# How do I get silicone out of my silicone nosel **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [February 4, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-i-get-silicone-out-of-my-silicone-nosel/63552 "2014-02-04T19:47:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ski4dayz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ski4dayz/32/1281_2.png) [@ski4dayz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ski4dayz)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-i-get-silicone-out-of-my-silicone-nosel/63552/1 "2014-02-04T19:47:04Z")
So my silicone always solidifies into a blob in the nose. I was wondering if there is a good way to get the silicone out. Whenever I wait for it to solidify, there is still a gooey part in the middle and makes my paperclip all sticky. Advice? And I was referring to this… The part at the end with ---
**Author:** ![abby1371](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/abby1371/32/1075_2.png) [@abby1371](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/abby1371)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-i-get-silicone-out-of-my-silicone-nosel/63552/2 "2014-02-04T19:49:54Z")
Just let it harden over night then pick it out with a paper clip. ---
**Author:** ![yoyoavenger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoavenger/32/884_2.png) [@yoyoavenger](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoavenger)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-i-get-silicone-out-of-my-silicone-nosel/63552/3 "2014-02-04T19:58:38Z")
Put a toothpick or something inside of it before it solidifies and then pull it out when it’s solid ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-i-get-silicone-out-of-my-silicone-nosel/63552/4 "2014-02-04T20:57:13Z")
Don’t let it solidify. With the tube still in the bottle, squeeze a little blob out. It should be hanging on to the end. Push a nail through this little blob into the cone. When you need to use it again, only the outside sili will be hard. ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-i-get-silicone-out-of-my-silicone-nosel/63552/5 "2014-02-04T21:00:35Z")
Neat, Yoyo Kangaroo. I always assumed it would start curing all the way through. I’ve always done the “pull the dried blob out the next day or next time” thing. It certainly wastes a lot of sili vs. Yoyo Kangaroo’s method, assuming it works! ---
**Author:** ![magicman21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@magicman21](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/magicman21)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-i-get-silicone-out-of-my-silicone-nosel/63552/6 "2014-02-05T01:10:47Z")
I always unscrew the nozzle, recap the tube, and put a SCREW in the nozzle, so when it hardens the threads grip the silicon plug and you can just pull it out. ---
**Author:** ![jbritter3](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jbritter3/32/1265_2.png) [@jbritter3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jbritter3)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-i-get-silicone-out-of-my-silicone-nosel/63552/7 "2014-02-05T01:13:18Z")
I never use the long nozzle. I just poke a super small hole in the tip of the tube and just pour using that and cap it the regular way. No issues that way for me. ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-i-get-silicone-out-of-my-silicone-nosel/63552/8 "2014-02-06T05:48:57Z")
> [@magicman21](#): > > I always unscrew the nozzle, recap the tube, and put a SCREW in the nozzle, so when it hardens the threads grip the silicon plug and you can just pull it out. This is what I do too. ---
**Author:** ![Trace](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/trace/32/620097_2.png) [@Trace](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Trace)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 6:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-i-get-silicone-out-of-my-silicone-nosel/63552/9 "2014-02-06T06:31:19Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/b/4/ab408b09e535a61ad9884ef5de6064c846198a83.jpeg) Worth noting, if the silicone has already cured then you can drill the screw into the silicone and then pull it out though it doesn’t work as well as if you were to put it in beforehand.