I stripped my overdrive “knockoff” and then decided to give it a nice new color. I did a red and orangey/yellow acid wash. I personally like acid washes over any anodizing technique. I also got anodizing down pretty well and ive done over 7 of my own yoyos and soon i will be ready to take on commision. This throw even has a flat-like hub so the problems i was having before with them are all gone. Heres pics of my most recent work
I will be anodizing pretty soon, but I am still in the learning phase. You are doing great work! I have a Master Galaxy that, on the blank half, I want something that looks a little “spacey”. I would really like to keep the original splash and have the ano work done only on the hub. I don’t even know if that would be possible, but it’s just and idea. Either way, I will eventually get that one half done. When you feel up for this challenge let me know! You are certainly on the path to anodizing success! I’m not sure if ano will effect the weight. I wouldn’t want to unbalance this wonderful throw. Stay with it! You rock!
@ scientist- I don’t really think that would be possible. I’m thinking that it could be possible but I’m not sure if it would work.
@pat- I don’t have anything else to anodize now but flat colors is pretty easy. I guess I won’t be doing flat colors until someone requests it for commission.
Btw I am taking commission now and I have a BST up if anyone is interested. I only have one slot left though.
Contrary to popular belief, solid colors are actually one of the harder things to anodize well. Flaws show up easily on a solid colored yo-yo. That’s one of the beautiful things about acid washes; you can cover up any and all flaws with a busy pattern.
People may say that an acid wash or a splash looks nicer, but an anodizer truly shows his skill with a perfect solid color.
I did this for a member on the forum and I’ve got some things to say and show. With anodizing being a very temperamental process and one that is naturally flawed it is pretty hard to get consistent results unless your not an anodizing master. I do the best i can with every job i do even though they aren’t close to perfect i like what i do as a hobby. I’m noticing that when i attempt to do what i plan i don’t necessarily get the results I want. Not saying i don’t get good results but when trying to achieve a certain color scheme it doesn’t come out how I want. So from now on when doing commission work I am going to take a different approach.
Anyway he wanted a green acid wash with purple splash on his PYYC Le Tap and a green splash with purple acid wash on his RecRev Facade. When doing these colors i noticed that they didn’t come out how they normally did. I decided then to take it up with the person and do some slightly different colors.
First the Le Tap. This was done in a pink splash with a teal acid wash. Both halves are pretty close in color and it looks pretty dope. I like it a lot and it came out pretty well. The yoyo took really nice color and is one of my best splashes yet. The camera really exaggerated the slight tiny flaws but it looks amazing in person.
Second was the Facade. This one gave me some trouble and didn’t come out exactly how i planned. But it still looks pretty cool. It was a dark purple acid with a bright teal splash. The other half is the one that didn’t come out how i wanted. It came out in a light purple with a light teal splash. It looks cool even with the malfunction.
