# old strings **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [March 6, 2014, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-strings/64403 "2014-03-06T10:58:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![klown702](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@klown702](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/klown702)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-strings/64403/1 "2014-03-06T10:58:03Z")
so what does every body do with your old strings? I’m in to recycling. and I haven’t thrown away any of my old stings. I’m if there are any cool Ideas that youve come up with. I think I’m gonna have my gf make me a braclet or necklace. ---
**Author:** ![yuki\_onitsura](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yuki_onitsura/32/1162_2.png) [@yuki\_onitsura](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yuki_onitsura)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-strings/64403/2 "2014-03-06T11:27:16Z")
String ball! Yuki ---
**Author:** ![ski4dayz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ski4dayz/32/1281_2.png) [@ski4dayz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ski4dayz)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-strings/64403/3 "2014-03-06T11:36:36Z")
I made a counter weight with 5 or so ---
**Author:** ![Gambit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gambit/32/1358_2.png) [@Gambit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Gambit)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-strings/64403/4 "2014-03-06T11:39:21Z")
I notice that when you melt strings they resolidify as a somewhat hard plastic. I wonder if, had you enough strings, you could melt them all down and re-mould them into a yoyo. I might try this actually. I have strings laying all over the place… ---
**Author:** ![mr.nightshadow95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr.nightshadow95/32/1093_2.png) [@mr.nightshadow95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mr.nightshadow95)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-strings/64403/5 "2014-03-06T12:59:33Z")
Saving them for a string ball ---
**Author:** ![Mofoya](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mofoya/32/7946_2.png) [@Mofoya](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mofoya)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-strings/64403/6 "2014-03-06T14:51:22Z")
I made a 5A counterweight with some that turned out pretty cool. I also made a decorative ball to hang near a lamp for shadow effects (sorry no pic but I’ll try to describe.) Under-inflate a balloon so it’s round; coat in petroleum jelly. Coat strings in mixture of 2 parts water, 2 parts elmers glue, one part corn starch. Wrap balloon with strings and let dry. Pop balloon! neato string ball. I painted and clear-coated after that and it makes a cool hangy ball thing… smaller is better. ---
**Author:** ![abby1371](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/abby1371/32/1075_2.png) [@abby1371](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/abby1371)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-strings/64403/7 "2014-03-06T19:57:43Z")
I make a waspnet counterweight. ---
**Author:** ![klown702](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@klown702](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/klown702)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-strings/64403/8 "2014-03-06T21:24:39Z")
everybody loces the string ball counterweight eh. might try thay. ---
**Author:** ![stuarttw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@stuarttw](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stuarttw)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-strings/64403/9 "2014-03-06T23:22:55Z")
This is just a suggestion. You could tie it with another string and make a really long string. Or you could start a style basicly like double dragon but with one string shorter than the other. ---
**Author:** ![xxjohnsonxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b782af/32.png) [@xxjohnsonxx](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xxjohnsonxx)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-strings/64403/10 "2014-03-07T15:01:41Z")
I have a string ball, it’s getting fairly big now ---
**Author:** ![ilikestring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ilikestring](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ilikestring)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-strings/64403/11 "2014-03-09T16:32:26Z")
I remember like 4 years ago, kitty string had a contest where whoever sent in the most used strings after a year won a bunch of cool prizes like yoyos and stuff. I saved up my yoyo strings because of that but was too lazy to ship them in for the contest and now I have a few thousand used strings. I wonder if they still do that contest?