I always wanted to see examples from the community of your personal plastic throws you guys sanded!
I was thinking of sanding my own clear plastic yo-yos to see if it has the smooth machined PC appearance.
It would be greatly appreciated!
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Dont mind me, but what is sanding?!
Sanding a surface with sandpaper. On yoyos it’s usually to remove the gloss finish so the yoyo will grind.
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Doc pop used to sell bolts in two variety’s from his good doctor bag. And the “Satin” or sanded was a couple bucks more.
Makes the yo-yo grind better as I recall.
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Thank you! Do you by any chance have a photo? I’ve been trying to find all over the forums for an example photo that wasn’t an opaque plastic throw
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Blegh, sorry, reply button is bugging me
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I don’t have any pics but just get some fine grit paper and sand in one direction or the same direction to get the grain.
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Oh! thank you!
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I was sure that I saw someone post a sanded plastic Butterfly, but Butterfly posts are a big haystack to search.
I did find this by @Glenacius_K:
Which may have started out like this (?):
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Gahhhhh they look so amazinggg, thank you so much! I just wanted to make sure how they looked before I decide to sand a yo-yo, i didnt want to have any regrets haha,
I can’t thank enough!
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I’m not 100% sure that the frosted one started out clear, so that is worth confirming if possible.
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You can sand plastic to give it a smooth, shiny appearance. You need to start with low grit to high grit. Do this order: 80 grit, 120, 240. Then wet sand at these grits: 400, 600, 1200, 1500, 1800, 2000, 3000, 4000, 6000, 8000, 12000.
You will end up with this appearance, but its a lot of work. (Ignore the Bloodcell).
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Ahh, I was just wondering how a normal plastic throw such as the yo-yo you showed would look if it was frosted (e.g. a translucent poly carb instead of a Transparent look)
I haven’t seen any photos of turning a transparent yo-yo into a Translucent yo-yo until @hsb showed me your example of your Knick knack, I only like that appearance since it gives off a machined PC aesthetic, and it’s less sticky on the hands since, i apologize but I’m a stickler for finishes ._.
It’s very pretty!!! I love what you did with it! (With the frosting And polishing!)
I just wanted to prepare how the finish product would look Just before I get started on frosting it
Thank you!!!
I’m not lying, I took a SS before I sent and it’s not replying, I don’t know what I’m doing wrong ._.
Ah sorry. I misunderstood what you were aiming for.
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For satin finish plastic I would use 000 steel wool. Sandpaper might be too easy to gouge chunks out
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Haha! I had the same question a while back…. If your reply is right after the person you are replying to, that little icon doesn’t carry forward to the post. Weird but by design I believe.
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I suppose a high end polycarb might be blasted to get the best finish, but frosted texture is usually related to the materials used making moulds. Anything between sand and volcanic ash.
A guy my bro used to work with made big cash on the side making moulds for barbecue tool handles in his backyard
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I did it to one of my K2 Crystals. And yeah, makes it way less sticky. I like it. I used a fine grit sandpaper. Maybe 400? 800? I forget exactly.
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It looks very pretty!! Thank you so much! I can’t wait to try it out : D