# Good silicone?
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-silicone/17219
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [July 28, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-silicone/17219 "2010-07-28T04:12:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@x52](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/x52)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-silicone/17219/1 "2010-07-28T04:12:50Z")
So I’m going to buy a FHZ and silicone it. What’s a good silicone that you guys usually use, and works well and you rely one? Thanks
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### Author:  [@Vivo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Vivo)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2010, 6:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-silicone/17219/2 "2010-07-28T06:19:49Z")
Any, really.
I use Red RTV though because I love red. 😃
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### Author:  [@AFrozenYetiBaby](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AFrozenYetiBaby)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2010, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-silicone/17219/3 "2010-07-28T06:22:27Z")
rtv is less grabby than flowable. imo and thats what i use and it comes in designer colors! :o
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### Author:  [@climber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/climber)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2010, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-silicone/17219/4 "2010-07-28T11:21:58Z")
> [@x52](#):
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> So I’m going to buy a FHZ and silicone it. What’s a good silicone that you guys usually use, and works well and you rely one? Thanks
You know you have to recess it.
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### Author:  [@x52](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/x52)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-silicone/17219/5 "2010-07-28T14:54:14Z")
> [@climber](#):
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> > [@x52](#):
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> > So I’m going to buy a FHZ and silicone it. What’s a good silicone that you guys usually use, and works well and you rely one? Thanks
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> You know you have to recess it.
Sorry, I don’t know a lot about modding, what’s recess mean in terms of silicone?
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### Author:  [@Yummy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yummy)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-silicone/17219/6 "2010-07-28T15:08:19Z")
You have to cut a groove for the silicone to sit in. This is often done using a lathe, drill-press, or drill.
AFrozenYetiBaby, flowable is Room Temperature Vulcanizing. If it weren’t, it would not cure without a much higher temperature.
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### Author:  [@x52](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/x52)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-silicone/17219/7 "2010-07-28T15:22:34Z")
> [@Yummy](#):
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> You have to cut a groove for the silicone to sit in. This is often done using a lathe, drill-press, or drill.
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> AFrozenYetiBaby, flowable is Room Temperature Vulcanizing. If it weren’t, it would not cure without a much higher temperature.
Why can’t it just fit when you take out the response system. There’s a nice groove there and how deep does it have to be on a FHZ? And what type of flowable silicone?
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### Author:  [@Yummy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yummy)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-silicone/17219/8 "2010-07-28T15:27:23Z")
You can slather it on the face of the yo-yo where the friction stickers were, but it will tear off in a couple of days. A nice groove on the FHZ? There is no groove on the FHZ when it is stock. There is just a small sticker lip. 1.5-2mm is usually a good depth.
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### Author:  [@x52](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/x52)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-silicone/17219/9 "2010-07-28T15:31:59Z")
> [@Yummy](#):
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> You can slather it on the face of the yo-yo where the friction stickers were, but it will tear off in a couple of days. A nice groove on the FHZ? There is no groove on the FHZ when it is stock. There is just a small sticker lip. 1.5-2mm is usually a good depth.
What kind of flowable silicone do I buy though, and is flowable OK, or what?
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### Author:  [@x52](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/x52)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/good-silicone/17219/10 "2010-07-28T17:03:42Z")
Thread locked. XminusmikeX silicones your yoyos and paints them. And thanks for the help mrcnja. :wink: