# Interesting... (CONTEST)
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/interesting-contest/295229
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [November 18, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/interesting-contest/295229 "2018-11-18T16:00:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/interesting-contest/295229/21 "2018-11-18T19:27:17Z")
Personally; instead of using the same string forever; I constantly change to unused strings. And they work as good as new.
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### Author:  [@Cannon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cannon)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/interesting-contest/295229/22 "2018-11-18T20:25:18Z")
Buy 1 big Bang bandalores string theory string. You’ll be set forever :joy:
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### Author:  [@Theolodger](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theolodger)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/interesting-contest/295229/23 "2018-11-18T23:29:50Z")
I just pick up the nearest string (measured) and use it
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### Author:  [@Cannon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cannon)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/interesting-contest/295229/24 "2018-11-18T23:54:28Z")
I used to have a straw filled with Vaseline that I used to lube (more like stuff full) bearings with for responsive play. Weird? Meh.
When I start new hobbies, I am extremely cheap. I tried to make response stickers with literal stickers. They weren’t worth putting on.
Run out of yoyo strings and have no thread to make them with: grab your trusty fishing line and hope for the best :+1:
Really want a new yoyo but don’t have money? Cut a tennis ball in half, drill holes on each side, and add an axel between.
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### Author:  [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/interesting-contest/295229/25 "2018-11-19T02:07:23Z")
Pretty weird! WINNER!
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### Author:  [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2018, 2:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/interesting-contest/295229/26 "2018-11-19T02:14:57Z")
I’m not in it to win it. I change strings more than I have to so I can have the fresh string feel. I go to movie matinees once or twice a week and since I always have a yoyo with me I will sometimes hold it in my hand with the string on my finger. It’s comforting. I can throw at work but when I can’t I will sometimes pull it out of my pocket just to see it. It comforts me. Seriously. Maybe I should just get a girlfriend.
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### Author:  [@mOonman\_V](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mOonman_V)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/interesting-contest/295229/27 "2018-11-19T02:46:58Z")
Washing is much easier to do with nylon string.
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### Author:  [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/interesting-contest/295229/28 "2018-11-19T02:59:19Z")
I’m gonna try that this week.
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### Author:  [@EthanV](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EthanV)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/interesting-contest/295229/29 "2018-11-19T03:30:26Z")
I tried to fit a C sized bearing in an A size bearing seat. The yoyo with the A size bearing seat broke ;-; (i was so stupid lmao).
I remove the bearings of my yoyos, and play them. I use them as fixed axles lol
I put petroleum jelly inside a bearing to make my yoyo more responsive. Worked really well though
Weirdest thing i ever did was,
Ok let me go from the top
so there was a kid me, who didnt know what bearing shields were. Soooo i removed and disassembled that bearing ಠ\_ಠ
I lost one of the balls ;-;
I even tried to assemble it again
oOF
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### Author:  [@anon24651](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon24651)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2018, 4:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/interesting-contest/295229/30 "2018-11-19T04:33:46Z")
Does this really work?
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### Author:  [@smileypants707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smileypants707)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/interesting-contest/295229/31 "2018-11-19T04:38:16Z")
Not sure, I’ve never tried it…
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### Author:  [@noodles](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/noodles)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2018, 4:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/interesting-contest/295229/32 "2018-11-19T04:58:04Z")
Some stuff
- I used to apply baby oil on my plastic yoyos to hide scuffs (actually worked, but damaged plastic a bit)
- Using strings until I snap them (or some threads break)
- Tuning yoyos for a LONG time
- Scraping yoyos on concrete to remove really sharp dents
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### Author:  [@mOonman\_V](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mOonman_V)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2018, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/interesting-contest/295229/33 "2018-11-19T10:48:58Z")
I have done number 2 myself.
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### Author:  [@SuperWideAngle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SuperWideAngle)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/interesting-contest/295229/34 "2018-11-19T15:48:08Z")
Hey, great topic, see if you can get this person some more likes everyone!
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### Author:  [@smileypants707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smileypants707)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/interesting-contest/295229/35 "2018-11-19T16:22:54Z")
I don’t know if it’s a weird per se, but there are a couple of things that I am OCD about.
1. I have to make sure that before I put down a yo yo, that it has a neat clean bind.
2. One of the first things that I do when I get a new yoyo is put thread lock on one end of the axle. This helps with future tuning and preventing it from falling out if I have to take it apart.
3. I try to get the maximum use out of my strings. If they start to get soggy, I will just switch my playstyle to more basic old-school tricks that don’t require a lot of fancy slacks and stuff.
4. I HAVE to have a yoyo in my pocket pretty much at all times. It doesn’t matter what the occasion is. Forgetting to carry a yoyo for me is like forgetting to carry my wallet or phone.
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### Author:  [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/interesting-contest/295229/36 "2018-11-19T18:32:58Z")
> [@smileypants707](#):
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> I have to make sure that before I put down a yo yo, that it has a neat clean bind.
I think that’s more “self preservation” than ocd. 🤕
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### Author:  [@Z\_Car](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Z_Car)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/interesting-contest/295229/37 "2018-11-19T22:03:05Z")
I always like to get the max out of my strings as well. I am very cheap, I dont change the string unless I truly fear the string is close to breaking. Once i finally put on a fresh one, tricks feel so easy to do. It is pretty great.
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### Author:  [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2018, 2:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/interesting-contest/295229/38 "2018-11-20T02:57:34Z")
I often go to work and forget my lunch but I always remember to put two yoyos in my left pocket. One on a long lanyard that goes to the bottom of my pocket one on a yyf holster that sits at the very top of my pocket. I also always have my black Replay in my edc bag.
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### Author:  [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/interesting-contest/295229/39 "2018-11-20T02:59:44Z")
More forum topics like this, please. This is a great thread and enhances the forum!
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### Author:  [@noodles](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/noodles)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2018, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/interesting-contest/295229/40 "2018-11-20T08:43:50Z")
oh yeah i also have to nail a crisp trick and bind before putting a yoyo down
a great way to procrastinate hahahah
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