# How many hours of play to break in Duncan Silicone pads?

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**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [May 31, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-hours-of-play-to-break-in-duncan-silicone-pads/26853 "2011-05-31T20:18:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lunacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lunacy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lunacy)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-hours-of-play-to-break-in-duncan-silicone-pads/26853/1 "2011-05-31T20:18:50Z")

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I just installed Duncan Silicone pads on both sides of my stock FHZ. I tossed it a couple times and found it moderately responsive. It didn’t seem to snag, but would return on a stiff tug.

How long will this last for? Will it eventually go unresponsive and require a bind?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![skeletonboy333](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@skeletonboy333](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skeletonboy333)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-hours-of-play-to-break-in-duncan-silicone-pads/26853/2 "2011-05-31T21:41:22Z")

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If you want pure unresponsiveness, clean your bearing. After cleaning your bearing, it should be very unresponsive even with the Duncan Silicone Pads in. My Duncan Silicone Pads took 0 seconds to be unresponsive, because the bearing was dry.

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**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-hours-of-play-to-break-in-duncan-silicone-pads/26853/3 "2011-06-02T01:14:28Z")

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Using two pads will tend to make it responsive. Try it w/one and see how it works.

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**Author:** ![fjh123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/fjh123/32/325_2.png) [@fjh123](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fjh123)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-hours-of-play-to-break-in-duncan-silicone-pads/26853/4 "2011-06-02T14:41:42Z")

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I do a bearing for FH0 with one pad. It is offset a bit to compensate.  
Keeps the strings away during play.  
It’s a junk photo but gives you the idea…