likely. And if by chance, you occasionally dream of having a chrome boat, then a shiny yo-yo probably has good visual impact. Your results may vary.
