# White throws
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/white-throws/58826
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [September 5, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/white-throws/58826 "2013-09-05T23:35:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@YoCyanightYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoCyanightYo)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/white-throws/58826/1 "2013-09-05T23:35:45Z")
Hey guys. I was wondering, is there a reason for there being like no pure white anno? Is it impossible, or is it just because no one wants a white ano yoyo? I would buy one if I could.
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### Author:  [@yoyospirit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyospirit)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/white-throws/58826/2 "2013-09-05T23:40:49Z")
You can’t anodize a yoyo a color lighter than the color of the metal. You can powder coat a yoyo white though.
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### Author:  [@YoCyanightYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoCyanightYo)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/white-throws/58826/3 "2013-09-05T23:41:30Z")
How do they do (blank) on white or white on (blank) splashes then. Is it over other anno or what?
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### Author:  [@Hendy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hendy)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/white-throws/58826/4 "2013-09-05T23:42:35Z")
Get Delrin.
Nuff Said.
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### Author:  [@Y0Y0SR2PR0](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Y0Y0SR2PR0)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/white-throws/58826/5 "2013-09-05T23:43:07Z")
> [@YoCyanightYo](#):
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> How do they do (blank) on white or white on (blank) splashes then. Is it over other anno or what?
its a clear coat it isn’t really white but its close
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### Author:  [@YoCyanightYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoCyanightYo)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/white-throws/58826/6 "2013-09-05T23:46:38Z")
> [@Hendy](#):
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> Get Delrin.
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> Nuff Said.
This is completely off topic and not what I was asking to be honest…
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### Author:  [@xxjohnsonxx](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xxjohnsonxx)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/white-throws/58826/7 "2013-09-05T23:50:51Z")
> [@Y0Y0SR2PR0](#):
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> its a clear coat it isn’t really white but its close
further elaborating on this idea, it is a clear anodization over a bead blast. a bead blast finish is a very smooth grinding surface created by blasting glass? beads at the yoyo to create the surface. Or a silver anodization will create a near white surface.
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### Author:  [@Hendy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hendy)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/white-throws/58826/8 "2013-09-05T23:58:42Z")
> [@YoCyanightYo](#):
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> This is completely off topic and not what I was asking to be honest…
Haha sorry you just mentioned white throws and delrin came to mind. Didn’t think it would bother anyone.
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### Author:  [@mullicabob](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mullicabob)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/white-throws/58826/9 "2013-09-06T01:28:38Z")
White powder coat or paint are really the only options.
A soda blast then clear sealed with ano might get you close.
I can’t say I ever got a 100% clear answer as to the whole “no white” ano thing. I herd rumors that there was somebody capable of doing a true white ano overseas somewhere outrageously priced of course.
May be a unicorn ^.
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### Author:  [@Squaktopus13](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Squaktopus13)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/white-throws/58826/10 "2013-09-06T02:35:58Z")
Can you anno something black then on top ano white?
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### Author:  [@sparhawk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sparhawk)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/white-throws/58826/11 "2013-09-06T02:41:03Z")
> [@mullicabob](#):
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> White powder coat or paint are really the only options.
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> A soda blast then clear sealed with ano might get you close.
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> I can’t say I ever got a 100% clear answer as to the whole “no white” ano thing. I herd rumors that there was somebody capable of doing a true white ano overseas somewhere outrageously priced of course.
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> May be a unicorn ^.
you forgot about teflon coating which is on some of the older throws
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### Author:  [@Big\_cat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Big_cat)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/white-throws/58826/12 "2013-09-06T02:47:09Z")
> [@sparhawk](#):
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> you forgot about teflon coating which is on some of the older throws
The Teflon Eggshell 401k is one of my favorite yoyos I’ve used to date. What I would give for one today…
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### Author:  [@kyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kyo)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2013, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/white-throws/58826/13 "2013-09-06T07:15:32Z")
You “can’t” anodize white. Anodizing is a process that builds an aluminum oxide layer on the surface of the metal… that layer is gray, so you can’t dye it white.
Now, I put “can’t” in quotes because “yes” there is a company that does white anodizing. They patented a process for it in the UK several years ago, and somebody in the US has a license for it… however, I’ve never seen it made commercially available. It’s a specialized process that I don’t fully understand to be honest, it gets rather complicated when they go into the chemicals and such that are used… but from what I understand it isn’t anodizing in anything resembling the traditional sense of the process, more of a chemically enhanced reaction?
Anyway, powder coating, painting, and teflon coatings all offer white… or you could just go with delrin.
Kyle
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### Author:  [@YoCyanightYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoCyanightYo)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/white-throws/58826/14 "2013-09-06T17:01:21Z")
> [@kyo](#):
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> You “can’t” anodize white. Anodizing is a process that builds an aluminum oxide layer on the surface of the metal… that layer is gray, so you can’t dye it white.
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> Now, I put “can’t” in quotes because “yes” there is a company that does white anodizing. They patented a process for it in the UK several years ago, and somebody in the US has a license for it… however, I’ve never seen it made commercially available. It’s a specialized process that I don’t fully understand to be honest, it gets rather complicated when they go into the chemicals and such that are used… but from what I understand it isn’t anodizing in anything resembling the traditional sense of the process, more of a chemically enhanced reaction?
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> Anyway, powder coating, painting, and teflon coatings all offer white… or you could just go with delrin.
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> Kyle
Thanks this clears it all up!
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### Author:  [@The\_Machinist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/The_Machinist)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/white-throws/58826/15 "2013-09-06T17:40:29Z")
I heard you CAN anodize a yoyo white but you need to do the ketchup mod first.
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### Author:  [@YoCyanightYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoCyanightYo)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/white-throws/58826/16 "2013-09-06T18:08:19Z")
> [@The\_Machinist](#):
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> I heard you CAN anodize a yoyo white but you need to do the ketchup mod first.
MM… ketchup… Can I do that on a french fry instead? _Wink_
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### Author:  [@CaliBuddha](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CaliBuddha)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/white-throws/58826/17 "2013-09-06T18:09:04Z")
> [@mullicabob](#):
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> White powder coat or paint are really the only options.
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> A soda blast then clear sealed with ano might get you close.
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> I can’t say I ever got a 100% clear answer as to the whole “no white” ano thing. I herd rumors that there was somebody capable of doing a true white ano overseas somewhere outrageously priced of course.
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> May be a unicorn ^.
Oh yea! That guy in Italy, right? Something like several hundred dollars?
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### Author:  [@mullicabob](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mullicabob)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/white-throws/58826/18 "2013-09-06T19:48:52Z")
> [@MiamiBuddha](#):
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> Oh yea! That guy in Italy, right? Something like several hundred dollars?
Something like that crazy money though in comparison to other stuff.
Would love to see some of the pics of it. To lazy to look.
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### Author:  [@mullicabob](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mullicabob)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/white-throws/58826/19 "2013-09-06T20:10:37Z")
Turns out there is a “white ano” so to speak.
Uses a different bath and high voltage in the 200 to 300 volt range. Some say it not true ano due to the use of an alkaline bath.
Saw some pics and its pretty sweet looking.
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### Author:  [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/white-throws/58826/20 "2013-09-06T22:20:36Z")
I found this article. [www.bluebuddhaboutique.com/blog/tag/white-anodized-aluminum/](http://www.bluebuddhaboutique.com/blog/tag/white-anodized-aluminum/)
or if your feeling smart [www.anodizing.org/Anodizing/processes.html](http://www.anodizing.org/Anodizing/processes.html)