# How many yoyos have you broken trying to mod it?

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**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [September 23, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-yoyos-have-you-broken-trying-to-mod-it/43135 "2012-09-23T19:46:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joeybob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@Joeybob](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Joeybob)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-yoyos-have-you-broken-trying-to-mod-it/43135/1 "2012-09-23T19:46:32Z")

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How many yoyos have you broken trying to mod it?  
I’ve broken 5 yoyos 2 flying squirrels (trying to recess) 2 freehand zeros (trying to recess) and 1 protostar(had a paint job i didn’t like and i tried to use paint thinner and it cracked it).

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**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-many-yoyos-have-you-broken-trying-to-mod-it/43135/2 "2012-09-23T19:50:19Z")

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None, but I’ve broken a few after modding them.