Hey gang! I picked up a plastic 000 at Nats and I’m in love. My only gripe is that I’d like it to be heavier. I understand that my proposal will change the way it plays, which is why I’m asking this before I try, and making sure it is easily reversed.
Essentially I want to put flowable silicone (clear) in the rim cutouts on both sides. I understand the need for it to be as level as possible to avoid throwing one or both halves off balance, and am prepared for that. What I want to know is: can I peel the silicone off the plastic with the same ease as peeling it off of metal? Will the silicone cause any issues with the plastic?
Yeah I’d say just go with Monkey Snot but I don’t see any purple in stock anywhere unfortunately. Every other color though, I’m not sure about dental composite though there might be something in that that could wreck the finish of the throw, probably not but ya never know, plus that’s hella expensive lol
I don’t know that yoyo, but with various Duncan FHs as well as many other yoyos, a ring of heavy plumbers solder under the caps added significant weight. It’s normally available in 1/8 in thickness and is easily formed into a ring to fit. From looking at the pics of the 000, it should not be hard to do. Much better that filling w/silicone.
If you feel like trying again with silicone, next time use a plastic card and run the flat edge of it along the surface of the silicone after you apply it. You can easily peel off all of the excess from the leveling process after it cures.
That should give you a far more equal application on each side, which will reduce vibe a lot.
Edit: I just read through your previous posts, you can mix up flowable with some food dye or something else before applying it to make your own purple silicone. Getting a baby food syringe would make it easier to apply a mixed up silicone like that, or you could use a ziploc bag with a small corner clipped.
I thought of mixing, which would be a mistake in my messy hands. and the card idea once I got these gobs on the rims yesterday. I thought it would even out a little more on its own, which was obviously inaccurate. IF I try again, it will be with a card to level it out, or the plumber’s solder.
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fradiger
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The performance is pretty good! I had to be very particular about scraping just below the rim, took me 2 attempts to get one without some major vibe. It 100% has more vibe than the non-siliconed version, but it’s definitely manageable.
Definitely seems like it would have a high chance of causing vibe due to air bubbles and not being able to get it 100% flush. It’d be cool to see this tried with epoxy resin though it could be dyed or have glitter in it or both. If you had a vacuum chamber you could get rid of any air bubbles and with a perfectly level surface you should be able to come really close to a perfect fill. With a bit of Sanding and polishing after I think one could end up with a smooth more rim weighted plastic 000.
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fradiger
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Honestly the vibe on mine is not bad at all, I’m perfectly happy playing this one.
I’m not sure about dental composite though there might be something in that that could wreck the finish of the throw, probably not but ya never know, plus that’s hella expensive lol
