OK my fav throw my Code 2 also seems to get the worst abuse… I tried repairing some ding earlier… all I really wanted was for it to feel smooth again… I used a dremel with a rotatory sand paper drum on it… It came out smooth but not looking good…
Then just now I slammed it into my desk smashing an ecig, tank, phone and remote, but only knocking a battery cover off the ecig luckly… But Really put a lot of little pock marks on both side of my OD…
Again I just want to get the marks smooth so it feels good in hand, and hopefully plays smooth… what is the best way to do this??? You can see the lousy reapirs I tried to do before… I want to hopefully make them look better or at least make it all feel smooth?
Unless you totally remove the finish all you can do is smooth out the nicks. There’s not a lot you can do to repair the anodized finish. Some people have removed it and polished the raw aluminum.
I’ve been playing around with fixing dings for a while now, I’ve tried filling it with paint of similar color which is ok, and even filling with soldering tin which doesn’t work. I still have one method that I haven’t tried, melting soda cans and filling the dings with it.
Dings is the reason I tend to avoid dark colors, I like bright colors close to silver so that dings won’t be too visible.
I remember when they messed up that project, was kinda a statement as to how durable the og project was, and that yoyos are toys. Good times back then.
