# Cleaning A yoyo? **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [August 20, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-a-yoyo/18173 "2010-08-20T23:51:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PikachuCanYoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pikachucanyoyo/32/607_2.png) [@PikachuCanYoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PikachuCanYoyo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-a-yoyo/18173/1 "2010-08-20T23:51:36Z")
My yoyo is always sticky. I try cleaning it with water but that doesn’t help. Help? ---
**Author:** ![DanitOrz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/danitorz/32/421_2.png) [@DanitOrz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DanitOrz)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-a-yoyo/18173/2 "2010-08-21T00:58:33Z")
try with spirt ---
**Author:** ![arem250](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/arem250/32/7922_2.png) [@arem250](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/arem250)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-a-yoyo/18173/3 "2010-08-21T03:31:27Z")
what do you mean “sticky”? ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-a-yoyo/18173/4 "2010-08-21T03:48:12Z")
Try some dish soap in the water. If that doesn’t do it, try a little lighter fluid on a cloth to wipe it down, then wash w/soap&water. Lighter fluid is pretty benign to polycarb and celcon. ---
**Author:** ![arem250](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/arem250/32/7922_2.png) [@arem250](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/arem250)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-a-yoyo/18173/5 "2010-08-21T03:58:32Z")
be careful using lighter fluid or mineral spirits (paint thinner) cause they can crack or even melt plastic. ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-a-yoyo/18173/6 "2010-08-21T04:10:41Z")
I’ve never had a problem cleaning any production yoyo w/either lighter fluid or mineral spirits. You don’t soak them in it, just wipe down with a bit on a cloth. Polycarb and celcon yoyos are not affected by it. Now acetone or lacquer thinner are an entirely different story. They will melt the plastic, even wiped on with a cloth. ---
**Author:** ![PikachuCanYoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pikachucanyoyo/32/607_2.png) [@PikachuCanYoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PikachuCanYoyo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-a-yoyo/18173/7 "2010-08-21T14:09:02Z")
My yoyo is a 888 I think its uhh alumanimnnmimn and by sticky i mean like one spot feels different. liek sticky. ---
**Author:** ![arem250](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/arem250/32/7922_2.png) [@arem250](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/arem250)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-a-yoyo/18173/8 "2010-08-21T14:50:41Z")
if its aluminum you can use any thing that has been suggested so far. Just test it on an inconspicuous part first to make sure it won’t strip the paint. ---
**Author:** ![PikachuCanYoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pikachucanyoyo/32/607_2.png) [@PikachuCanYoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PikachuCanYoyo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-a-yoyo/18173/9 "2010-08-21T18:19:52Z")
okay those people who suggested soapy water are friggin geniuses. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ---
**Author:** ![arem250](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/arem250/32/7922_2.png) [@arem250](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/arem250)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-a-yoyo/18173/10 "2010-08-21T18:27:09Z")
now your yoyo can blow bubbles! ;D ---
**Author:** ![psin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/psin/32/397_2.png) [@psin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/psin)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-a-yoyo/18173/11 "2010-08-21T18:53:00Z")
Use a rag when you clean it. don’t stick it in a bucket of water. And stop eating and throwing without washing your hands. ---
**Author:** ![PikachuCanYoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pikachucanyoyo/32/607_2.png) [@PikachuCanYoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PikachuCanYoyo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-a-yoyo/18173/12 "2010-08-21T19:02:50Z")
who said its food thats the sticky stuff? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![arem250](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/arem250/32/7922_2.png) [@arem250](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/arem250)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-a-yoyo/18173/13 "2010-08-21T19:24:37Z")
> [@psin](#): > > And stop eating and throwing without washing your hands. if the yoyo is always sticky then he is always eating by your logic… ---
**Author:** ![psin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/psin/32/397_2.png) [@psin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/psin)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-a-yoyo/18173/14 "2010-08-23T15:59:28Z")
> [@arem250](#): > > > [@psin](#): > > > > And stop eating and throwing without washing your hands. > > if the yoyo is always sticky then he is always eating by your logic… No, my logic is that he ate, threw, got sticky stuff on the yoyo (I assume sugar based) and never cleaned it off. I do suppose though, after reviewing your logical assumptions of my logic that, yes, he could in fact be currently suspended in a tank of marshmallow fluff, honey and strawberry jam and is currently typing posts on a nearby console via a complicated, Loony Tunes style, stalk and pulley apparatus composed of moistened candy-canes, Twizzlers and pre-chewed BubbleYum. Though, while common in it’s own right, I find this scenario rather unlikely in this situation. ---
**Author:** ![arem250](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/arem250/32/7922_2.png) [@arem250](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/arem250)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-a-yoyo/18173/15 "2010-08-23T16:48:25Z")
> [@psin](#): > > No, my logic is that he ate, threw, got sticky stuff on the yoyo (I assume sugar based) and never cleaned it off. I do suppose though, after reviewing your logical assumptions of my logic that, yes, he could in fact be currently suspended in a tank of marshmallow fluff, honey and strawberry jam and is currently typing posts on a nearby console via a complicated, Loony Tunes style, stalk and pulley apparatus composed of moistened candy-canes, Twizzlers and pre-chewed BubbleYum. Though, while common in it’s own right, I find this scenario rather unlikely in this situation. lol ;D