# Painting yoyos. **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [September 6, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/painting-yoyos/18844 "2010-09-06T21:51:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nibru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nibru](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nibru)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/painting-yoyos/18844/21 "2010-09-08T19:43:28Z")
i thought this was only plastic with metal rims lol ooo man newb here ---
**Author:** ![XminusmikeX](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/xminusmikex/32/294_2.png) [@XminusmikeX](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/XminusmikeX)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/painting-yoyos/18844/22 "2010-09-08T20:24:49Z")
> [@Nibru](#): > > i thought this was only plastic with metal rims lol ooo man newb here Well it is just metal and plastic but to paint over the outside, it would make it bumpy in a way. There would be brush strokes. For something like that I would use model paint but I still wouldn’t recommend it. But hay, its your throw so its up to you as far as what you want to do w/ it. ---
**Author:** ![tyler3490](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/tyler3490/32/77_2.png) [@tyler3490](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/tyler3490)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/painting-yoyos/18844/23 "2010-09-08T20:26:11Z")
> [@Cameron (and his yoyo)](#): > > > [@JonasK](#): > > > > It’s easiest with clear FHZ’s as you can just paint the hub area. > > Yeah. > > And really? Brush painting the outside of a yoyo doesn’t cause vibe? when I painted my fhz there were a few big drips so I had to tune it again, I also just wanted to tune it so I never had to take the caps off again and risk damaging the paint ---
**Author:** ![cameron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cameron/32/307_2.png) [@cameron](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cameron)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/painting-yoyos/18844/24 "2010-09-08T22:05:46Z")
> [@XminusmikeX](#): > > > [@Cameron (and his yoyo)](#): > > > > > [@JonasK](#): > > > > > > It’s easiest with clear FHZ’s as you can just paint the hub area. > > > > Yeah. > > > > And really? Brush painting the outside of a yoyo doesn’t cause vibe? > > Well, I wouldn’t recommend painting the outside w/ a brush unless its detailed work but I paint the inside of all my throws (except the color shifting ones) w/ a brush and have yet to get vibe. Well yeah, of course painting the inside doesn’t cause vibe, it’s not messing with the wind resistance. ---
**Author:** ![Nibru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nibru](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nibru)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/painting-yoyos/18844/25 "2010-09-08T22:21:29Z")
Maybe I’ll strip the caps of the silver paint and goto town. U think that would work? And Idt vibe is cause by wind restence as much as un even weight I could be wrong ---
**Author:** ![cameron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cameron/32/307_2.png) [@cameron](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cameron)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/painting-yoyos/18844/26 "2010-09-08T22:52:32Z")
> [@Nibru](#): > > Maybe I’ll strip the caps of the silver paint and goto town. U think that would work? > > And Idt vibe is cause by wind restence as much as un even weight I could be wrong It’s both but the weight displacement by the paint shouldn’t cause enough vide for you to notice unless you clumped it on. Wind resistance does cause vibe, I think it causes the worst vibe ever. Imagine an airplane, the flap moves down, the air is pushed that way to make the plane move. Now imagine a yoyo has a tiny flap hanging off it, wind hits it and makes it move the yoyo all over the place. ---
**Author:** ![Batryn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/batryn/32/78_2.png) [@Batryn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Batryn)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/painting-yoyos/18844/27 "2010-09-09T00:04:28Z")
Speaking of which… anyone know good glow in the dark paint? My plan is to: Paint yoyo. Make string. Go have fun! 😃 But still… it’ll be awesome to see that. Maybe glow in the dark gloves? ---
**Author:** ![cameron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cameron/32/307_2.png) [@cameron](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cameron)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/painting-yoyos/18844/28 "2010-09-09T00:13:09Z")
> [@Batryn](#): > > Speaking of which… anyone know good glow in the dark paint? My plan is to: Paint yoyo. Make string. Go have fun! 😃 But still… it’ll be awesome to see that. Maybe glow in the dark gloves? It’s cooler without gloves. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/painting-yoyos/18844.md?page=1)