# What happens when you burn engravings on a yoyo? **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [June 1, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-happens-when-you-burn-engravings-on-a-yoyo/54386 "2013-06-01T03:44:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![YourBBQ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yourbbq/32/7926_2.png) [@YourBBQ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YourBBQ)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-happens-when-you-burn-engravings-on-a-yoyo/54386/1 "2013-06-01T03:44:56Z")
I actually don’t know. I want to try it out and see what happens. Will it change color or like melt away? And by burning I mean putting the engraved side over a flame like a lighter or stove fire. ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-happens-when-you-burn-engravings-on-a-yoyo/54386/2 "2013-06-01T03:48:57Z")
> [@YourBBQ](#): > > I actually don’t know. I want to try it out and see what happens. Will it change color or like melt away? And by burning I mean putting the engraved side over a flame like a lighter or stove fire. Do it outside. I’m not sure what will happen. I’m not interested in finding out firsthand. ---
**Author:** ![YourBBQ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yourbbq/32/7926_2.png) [@YourBBQ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YourBBQ)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-happens-when-you-burn-engravings-on-a-yoyo/54386/3 "2013-06-01T03:51:32Z")
> [@Studio42](#): > > > [@YourBBQ](#): > > > > I actually don’t know. I want to try it out and see what happens. Will it change color or like melt away? And by burning I mean putting the engraved side over a flame like a lighter or stove fire. > > Do it outside. I’m not sure what will happen. I’m not interested in finding out firsthand. I guess ---
**Author:** ![dingo54](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@dingo54](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dingo54)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 3:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-happens-when-you-burn-engravings-on-a-yoyo/54386/4 "2013-06-01T03:52:23Z")
I would assume it would turn black. However, there is a chance it will turn orange/red, because when you engrave metal at too hot of a temo, it causes the engravings to be orange rather than white. ---
**Author:** ![YourBBQ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yourbbq/32/7926_2.png) [@YourBBQ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YourBBQ)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-happens-when-you-burn-engravings-on-a-yoyo/54386/5 "2013-06-01T03:57:35Z")
okay so i just did it and nothing happened. except a liquid forming around the engraving. it wasn’t water, but still… ---
**Author:** ![Legyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/legyoyo/32/995_2.png) [@Legyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Legyoyo)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-happens-when-you-burn-engravings-on-a-yoyo/54386/6 "2013-06-01T04:02:33Z")
Pics of the deformed throw? ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-happens-when-you-burn-engravings-on-a-yoyo/54386/7 "2013-06-01T04:13:43Z")
And the reason for doing this is??? ---
**Author:** ![Legyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/legyoyo/32/995_2.png) [@Legyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Legyoyo)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-happens-when-you-burn-engravings-on-a-yoyo/54386/8 "2013-06-01T04:18:08Z")
> [@jhb8426](#): > > And the reason for doing this is??? pyromaniacal exploration… ---
**Author:** ![YourBBQ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yourbbq/32/7926_2.png) [@YourBBQ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YourBBQ)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 4:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-happens-when-you-burn-engravings-on-a-yoyo/54386/9 "2013-06-01T04:32:04Z")
> [@Legyoyo](#): > > > [@jhb8426](#): > > > > And the reason for doing this is??? > > pyromaniacal exploration… okay [![Imgur](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/0/a/f0ab71a74122d5c65fa668439d6d4ecd5d0b93eb.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/k2PRIMq) I’m pointing at the burned part and the liquid is on the napkin ---
**Author:** ![Tuxedodave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Tuxedodave](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Tuxedodave)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 6:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-happens-when-you-burn-engravings-on-a-yoyo/54386/10 "2013-06-01T06:41:09Z")
Don’t play with fire. ---
**Author:** ![Noonar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/noonar/32/1244_2.png) [@Noonar](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Noonar)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-happens-when-you-burn-engravings-on-a-yoyo/54386/11 "2013-06-01T13:38:46Z")
The liquid might be ash? ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-happens-when-you-burn-engravings-on-a-yoyo/54386/12 "2013-06-01T18:16:31Z")
> [@YourBBQ](#): > > I actually don’t know. I want to try it out and see what happens. Will it change color or like melt away? And by burning I mean putting the engraved side over a flame like a lighter or stove fire. you can find wood burners at a local art/hobby store. I have done it before. Tmbr has the eh which was lazer engraved which burning can give it that effect. It darkens the wood in the places you bring the burner over. The burner is kind of like a hot pencil. ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-happens-when-you-burn-engravings-on-a-yoyo/54386/13 "2013-06-11T13:22:22Z")
I saw copper art at a fair once. They was’n dem der sheets o coppa dat som’n had tak’n dem dere lighta to. And by that I mean, copper changes color when heat is applied. A great range of color is possible. Now I want a copper-coated yoyo.