# How to make response pads **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [March 25, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-response-pads/336039 "2021-03-25T00:47:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/258eb7/32.png) [@000](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/000)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-response-pads/336039/1 "2021-03-25T00:47:42Z")
I don’t have the right size of response pads and I can’t buy any. what should I do. I don’t have any silicone I can use by the way. ---
**Author:** ![TheThrowingGnome](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/thethrowinggnome/32/14231_2.png) [@TheThrowingGnome](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheThrowingGnome)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 12:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-response-pads/336039/2 "2021-03-25T00:55:55Z")
> [@000](#): > > what should I do Buy flowable silicone. ---
**Author:** ![fatguysnacks247](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/fatguysnacks247/32/81478_2.png) [@fatguysnacks247](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fatguysnacks247)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 1:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-response-pads/336039/3 "2021-03-25T01:02:56Z")
to @TheThrowingGnome’s point, these are viable options [https://shop.yoyoexpert.com/collections/yo-yo-response/products/monkeyfinger-monkey-snot-yoyo-response?variant=18871621764](https://shop.yoyoexpert.com/collections/yo-yo-response/products/monkeyfinger-monkey-snot-yoyo-response?variant=18871621764) > **[Flowable Silicone](https://shop.yoyoexpert.com/collections/yo-yo-response/products/flowable-yoyo-silicone?variant=18871072324)** > > With Silicone now the standard in yo-yo play today flowable silicone is for those who want to always be prepared when they need new response or to the player who has extreme response demands.This silicone is normally used as a sealant for windshields... edit: this came up too… [Creating BAZ/CHAZPADS for older throws - #8 by EOS44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/creating-baz-chazpads-for-older-throws/335985/8) ---
**Author:** ![000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/258eb7/32.png) [@000](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/000)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-response-pads/336039/4 "2021-03-25T01:08:00Z")
thank, but I don’t have silcone and I can’t buy those ---
**Author:** ![TheThrowingGnome](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/thethrowinggnome/32/14231_2.png) [@TheThrowingGnome](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheThrowingGnome)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-response-pads/336039/5 "2021-03-25T01:16:00Z")
Is there not an auto parts store you can go to? ---
**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:** [March 25, 2021, 4:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-response-pads/336039/6 "2021-03-25T04:11:35Z")
Have you not bothered to read this? > [@Creating BAZ/CHAZPADS for older throws](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/creating-baz-chazpads-for-older-throws/335985): > > I started looking on here for the bazpad/chazpad guide since I always found them to perform a lot better than old style dif pads. You’ll notice on older throws like anti-yo that they don’t fit your standard 18mm pad and instead took thin sticker pads. This is the guide copied from another forums old post that “IV” had made. I couldn’t find it on here so wanted to have it here in case someone else needed help with making some decent pads for their old throws. Of note is that plastidip before it … ---
**Author:** ![fatguysnacks247](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/fatguysnacks247/32/81478_2.png) [@fatguysnacks247](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fatguysnacks247)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 4:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-response-pads/336039/7 "2021-03-25T04:13:20Z")
i posted it two posts up, it required purchasing silicone at a store ---
**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:** [March 25, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-response-pads/336039/8 "2021-03-25T04:16:27Z")
> [@000](#): > > thank, but I don’t have silcone and I can’t buy those Sorry, but some things require you to buy stuff. If that’s not possible then there’s not a lot you can do to solve your problem. The best things in life aren’t free. :wink: ---
**Author:** ![hobby\_master](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hobby_master/32/145533_2.png) [@hobby\_master](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobby_master)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-response-pads/336039/9 "2021-03-25T05:04:05Z")
you can buy ANYTHING online. literally anything ---
**Author:** ![yoyodoc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyodoc/32/48820_2.png) [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 5:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-response-pads/336039/10 "2021-03-25T05:33:06Z")
How old are you… and what Country do you live in? Your answers may help clarify why you don’t have any money and you are not able to buy what you need. I have a question for you. What kind of yo-yo do you have that you don’t have pads for or that you need pads for. Specifically what kind of yo-yo do you have that needs maintenance?