# How do you deal with bearings? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [February 11, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-bearings/440742 "2026-02-11T14:02:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
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After trying acetone and a couple other ones, I now use dawn dish soap with hot water. I put the bearing on the end of a paintbrush handle, scrub the soap in, spin it in the water until it feels like nothing is stuck in there, then dry. I use a Datavac to blow dry them but you could use compressed air, and I used to put them in a towel and spin them around to dry them with centrifugal force. Air dry works too, just don’t put them away or in a yoyo until they’re fully dry. You can put a little bit of lube in but cleaning them this way usually leaves them fairly quiet. I mostly run dry bearings now. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-bearings/440742)._