# Re: Top secret tacky tama technique
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/re-top-secret-tacky-tama-technique/60050
**Category:** Kendama
**Created:** [October 11, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/re-top-secret-tacky-tama-technique/60050 "2013-10-11T02:51:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@once\_upon\_a\_paul](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/once_upon_a_paul)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/re-top-secret-tacky-tama-technique/60050/1 "2013-10-11T02:51:54Z")
Top secret method of making a tama have instant tack.
Purchase a block of raw beeswax from any craft store, breakoff a small piece, rub a conservative amount right onto the surface of your tama, and then smooth it down with your fingers.
This will create a staggering amount of tack, and the beautiful thing is, you can just clean it off any time or simply wait a couple of weeks to wear itself off!
Shhhhhhhh :wink:
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### Author:  [@Logi](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Logi)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/re-top-secret-tacky-tama-technique/60050/2 "2013-10-11T22:25:55Z")
What if you melt it into your paint and paint your dama?
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### Author:  [@once\_upon\_a\_paul](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/once_upon_a_paul)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/re-top-secret-tacky-tama-technique/60050/3 "2013-10-12T01:11:02Z")
Paint and wax will not mix
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### Author:  [@BanjoSpins](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/BanjoSpins)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/re-top-secret-tacky-tama-technique/60050/4 "2013-10-12T01:40:14Z")
It’s a bit serendipitous to see this thread here. Just this afternoon I was throwing a kendama I just bought and I was thinking to myself; “you know, I bet it would be a lot easier to “stick” these landings if I just applied a bit of wax to these cups.”
(of course I was also thinking that would be tantamount to cheating.)
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### Author:  [@wcrase](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/wcrase)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2013, 6:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/re-top-secret-tacky-tama-technique/60050/5 "2013-10-13T06:13:44Z")
> [@BanjoSpins](#):
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> It’s a bit serendipitous to see this thread here. Just this afternoon I was throwing a kendama I just bought and I was thinking to myself; “you know, I bet it would be a lot easier to “stick” these landings if I just applied a bit of wax to these cups.”
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> (of course I was also thinking that would be tantamount to cheating.)
I’m opposed to the idea that tacky kendamas are cheating. If they are, then so are Yoyos with bearings.
I’m gettin’ me some beeswax.
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### Author:  [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2013, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/re-top-secret-tacky-tama-technique/60050/6 "2013-10-13T06:22:57Z")
Would this work on natural and stained kendamas?
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### Author:  [@wcrase](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/wcrase)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/re-top-secret-tacky-tama-technique/60050/7 "2013-10-13T16:40:21Z")
> [@iYoyo58](#):
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> Would this work on natural and stained kendamas?
I bet it would work beautifully. And last longer.
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### Author:  [@J\_Singh\_2K](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/J_Singh_2K)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/re-top-secret-tacky-tama-technique/60050/8 "2013-10-13T17:03:42Z")
I wonder if MFD buff would work.
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### Author:  [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/re-top-secret-tacky-tama-technique/60050/9 "2013-10-13T18:54:59Z")
> [@J\_Singh\_2K](#):
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> I wonder if MFD buff would work.
Wouldn’t polish make paint slippery?
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### Author:  [@J\_Singh\_2K](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/J_Singh_2K)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/re-top-secret-tacky-tama-technique/60050/10 "2013-10-13T19:50:05Z")
> [@iYoyo58](#):
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> Wouldn’t polish make paint slippery?
Yes, but buff is sorta sticky too.
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### Author:  [@once\_upon\_a\_paul](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/once_upon_a_paul)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/re-top-secret-tacky-tama-technique/60050/11 "2013-10-13T23:01:53Z")
The wax goes on the ball (tama); not the ken- just for clarification
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### Author:  [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2013, 6:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/re-top-secret-tacky-tama-technique/60050/12 "2013-10-16T06:28:20Z")
But would it work in the cups? Say you applied it to the Dama and the cups would it grip even better?
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### Author:  [@myself](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/myself)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/re-top-secret-tacky-tama-technique/60050/13 "2013-10-18T23:54:13Z")
> [@iYoyo58](#):
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> But would it work in the cups? Say you applied it to the Rama and the cups would it grip even better?
Whats a Rama?
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### Author:  [@wcrase](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/wcrase)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/re-top-secret-tacky-tama-technique/60050/14 "2013-10-19T04:42:44Z")
> [@myself](#):
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> Whats a Rama?
Ra·ma\ˈrä-mə
noun
: a deity or deified hero of later Hinduism worshipped as an avatar of Vishnu
Origin: Sanskrit Rāma.
First use: 1819
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### Author:  [@theDunce](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/theDunce)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/re-top-secret-tacky-tama-technique/60050/15 "2013-10-26T23:13:14Z")
> [@Purplepottamus](#):
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> Paint and wax will not mix
Actually, they do. It’s called encaustic painting. However, it would be a whole lot of work for something that would be worn through pretty quickly.
> **[Encaustic painting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encaustic_painting)**
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> Encaustic painting, also known as hot wax painting, is a form of painting that involves a heated wax medium to which colored pigments have been added. The molten mix is applied to a surface—usually prepared wood, though canvas and other materials are sometimes used. The simplest encaustic medium could be made by adding pigments to wax, though recipes most commonly consist of beeswax and damar resin, potentially with other ingredients. For pigmentation, dried powdered pigments can be used, though...