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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
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.
My bedroom walls are pink, that’s what color you see ;D
Ain’t that the truth. Throw in the buffing compound flying around and you got yourself some first class slop.
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:
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.
Totalartist:
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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Your new photo set up really makes a difference. Polish job looks stellar.
I took a few updated photos of those throws since then: