# cleaning the silicone groove
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-the-silicone-groove/28286
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
**Created:** [July 22, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-the-silicone-groove/28286 "2011-07-22T18:21:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@swagyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/swagyoyo)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-the-silicone-groove/28286/1 "2011-07-22T18:21:02Z")
I realized that super gluing a silicone o ring isn’t a good idea when after i took it out to put flowable silicone that the silicone kept falling out… how do you clean up superglue without hurting a the plastic??
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### Author:  [@Schnayke](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Schnayke)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-the-silicone-groove/28286/2 "2011-07-22T18:22:40Z")
I would just chip it out of there, a scratched up serface would hold the silicone better anyhow.
You will not have a perfect yoyo after that, but then again you don’t now.
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### Author:  [@AlexanderIsupov](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AlexanderIsupov)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-the-silicone-groove/28286/3 "2011-07-22T18:27:19Z")
For stuff like this I always use toothpicks ;D
They are wooden so they can’t heavily scratch surface of the yoyo.
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### Author:  [@swagyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/swagyoyo)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-the-silicone-groove/28286/4 "2011-07-22T18:28:16Z")
i tried my sisters nail polish remover but i realized it was drying out the plastic a whole bunch
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### Author:  [@AlexanderIsupov](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AlexanderIsupov)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-the-silicone-groove/28286/5 "2011-07-22T18:30:59Z")
Did you try to scratch it from the surface?
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### Author:  [@swagyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/swagyoyo)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-the-silicone-groove/28286/6 "2011-07-22T18:37:05Z")
> [@AlexanderIsupov](#):
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> Did you try to scratch it from the surface?
First thing I did
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### Author:  [@AlexanderIsupov](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AlexanderIsupov)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-the-silicone-groove/28286/7 "2011-07-22T18:43:11Z")
In things like this I just spend a lot of time doing it harmless way (scratching from surface) instead of using more extreme options.
I think scratching it with something sharp will work and will do less harm then some chemicals.
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### Author:  [@dynikus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dynikus)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-the-silicone-groove/28286/8 "2011-07-22T22:19:29Z")
[http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100413145859AAeOW5o](http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100413145859AAeOW5o)
should be the same with a plastic yoyo
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### Author:  [@Schnayke](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Schnayke)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-the-silicone-groove/28286/9 "2011-07-22T23:22:10Z")
For real just get in their with a knife and try not to take out much of the material from the yoyo its self.
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### Author:  [@skeletonboy333](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skeletonboy333)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-the-silicone-groove/28286/10 "2011-07-23T03:06:52Z")
I’d get a knife and scrape carefully. Chuck out the big pieces and try to get the rest. Then use rubbing alcohol on the remaining tiny bits.
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-the-silicone-groove/28286/11 "2011-07-28T04:07:51Z")
> [@swagyoyo](#):
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> i tried my sisters nail polish remover but i realized it was drying out the plastic a whole bunch
Not sure if it still does but nail polish remover used to contain acetone. It’s not good for plastics.
Use rubbing alcohol as previously suggested.
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### Author:  [@swagyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/swagyoyo)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2011, 4:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-the-silicone-groove/28286/12 "2011-07-28T04:21:40Z")
> [@jhb8426](#):
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> > [@swagyoyo](#):
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> > i tried my sisters nail polish remover but i realized it was drying out the plastic a whole bunch
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> Not sure if it still does but nail polish remover used to contain acetone. It’s not good for plastics.
> Use rubbing alcohol as previously suggested.
I almost used rubbing alcohol but used it ace tone nail polish remover :-\ will this eat the plastic?
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cleaning-the-silicone-groove/28286/13 "2011-07-30T04:01:40Z")
Yes - An acetone based nail polish remover can melt the plastic. That’s why people who dye yoyos use it. It softens the plastic so the dye can penetrate.