# cleaning fluids
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-fluids/5962
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [August 29, 2009, 12:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-fluids/5962 "2009-08-29T00:43:27Z")
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### Author:  [@Hardcore\_Max1986](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hardcore_Max1986)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2009, 12:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-fluids/5962/1 "2009-08-29T00:43:27Z")
ok so mineral spirits sounds good, but i was wondering is isopropal alcohol is also a good substitute since its 99% alcohol and i use it at work to clean aircraft parts??? anyone tryed using it before??
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### Author:  [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-fluids/5962/2 "2009-08-29T01:22:57Z")
I’ve heard that it’ll still mess up the bearing, but I don’t know that it would. If you have a few spare bearings around, or maybe even just a spare piece of metal, you could clean it in that and then let it sit for a while and see what happens.
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### Author:  [@Hardcore\_Max1986](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hardcore_Max1986)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-fluids/5962/3 "2009-08-29T03:16:57Z")
yeah once i get my DM i’ll have some spare bearings so i’ll try it then and will post the outcomes but i thnik that it will be a success but i shall have to wait and see. fingers crossed
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### Author:  [@Hardcore\_Max1986](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hardcore_Max1986)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2009, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-fluids/5962/4 "2009-09-09T11:26:55Z")
ok so now i have done some playing around and have used some isopropal alcohol to clean my bearings, initial results are very promising. there was heaps of crap in my older bearings then i cleaned my newer bearings and it worked a treat a quick lube up and i was ready to go.
so in closing the use of the alcohol is good i recomend it.