# Sanding clear plastic yoyos **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [February 23, 2024, 3:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sanding-clear-plastic-yoyos/395096 "2024-02-23T03:42:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
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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 @anon5341354: > [@Frosty SW KN-KN for sale SOLD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/frosty-sw-kn-kn-for-sale-sold/336617): > > I made this prototype Knick-KNack for Kyle, but we’ve decides since that we want to take things in a slightly different direction. It plays pretty well. The finish is not great as there are light scratches all over the faces. Nothing deep, I just difficulty sanding it for a perfect frosted finish. A perfect pocket throw. Specs: Diameter: 48mm Width: 29mm Weight: 48g. It has a press fitted 1/4" AL axle. It won’t come apart unless you wrench it apart with a lot of force. This one is $80 shi… Which may have started out like this (?): > [@Show some plastic yoyos you made](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/459): > > This latest Knick-KNack prototype was a 5mm diameter brass axle. Kyle was finding that the 1/4" AL axle prototype was dying somewhat prematurely into stalls. I figured a smaller diameter brass axle would fix that problem. I was right. No dying out in stalls and is much more powerful in general. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sanding-clear-plastic-yoyos/395096)._