# Yoyo painting/ finishes at home? 

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**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [November 9, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-painting-finishes-at-home/82367 "2016-11-09T02:10:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cannon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Cannon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cannon)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-painting-finishes-at-home/82367/1 "2016-11-09T02:10:46Z")

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After watching some videos, reading some articles and always wanting to learn more, I was wondering the following:

-are there any finishes on yoyos I can do at home that would give a decent or good grinding surface?

-I heard something about “eggshell” being okay for grinding. What is eggshell? I think ibanezcollector said something about that.

Thanks for your time! Any information is welcome! (Even if you just want to tell me to do more research :wink: )

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**Author:** ![mrciurleo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@mrciurleo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrciurleo)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-painting-finishes-at-home/82367/2 "2016-11-09T02:12:56Z")

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Eggshell is the painted finish on the OG Peaks. It’s not bad for grinding, but I prefer a smooth bead blast.

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**Author:** ![Cannon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Cannon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cannon)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-painting-finishes-at-home/82367/3 "2016-11-09T02:16:02Z")

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> [@mrciurleo](#):
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> Eggshell is the painted finish on the OG Peaks. It’s not bad for grinding, but I prefer a smooth bead blast.

Okay, that’s what he used to show what eggshell was 🙂

Is it like something that one airbrushes on?

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**Author:** ![mrciurleo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@mrciurleo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrciurleo)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-painting-finishes-at-home/82367/4 "2016-11-09T03:01:30Z")

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> [@Cannon](#):
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> Okay, that’s what he used to show what eggshell was 🙂
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> Is it like something that one airbrushes on?

When you paint a yoyo with an airbrush, you want to use a paint that has an eggshell finish. There are multiple finishes that paint offers, eggshell just happens to work best on yoyos, for grinding reasons.

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**Author:** ![Cannon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Cannon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cannon)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-painting-finishes-at-home/82367/5 "2016-11-09T03:06:55Z")

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> [@mrciurleo](#):
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> When you paint a yoyo with an airbrush, you want to use a paint that has an eggshell finish. There are multiple finishes that paint offers, eggshell just happens to work best on yoyos, for grinding reasons.

Oh! Okay! Makes sense :wink:

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**Author:** ![Cannon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Cannon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cannon)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-painting-finishes-at-home/82367/6 "2016-11-12T03:43:14Z")

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Is there a specific kind of eggshell or just any type of eggshell finish paint?