# Response pads sort of disintegrating? **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [April 17, 2020, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-pads-sort-of-disintegrating/318441 "2020-04-17T11:14:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![malachigutwein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@malachigutwein](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/malachigutwein)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-pads-sort-of-disintegrating/318441/1 "2020-04-17T11:14:26Z")
A bunch of my yoyo’s pads sort of melted or shrunk. It is pretty humid where I am, so is it because I had left the string on the bearing? ---
**Author:** ![PCaliyoyos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pcaliyoyos/32/108396_2.png) [@PCaliyoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PCaliyoyos)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-pads-sort-of-disintegrating/318441/2 "2020-04-17T13:13:22Z")
the humidity probably has something to do with it. do you leave them in an air-conditioned place? ---
**Author:** ![malachigutwein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@malachigutwein](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/malachigutwein)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-pads-sort-of-disintegrating/318441/3 "2020-04-17T13:13:37Z")
No, I don’t ---
**Author:** ![PCaliyoyos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pcaliyoyos/32/108396_2.png) [@PCaliyoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PCaliyoyos)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-pads-sort-of-disintegrating/318441/4 "2020-04-17T13:14:14Z")
do you have an air-conditioned place you can put them? ---
**Author:** ![malachigutwein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@malachigutwein](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/malachigutwein)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-pads-sort-of-disintegrating/318441/5 "2020-04-17T13:15:06Z")
Well, right now I’m not in the USA so I only have one place that has an AC but it needs to be cleaned. ---
**Author:** ![PCaliyoyos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pcaliyoyos/32/108396_2.png) [@PCaliyoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PCaliyoyos)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-pads-sort-of-disintegrating/318441/6 "2020-04-17T13:16:42Z")
ah, ok, i understand. are you usually in the US? ---
**Author:** ![malachigutwein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@malachigutwein](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/malachigutwein)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-pads-sort-of-disintegrating/318441/7 "2020-04-17T13:17:10Z")
Maybe around half of the year. ---
**Author:** ![PCaliyoyos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pcaliyoyos/32/108396_2.png) [@PCaliyoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PCaliyoyos)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-pads-sort-of-disintegrating/318441/8 "2020-04-17T13:18:04Z")
honestly, if the pads get worse, try replacing one set of the pads, and see if it happens again. :+1: ---
**Author:** ![malachigutwein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@malachigutwein](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/malachigutwein)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-pads-sort-of-disintegrating/318441/9 "2020-04-17T13:18:46Z")
Yeah, it was probably just because I had left the strings on the yoyos and it’s really humid where I am. ---
**Author:** ![malachigutwein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@malachigutwein](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/malachigutwein)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-pads-sort-of-disintegrating/318441/10 "2020-04-17T13:18:56Z")
Also, thanks for the help! ---
**Author:** ![PCaliyoyos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pcaliyoyos/32/108396_2.png) [@PCaliyoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PCaliyoyos)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-pads-sort-of-disintegrating/318441/11 "2020-04-17T13:19:15Z")
my pleasure, glad i could help. 😃 ---
**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:** [April 17, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-pads-sort-of-disintegrating/318441/13 "2020-04-17T22:13:44Z")
What type of pads are you talking about? Brands, material? ---
**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:** [April 17, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-pads-sort-of-disintegrating/318441/14 "2020-04-17T22:58:03Z")
> [@malachigutwein](#): > > I had left the strings on the yoyos and it’s really humid where I am. I wondered about this… for long term storage strings may be a bad idea? ---
**Author:** ![Myk\_Myk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/myk_myk/32/63087_2.png) [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-pads-sort-of-disintegrating/318441/15 "2020-04-17T23:00:40Z")
You could try storing your yoyos in an airtight container with some silica gel packs. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-pads-sort-of-disintegrating/318441/16 "2020-04-17T23:01:40Z")
I ate all my silica gel packs. I was hungry ---
**Author:** ![Roy\_Dodge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/roy_dodge/32/99408_2.png) [@Roy\_Dodge](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Roy_Dodge)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-pads-sort-of-disintegrating/318441/17 "2020-04-17T23:02:57Z")
I steep mine in hot water. Makes a zesty tea. ---
**Author:** ![Myk\_Myk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/myk_myk/32/63087_2.png) [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-pads-sort-of-disintegrating/318441/18 "2020-04-17T23:02:59Z")
Also, when your told not to do something… ---
**Author:** ![malachigutwein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@malachigutwein](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/malachigutwein)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/response-pads-sort-of-disintegrating/318441/19 "2020-04-18T02:12:50Z")
I just use the ones inside my yoyos when I buy them.