# Paint/Appearence alteration.

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/paint-appearence-alteration/25891>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [April 26, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/paint-appearence-alteration/25891 "2011-04-26T21:38:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![FlameLegend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea5d25/32.png) [@FlameLegend](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/FlameLegend)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/paint-appearence-alteration/25891/1 "2011-04-26T21:38:07Z")

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my friend’s giving me his 09 aqua 888x for my yuuksta and the shade of blue his 888x is is just bad. I hav ean option now. I can either sand the blue down like i did with my friend’s 2010 888x which is a lighter blue and cooler. Or if you guys can give me some way to paint it. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Amdroid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/amdroid/32/476_2.png) [@Amdroid](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Amdroid)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/paint-appearence-alteration/25891/2 "2011-04-26T22:12:05Z")

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I would be really hard to paint it your self. You best best is “satining”, (or sanding, as you put it), or hiring a yoyo painter to paint it.

Edit: Or there is always anodization, but anodizers tend to be a bit difficult to track down.

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**Author:** ![FlameLegend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea5d25/32.png) [@FlameLegend](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/FlameLegend)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/paint-appearence-alteration/25891/3 "2011-04-26T22:44:20Z")

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hm… ill just satin it.

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**Author:** ![Ley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ley/32/769_2.png) [@Ley](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ley)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/paint-appearence-alteration/25891/4 "2011-04-27T10:36:26Z")

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Instead of satining it and scratching it all up, consider stripping it, polishing it or find an anodizer.

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**Author:** ![nobody](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nobody/32/845_2.png) [@nobody](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nobody)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/paint-appearence-alteration/25891/5 "2011-05-02T01:36:41Z")

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Just pointing this out, but the 2010 888 is the 888x and the 09 888 is just an 888.