# What exactly is a pyramatte finish?

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**Created:** [September 2, 2014, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-pyramatte-finish/69128 "2014-09-02T10:49:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Raigo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/raigo/32/1446_2.png) [@Raigo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Raigo)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-pyramatte-finish/69128/1 "2014-09-02T10:49:21Z")

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All I know is that a yoyo is “tumbled” with a bunch of “special” rocks xD  
How does it affect play? Or the appearance?

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**Author:** ![Gambit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gambit/32/1358_2.png) [@Gambit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Gambit)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-pyramatte-finish/69128/2 "2014-09-02T11:08:03Z")

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I won’t comment too much on the actual process since I don’t know the exact specifics, however I can remark on the result.

Pyramatte tends to feel like a very light blast, slightly grippier than a traditional beadblast (especially if your hands get sweaty) but it still grinds well enough.

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As you can see, Pyramatte tends to look slightly shiny-er than a traditional blast.

It doesn’t affect play at all, only affects how the yoyo feels and grinds.

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**Author:** ![Shai\_Hulud](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shai_hulud/32/1521_2.png) [@Shai\_Hulud](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shai_Hulud)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-pyramatte-finish/69128/3 "2014-09-02T17:58:22Z")

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Somebody should do a review of all the different finishing methods with descriptions, images, and pros and cons. I’d offer to do this but am pretty ignorant about how yo-yos are finished.

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**Author:** ![gabesytf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@gabesytf](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gabesytf)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-pyramatte-finish/69128/4 "2014-09-02T18:25:21Z")

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> [@Shai\_Hulud](#):
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> Somebody should do a review of all the different finishing methods with descriptions, images, and pros and cons. I’d offer to do this but am pretty ignorant about how yo-yos are finished.

Definetly gonna work on this soon, would be really helpful to have this kind of review.