# Nickel plated

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/nickel-plated/50871>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [March 16, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/nickel-plated/50871 "2013-03-16T02:50:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 2

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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:** [March 17, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/nickel-plated/50871/21 "2013-03-17T03:46:36Z")

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> > > > > > Just so you guys know, I also know how to quickly tarnish a nickel plated yoyo :wink:
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> > > > > Is this without a darkening solution?
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> > > > Wats tat.
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> > > Not sure how to make it, but its something to rub on it that makes it darker and darkker. How do you do it?
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> > Soak it in flat coke for a few days lol
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> Wont it ruin the axle hole threads? ANyways I really want a nickel yoyo now

Don’t see how, it’s just coke.

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**Author:** ![dingo54](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@dingo54](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dingo54)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/nickel-plated/50871/22 "2013-03-17T03:47:30Z")

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> > > > > > > Just so you guys know, I also know how to quickly tarnish a nickel plated yoyo :wink:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Is this without a darkening solution?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Wats tat.
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> > > > Not sure how to make it, but its something to rub on it that makes it darker and darkker. How do you do it?
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> > > Soak it in flat coke for a few days lol
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> > Wont it ruin the axle hole threads? ANyways I really want a nickel yoyo now
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> Don’t see how, it’s just coke.

Rust or something, or build up of something

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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:** [March 17, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/nickel-plated/50871/23 "2013-03-17T03:49:04Z")

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> > > > > > > > Just so you guys know, I also know how to quickly tarnish a nickel plated yoyo :wink:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Is this without a darkening solution?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Wats tat.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Not sure how to make it, but its something to rub on it that makes it darker and darkker. How do you do it?
> > > > 
> > > > Soak it in flat coke for a few days lol
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> > > Wont it ruin the axle hole threads? ANyways I really want a nickel yoyo now
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> > Don’t see how, it’s just coke.
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> Rust or something, or build up of something

Doubt it. You could just polish it with a q tip with mothers or something.

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**Author:** ![jwil425](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@jwil425](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jwil425)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/nickel-plated/50871/24 "2013-03-19T00:11:12Z")

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I used diet coke on my nickel skywalker and the wooly markmont and it didn’t harm anything. Ate up the silicone a tad bit but not enough to have to replace it. That’s probably the fastest and easiest way.

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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:** [March 19, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/nickel-plated/50871/25 "2013-03-19T00:21:55Z")

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> [@yoyospirit](#):
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> > [@dingo54](#):
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> > > [@yoyospirit](#):
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> > > > [@dingo54](#):
> > > >
> > > > > [@yoyospirit](#):
> > > > >
> > > > > Just so you guys know, I also know how to quickly tarnish a nickel plated yoyo :wink:
> > > > 
> > > > Is this without a darkening solution?
> > > 
> > > Wats tat.
> > 
> > Not sure how to make it, but its something to rub on it that makes it darker and darkker. How do you do it?
> 
> Soak it in flat coke for a few days lol

What a waste of a good 50. Drink!

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