# Lubing a gold bearing?
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lubing-a-gold-bearing/82970
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
**Created:** [January 15, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lubing-a-gold-bearing/82970 "2017-01-15T22:06:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@SCooters](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SCooters)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lubing-a-gold-bearing/82970/1 "2017-01-15T22:06:22Z")
What happens when you lube a gold bearing? On the product page for a gold center trac it says to not lube it so does that go for all gold bearings?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lubing-a-gold-bearing/82970/2 "2017-01-15T22:07:44Z")
Parts is parts, go ahead and lube it.
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### Author:  [@Schnayke](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Schnayke)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lubing-a-gold-bearing/82970/3 "2017-01-15T22:36:48Z")
The coating is the lube. However if you truly have a problem that canned air won’t fix than you will likely have to clean and lube it.
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### Author:  [@Dust](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dust)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lubing-a-gold-bearing/82970/4 "2017-01-15T23:29:50Z")
ive used both dry and wet lubes for gold. no worries either way. Thing with gold is that its boss to start, but over time it _will_ degrade as the coating breaks down. Platinum ones are similar to start but do not follow the same degrade.
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### Author:  [@zxin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zxin)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lubing-a-gold-bearing/82970/5 "2017-01-22T13:54:05Z")
> [@InvaderDust](#):
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> ive used both dry and wet lubes for gold. no worries either way. Thing with gold is that its boss to start, but over time it _will_ degrade as the coating breaks down. Platinum ones are similar to start but do not follow the same degrade.
Platinum bearings you say? :o Never heard of them, what’re they like?
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### Author:  [@Dust](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dust)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lubing-a-gold-bearing/82970/6 "2017-01-22T16:10:00Z")
YYR DS bearings come in steel, gold or platinum. They are all are great, but the Platnium ones seem to hold up really well over time. Better than Gold by a slim margin. Should be pointed out that the much cheaper steel versions have nothing wrong with them at all.
In the world of boutique bearings its more a novelty than an actual improvement. That being said I like have a bunch of metal types and shapes to play with but at the end of the day the differences are marginal at best. 🙂