# Just wondering, anyone ever tried making their own response pads?
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-wondering-anyone-ever-tried-making-their-own-response-pads/74840
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
**Created:** [May 26, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-wondering-anyone-ever-tried-making-their-own-response-pads/74840 "2015-05-26T03:30:15Z")
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### Author:  [@Rixtify](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rixtify)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-wondering-anyone-ever-tried-making-their-own-response-pads/74840/1 "2015-05-26T03:30:15Z")
Anyone tried to make their own response pads? I’ve heard of cork and stuff being cut to be used but nothing else… I imagine glue could be used somehow in a mixture…
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2015, 5:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-wondering-anyone-ever-tried-making-their-own-response-pads/74840/2 "2015-05-26T05:17:39Z")
Yes, a lot of people have. The use things like plasti-dip, silicone and shoe-goo spread on sticky back paper as found in some label makers. Results vary and it takes some trial an error to get it right. Google “baz pads” for instance.
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### Author:  [@CaliBuddha](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CaliBuddha)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-wondering-anyone-ever-tried-making-their-own-response-pads/74840/3 "2015-05-26T13:59:39Z")
Yep. I did several years ago. Plasti-dip + Naptha. Pour it on non-stick cookie sheets. Sit heavy book on top to flatten it out. Let dry. Voila.
Edit: That’s just for thin pad response yoyos.
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### Author:  [@Revolution626](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Revolution626)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-wondering-anyone-ever-tried-making-their-own-response-pads/74840/4 "2015-05-26T20:40:23Z")
I’m just a beginner… but isn’t that what flowable silicone does? You just put some in the response space, and wipe it?
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-wondering-anyone-ever-tried-making-their-own-response-pads/74840/5 "2015-05-26T21:50:26Z")
Most yoyos that use pads have a recess that is too thin to hold silicone.
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### Author:  [@forge55b](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/forge55b)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-wondering-anyone-ever-tried-making-their-own-response-pads/74840/6 "2015-05-26T22:05:41Z")
I’m curious jhb, but which yoyos have pads that are too thin? Not trying to make this a jab at you, but rather serious curiosity. 🙂
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/just-wondering-anyone-ever-tried-making-their-own-response-pads/74840/7 "2015-05-27T02:09:45Z")
Most all original anti-yo, duncan fhz (and most other yoyos of that vintage), diffeo, the list goes on and on… Pads at the time were paper thin, as some still are. That is too thin to hold up very long at all.