Dead smooth upon arrival! 
Don’t know if #66 or #99 lol.
The bottom of my box doesn’t have anything written on it.
In love!
Great Job @codinghorror and I’m glad this all came together in the end @HVizier 
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#s are above center so 99. Nice number!
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I’ve had 199 for a bit now, and its honestly the best Ti I’ve played. Not glass smooth, maybe 8-9/10 out of the box, but still very nice. My only issue is the SUPER tight bearing seat. Popping out the original wasn’t bad, but trying to reseat a G2 Boss rage and then a NSK DS was murder on my thumbs!
Still, I am supremely satisfied with, what I think, has been my best investment in a yoyo.
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Not a fan of bearing removal tools?
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I think he means putting a new bearing in was rough on his thumbs. Tool won’t help with that.
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When mine arrived I was like, “ Oh snap, is this 69 or maybe I have it upside down.” And when I turned it over it was still 69…
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Wait, you got #69?
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Yes Sir. It was inevitable. My reputation spreads spans coast to coast.
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That looks so great!
I watched several basic Ti anno tutorials, but didn’t see any techniques for masking Ti to create fades or a splash like this. Would you mind giving a brief description of the process you used to create this masterpiece? Specifically what you use and how to apply and remove masking.
Thanks!!!
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In Dylan’s tutorial, he used nail polish to mask it and nail polish remover to remove it. Pretty handy.
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The splash masking can be done with nail polish or paint markers.
The varying colors are through varying the voltage rapidly while anodizing it and utilizing another tool to splotch the item while in the electrolytic solution to cause variance on the surface while the oxide layers are adhering.
The colors are a result of refraction from the oxide layers, so variance creates the almost luminescent look. 
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^^ I bet it turned out better than you expected, looks really sick!
Turns out the bearing in my Vayder was overlubed. I should have known when the thing would just go completely silent, but still have enough spin for another trick, but I thought I just had a really good bearing. I don’t like to take yoyos apart if I don’t have to, but the response seemed a bit snaggy and I wanted to throw in a grooved bearing to compensate. So I do a bearing swap and wow. I thought the Vayder lacked power because it was a mid-sized yo, but no, this thing spins for days now. Was able to switch back to a poly string (used nylon because of the grippy response) and happier than ever now. My grey one already plays well, but I havent played it much because im keeping that one mint for the time being. I still suspect it has a little too much lube though, which seems to be the case with most people here.
So anyone disappointed in their Vayder, either swap the bearing or clean it.
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Any quick thoughts on Ti-Vayder vs Ti-Walker? How similar are they?
I think blindfolded it’d be difficult to tell which is which.
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I immediately put in a NSK DS bearing, my bearing of choice. Both Vayders are smooth as far as I can tell. I really like them.
Pretty similar.
I’d love to do a blind test between the two but my Vayder is anodized so it’d be easy to tell.
