# How do you get your yo-yos to stay mint??
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-yo-yos-to-stay-mint/45675
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [November 24, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-yo-yos-to-stay-mint/45675 "2012-11-24T23:30:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-yo-yos-to-stay-mint/45675/1 "2012-11-24T23:30:39Z")
Seriously… HOW? every single yoyo i have has been mint for a few months, then has become riddled with dings and scuffs! how do you guys do it?
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### Author:  [@A\_Soviet\_Locust](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/A_Soviet_Locust)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-yo-yos-to-stay-mint/45675/2 "2012-11-24T23:31:56Z")
I don’t throw over anything other than grass and carpet.
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### Author:  [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-yo-yos-to-stay-mint/45675/3 "2012-11-24T23:32:56Z")
> [@A\_Soviet\_Locust](#):
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> I don’t throw over anything other than grass and carpet.
tried that, then went into he house with the wood floor, got bored, threw, ding!
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### Author:  [@yoyomeli13](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyomeli13)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-yo-yos-to-stay-mint/45675/4 "2012-11-24T23:37:22Z")
> [@A\_Soviet\_Locust](#):
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> I don’t throw over anything other than grass and carpet.
yup same here. i also have to be super careful just to keep it mint. you dont understand how crazy i am for keepng my throws mint
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### Author:  [@pickle24](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pickle24)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-yo-yos-to-stay-mint/45675/5 "2012-11-24T23:37:34Z")
You don’t use them.
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### Author:  [@ShaunC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ShaunC)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-yo-yos-to-stay-mint/45675/6 "2012-11-24T23:39:42Z")
Shorter strings. Adjust your throw.
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### Author:  [@A\_Soviet\_Locust](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/A_Soviet_Locust)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-yo-yos-to-stay-mint/45675/7 "2012-11-24T23:39:54Z")
> [@Pajama Man 8398](#):
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> > [@A\_Soviet\_Locust](#):
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> > I don’t throw over anything other than grass and carpet.
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> tried that, then went into he house with the wood floor, got bored, threw, ding!
Lol i’ve hit my wood floor so often and not got dings.
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### Author:  [@Mr\_Yoyoguy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mr_Yoyoguy)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-yo-yos-to-stay-mint/45675/8 "2012-11-24T23:42:26Z")
> [@A\_Soviet\_Locust](#):
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> > [@Pajama Man 8398](#):
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> > > [@A\_Soviet\_Locust](#):
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> > > I don’t throw over anything other than grass and carpet.
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> > tried that, then went into he house with the wood floor, got bored, threw, ding!
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> Lol i’ve hit my wood floor so often and not got dings.
Same.
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### Author:  [@slowyojoe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/slowyojoe)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-yo-yos-to-stay-mint/45675/9 "2012-11-24T23:43:26Z")
Thick pile rug?
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### Author:  [@Yonut](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yonut)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-yo-yos-to-stay-mint/45675/10 "2012-11-24T23:57:56Z")
You walk the dog with them on concrete until you stop caring. Then it won’t matter if they are mint or not.
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### Author:  [@Coffelt](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Coffelt)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-yo-yos-to-stay-mint/45675/11 "2012-11-25T00:13:45Z")
Be a very boring human being.
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-yo-yos-to-stay-mint/45675/12 "2012-11-25T00:51:23Z")
To keep them mint, put them away in a drawer.
To keep them in fairly good condition, play them carefully, change string often so it doesn’t break.
Otherwise, just play’em.
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### Author:  [@LinksLegionaire](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LinksLegionaire)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-yo-yos-to-stay-mint/45675/13 "2012-11-25T00:59:51Z")
I have a habit of keeping mine, for the most part, mint. Which is surprising because I tend to get fairly wreckless with them.
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### Author:  [@SR1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SR1)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-yo-yos-to-stay-mint/45675/14 "2012-11-25T01:08:05Z")
I have found this to be the best method to keep your yoyos mint:
1. Go over a cement/tile/other hard surface. (Don’t fear)
2. Throw a VERY strong sleeper.
3. Take the loop of your finger, still holding it though.
4. Bind.
Works every time.
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-yo-yos-to-stay-mint/45675/15 "2012-11-25T01:11:57Z")
> [@LinksLegionaire](#):
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> I have a habit of keeping mine, for the most part, mint. Which is surprising because I tend to get fairly wreckless with them.
Most all of mine are in what I would call good to very good condition. Some have minor scuffs and none with major dings. I just tend to keep my stuff in good condition.
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### Author:  [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-yo-yos-to-stay-mint/45675/16 "2012-11-25T01:13:20Z")
> [@A\_Soviet\_Locust](#):
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> I don’t throw over anything other than grass and carpet.
That’s what I do, and when I’m out and about, I’ll take a plastic with me. Not saying I don’t care about the plastic yoyo, but they are easier to replace should they go and finally fall apart.
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### Author:  [@daniel0731ex](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/daniel0731ex)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-yo-yos-to-stay-mint/45675/17 "2012-11-25T02:01:22Z")
Also plastic yoyos have higher resilience than metal. Therefore a ding on a smooth but hard surface will not do any damage.
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### Author:  [@Shadowz143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shadowz143)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-yo-yos-to-stay-mint/45675/18 "2012-11-25T02:04:24Z")
Rubbing gum on it might work.
Or mint leaves.
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### Author:  [@mgiroux77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mgiroux77)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-yo-yos-to-stay-mint/45675/19 "2012-11-25T02:15:12Z")
For me it is being carefull and having a shorter string. I too play over a hard wood floor and have hit the wood many a time with no dings. Wood can be very forgiving… I have a Y Factor I got in August 2010 still dead mint… Just luck I guess.
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### Author:  [@MrSquirrel](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MrSquirrel)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-yo-yos-to-stay-mint/45675/20 "2012-11-25T02:40:03Z")
I use longer strings because I am very short, so belly button length doesn’t cut it (pun intended). I just keep my throwhand arm up higher so the yoyo doesn’t hit the ground.
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