# My First Polish - General Yo Entheos/3yo3 Omnicron X

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**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [January 1, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-first-polish-general-yo-entheos-3yo3-omnicron-x/47487 "2013-01-01T18:39:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bcmaddog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bcmaddog/32/1170_2.png) [@Bcmaddog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bcmaddog)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-first-polish-general-yo-entheos-3yo3-omnicron-x/47487/21 "2013-01-02T21:38:08Z")

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HAD TO POST THIS 😛

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**Author:** ![yoyospirit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyospirit/32/219875_2.png) [@yoyospirit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyospirit)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-first-polish-general-yo-entheos-3yo3-omnicron-x/47487/22 "2013-01-02T21:44:03Z")

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> [@Totalartist](#):
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> > [@yoyospirit](#):
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> > > [@Totalartist](#):
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> > > Thanks guys for the great feedback! Actually, I did a little research online to get the gist of it. I had a few raw throws that needed to be polished up so I took the project on at home. If you don’t want to get messy, send to Yoyospirit for a great polish job. Glad he chimed in :wink:
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> > > I used Mother’s aluminum polish, and a Dremel on low setting with the smallest polishing thingy affixed to it. I covered part of the Dremel with electrical tape so it would not damage the yo-yo as I go along. I have one more to do tonight. I applied the polish directly to the yo-yo half in a sparingly thin layer. I wait a few seconds and use the Dremel. Oh, and wear eye protection, that polish hurts if bits fly in your eye.
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> > You could get it much shinier if you chuck the yoyo on a drill and buff it like that. Some sanding will also help, but that is MUCH more messy lol, my fingers are black days after a polish. I kinda like the way this looks though, looks like it came from the manufacturer.
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> Thanks Yoyospirit. I have to say that this is a cool process for maintaining the few raw throws I own, but I don’t think I’d ever take this on more than that. I keep some basic tools around, and the stuff for the leather work I do, but I won’t invest in more tools than that. If I need anything more, I’ll send it to you haha. It was messier than I thought it would be, and I used minimum polish to keep the mess down too. I did not use gloves because they tend to get in my way. My fingers were all black by the end, but it cleaned up easily. I’d say I only spent about twenty minutes on it. Also, as Stookie guessed, I did use a polishing cloth with a tad of jeweler’s rouge on it, to minimize the scratches prior to polishing. I used a plain cloth at the end of this to get the residue off.

It’s not messy until you try wet sanding lol. It’s what I use, but the water turns black and splashes everywhere.

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**Author:** ![Totalartist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/totalartist/32/1054_2.png) [@Totalartist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Totalartist)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-first-polish-general-yo-entheos-3yo3-omnicron-x/47487/23 "2013-01-02T23:54:25Z")

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> [@Fractured](#):
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> It looks great! Is that red tint just from the pics?

My bedroom walls are pink, that’s what color you see ;D

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**Author:** ![mullicabob](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mullicabob/32/1108_2.png) [@mullicabob](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mullicabob)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-first-polish-general-yo-entheos-3yo3-omnicron-x/47487/24 "2013-01-03T00:44:03Z")

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> [@yoyospirit](#):
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> > [@Totalartist](#):
> >
> > > [@yoyospirit](#):
> > >
> > > > [@Totalartist](#):
> > > >
> > > > Thanks guys for the great feedback! Actually, I did a little research online to get the gist of it. I had a few raw throws that needed to be polished up so I took the project on at home. If you don’t want to get messy, send to Yoyospirit for a great polish job. Glad he chimed in :wink:
> > > > 
> > > > I used Mother’s aluminum polish, and a Dremel on low setting with the smallest polishing thingy affixed to it. I covered part of the Dremel with electrical tape so it would not damage the yo-yo as I go along. I have one more to do tonight. I applied the polish directly to the yo-yo half in a sparingly thin layer. I wait a few seconds and use the Dremel. Oh, and wear eye protection, that polish hurts if bits fly in your eye.
> > > 
> > > You could get it much shinier if you chuck the yoyo on a drill and buff it like that. Some sanding will also help, but that is MUCH more messy lol, my fingers are black days after a polish. I kinda like the way this looks though, looks like it came from the manufacturer.
> > 
> > Thanks Yoyospirit. I have to say that this is a cool process for maintaining the few raw throws I own, but I don’t think I’d ever take this on more than that. I keep some basic tools around, and the stuff for the leather work I do, but I won’t invest in more tools than that. If I need anything more, I’ll send it to you haha. It was messier than I thought it would be, and I used minimum polish to keep the mess down too. I did not use gloves because they tend to get in my way. My fingers were all black by the end, but it cleaned up easily. I’d say I only spent about twenty minutes on it. Also, as Stookie guessed, I did use a polishing cloth with a tad of jeweler’s rouge on it, to minimize the scratches prior to polishing. I used a plain cloth at the end of this to get the residue off.
> 
> It’s not messy until you try wet sanding lol. It’s what I use, but the water turns black and splashes everywhere.

Ain’t that the truth. Throw in the buffing compound flying around and you got yourself some first class slop.

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**Author:** ![Totalartist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/totalartist/32/1054_2.png) [@Totalartist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Totalartist)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-first-polish-general-yo-entheos-3yo3-omnicron-x/47487/25 "2013-01-03T23:22:35Z")

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I took a stab at another raw throw, 3yo3 Omnicron X. Interesting thing about this, is that some parts are made to be a high shine, some not, which gives it almost a two-tone vibe:

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/0/3/1031c43818b368f9a1241b6162ae0717bf95d1d3.jpeg)

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/7/f/5/7f56098d30e3be8ab1332ccce32cc1d129518b97.jpeg)

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 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/3/4/f34badf162a766f5afa53d2fb70d99c49e08af5e.jpeg)

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/0/9/40999326d4a829cf42dad3271a51c088beba4503.jpeg)

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/b/6/eb6b194ac4c36ea49369375d7d56ef675b89632a.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![mullicabob](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mullicabob/32/1108_2.png) [@mullicabob](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mullicabob)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-first-polish-general-yo-entheos-3yo3-omnicron-x/47487/26 "2013-01-04T00:49:02Z")

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Nothing is made to be “high” shine it’s a by product of the machining process. Hit that area with some fine wet paper and it will “shine” like the other areas after polish.

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**Author:** ![Bcmaddog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bcmaddog/32/1170_2.png) [@Bcmaddog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bcmaddog)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-first-polish-general-yo-entheos-3yo3-omnicron-x/47487/27 "2013-01-04T03:56:48Z")

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> [@Bcmaddog](#):
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I LIKE ;).

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**Author:** ![Totalartist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/totalartist/32/1054_2.png) [@Totalartist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Totalartist)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-first-polish-general-yo-entheos-3yo3-omnicron-x/47487/28 "2013-01-04T13:15:59Z")

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> [@mullicabob](#):
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> Nothing is made to be “high” shine it’s a by product of the machining process. Hit that area with some fine wet paper and it will “shine” like the other areas after polish.

I’ll give that a shot. Upon closer inspection, some areas actually have ridges and those are the more dull looking areas, the smooth areas came out really shiny. It is a very interesting yo-yo to polish for lots of reasons. Very interesting shape, curves and ridges on this yo-yo. I appreciate it more now.

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**Author:** ![MrSquirrel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mrsquirrel/32/1008_2.png) [@MrSquirrel](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MrSquirrel)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-first-polish-general-yo-entheos-3yo3-omnicron-x/47487/29 "2013-01-13T02:52:57Z")

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> [@Totalartist](#):
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> I took a stab at another raw throw, 3yo3 Omnicron X. Interesting thing about this, is that some parts are made to be a high shine, some not, which gives it almost a two-tone vibe:

Wow, great job on both of the throws! By the way, I think “vibe” may have been a poor choice of words haha.

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**Author:** ![Totalartist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/totalartist/32/1054_2.png) [@Totalartist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Totalartist)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-first-polish-general-yo-entheos-3yo3-omnicron-x/47487/30 "2013-01-13T04:01:35Z")

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Thanks MrSquirrel, and I agree. Bad choice of words on “vibe” when describing the look of a yo-yo. 😃 I took a few updated photos of those throws since then:

[http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8326/8403005274\_4f7e02e575\_z.jpg](http://www.flickr.com/photos/totalartist/8403005274/)  
[essenceraw](http://www.flickr.com/photos/totalartist/8403005274/) by [The TotalArtist](http://www.flickr.com/people/totalartist/), on Flickr

[http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8505/8401915247\_4e21aec1be\_z.jpg](http://www.flickr.com/photos/totalartist/8401915247/)  
[essencerawb](http://www.flickr.com/photos/totalartist/8401915247/) by [The TotalArtist](http://www.flickr.com/people/totalartist/), on Flickr

[http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8228/8364600247\_33377c5c98\_z.jpg](http://www.flickr.com/photos/totalartist/8364600247/)  
[Omnicronxraw](http://www.flickr.com/photos/totalartist/8364600247/) by [The TotalArtist](http://www.flickr.com/people/totalartist/), on Flickr

[http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8361/8413599220\_530185fd86\_z.jpg](http://www.flickr.com/photos/totalartist/8413599220/)  
[omnicronxrawb](http://www.flickr.com/photos/totalartist/8413599220/) by [The TotalArtist](http://www.flickr.com/people/totalartist/), on Flickr

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**Author:** ![Navythrow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/navythrow/32/1228_2.png) [@Navythrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Navythrow)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-first-polish-general-yo-entheos-3yo3-omnicron-x/47487/31 "2013-01-13T04:05:38Z")

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Your new photo set up really makes a difference. Polish job looks stellar.

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