# My solution to silicone falling out and not having anything but old General Yo pads

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**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [August 3, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-solution-to-silicone-falling-out-and-not-having-anything-but-old-general-yo-pads/306315 "2019-08-03T23:59:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Durfee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/durfee/32/593280_2.png) [@Durfee](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Durfee)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-solution-to-silicone-falling-out-and-not-having-anything-but-old-general-yo-pads/306315/1 "2019-08-03T23:59:50Z")

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Big ups to Tobey in the background.

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**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:** [August 4, 2019, 12:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-solution-to-silicone-falling-out-and-not-having-anything-but-old-general-yo-pads/306315/2 "2019-08-04T00:21:35Z")

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I’m kinda slow, so what exactly did you do???

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**Author:** ![Durfee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/durfee/32/593280_2.png) [@Durfee](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Durfee)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2019, 12:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-solution-to-silicone-falling-out-and-not-having-anything-but-old-general-yo-pads/306315/3 "2019-08-04T00:33:13Z")

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I trimmed them very very poorly.

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-solution-to-silicone-falling-out-and-not-having-anything-but-old-general-yo-pads/306315/4 "2019-08-04T01:29:16Z")

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Emphasis on “very”

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**Author:** ![pep65](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pep65/32/54510_2.png) [@pep65](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pep65)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2019, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-solution-to-silicone-falling-out-and-not-having-anything-but-old-general-yo-pads/306315/5 "2019-08-04T10:13:15Z")

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wouldn’t it be easier to re-silicone ?

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**Author:** ![Durfee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/durfee/32/593280_2.png) [@Durfee](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Durfee)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-solution-to-silicone-falling-out-and-not-having-anything-but-old-general-yo-pads/306315/6 "2019-08-04T14:49:44Z")

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Yes probably and I probably have some around but this is my newest throw and I wanted to use it again ASAP.