Has anyone else seen the new yyf lube bottles?
Their website says click accessories for more info but there’s no info given. It looks like they went to an eye dropper type. If anyone has any early info on these I’m curious how well they work. My current bottle of lube is still new so if I buy one of the new bottles I’ll b stocked for a lifetime.
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Mine is like that eye drop style bottle
Do you find it easy to get real small drops out of it? I do the pin technique to oil my bearings but i don’t always get a good drop and have to wipe it off and try again.
I use a wood toothpick, seems to control it more
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I’ll have to give that a try. Thanks for the tip.
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Warning: this reply contains unsolicited instructional material. It can be helpful regardless of line bottle you end up with. A few critical individuals may find it necessary to jump into this thread and suggest this information is off topic. But for anybody using lube, this may actually be a good place to insert some info they may find helpful. If you already got your lube techniques wired, please stop at the end of this sentence because you will learn nothing here.
I like to more often than not, remove the bearing from the yo-yo, first.
I set the bearing on a small torn off piece of a paper towel… about the size of a playing card.
I make sure both bearing seats in the yo-yo halves are free of debris. The twisted point of another piece of paper towel or the end of a cotton swab both work well. If you have a photo bulb or canned air, that will also work.
Whatever lube I use, I apply it with the tip of a wooden toothpick. Depending on the viscosity of the lube, the amount of lube the toothpick will pick up can depend on how pointed the tip of the toothpick is. For example, if the tip is very pointed= the smallest amount.
If you want to pick up a little more generous amount, first, very lightly tap the tip of the toothpick against a very hard non-porous surface(like a granite/marble/or synthetic quartz)counter-top. The object is to create a small mushroom end on the toothpick. The slightly rounded tip will all more lube to cling to it. The thicker the lube and the more blunt the tip, the bigger the lube ball you will see from,.
Try the un-modded pointy tip first, so you can see where you need to go before you start pounding your toothpick into a nailhead, lol.
Once you see the lube wick onto/into the bearing, pick up the bearing and put it on the lead end of a pencil or on a wooden chopstick(anytime I order Chinese food, I always ask them for a few pairs of chopsticks🤓.
With the bearing in place(on whatever) in one hand, use the edge of your opposite thumb to give the bearing a few good spins to distribute the lube.
Then, remove the bearing and set it back on the paper towel, left or righ of center. Fold the towel over and pinch the bearing between your thumb and index finger. It will wick away the small amount of lube on the surfaces of the bearing(residual lube on the exterior flats of the bearing do nothing).
Put the bearing back in the yo-yo.
The object of the bearing removal is simple. Your mission is to lube the internal parts of the bearing, nothing more. If you leave the bearing in the yo-yo and you don’t have the vision of an eagle, you may apply more lube than you actually need and the bearing seat under that half of the yo-yo will become a little catch-all for the “over-lube’. Once you start happily throwing the yo-yo around, the spinning force of the yo-yo will send the lube out of the seat and into your response pads and onto your string and create a mini-mess that may or may not have consequences.
Trust me…
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I appreciate all that great info. I’m still learning so I really do appreciate all the tips and responses everyone gives on here. I’ll have to settle for pressboard and Formica counter tops tho. We don’t have the fancy stuff where I’m from lol
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I just put a whole drop of lube in my bearings and then blow it out with canned air on a pencil works great.
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