# Alternate Response for Royale

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/alternate-response-for-royale/57424>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [August 3, 2013, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/alternate-response-for-royale/57424 "2013-08-03T09:23:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![WretchedRapture](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/wretchedrapture/32/1124_2.png) [@WretchedRapture](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/WretchedRapture)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/alternate-response-for-royale/57424/1 "2013-08-03T09:23:28Z")

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I recently got a Royale in a trade, and it came with CBC Pads installed that stuck out much too far into the gap (I was informed of this before the trade), so I popped them out with the intention of putting in flowable silicone. I know that the Royale comes stock with flowable, so I was very surprised at how shallow the response groove is. I put in as little silicone as possible and let it cure for a full 24 hours, and even after playing with it for a couple hours, it is still fairly responsive and extremely snaggy. The silicone is perfectly flush with the gap, which I think may be the problem, but that is as little as I could imagine using for such a shallow response groove. If I would’ve put any less silicone, I’m afraid I wouldn’t have even covered the entire groove. Is there any alternative to flowable in the Royale? I was thinking something along the lines of Thin IrPads, but just wanted to hear what you guys had to say first.

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**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/alternate-response-for-royale/57424/2 "2013-08-03T12:32:55Z")

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Flowable silicone works on just about anything these days.

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**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/alternate-response-for-royale/57424/3 "2013-08-04T21:44:21Z")

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The pre-release Royales had rather shallow recesses. I’ll see if I can find out what is recommended. I have had good results with flowable in them anyways. I have a pre-release model.