# Should you re-silicone all your new yo-yos?

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**Created:** [June 23, 2019, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-you-re-silicone-all-your-new-yo-yos/304400 "2019-06-23T05:57:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/should-you-re-silicone-all-your-new-yo-yos/304400/69 "2019-06-30T06:17:19Z")

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Time yourself. Go ahead:

- Install silicone stickers, and time how long that takes.

- Install flowable silicone, and time how long that takes. I’ll be super generous and say you don’t need to include curing time in the results.

It’s a ton more work for negligible benefit – and often _negative_ benefit.

> [@vegabomb](#):
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> Properly applied silicone lasts a very long time.

Others don’t seem to share this viewpoint:

> [@Nocompromise](#):
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> I have found that silicone rips out easier and wears quicker as well.

I mean considering part of the reason we started this conversation is:

> [@Popular yo-yo that you just couldn't get into?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/popular-yo-yo-that-you-just-couldnt-get-into/296295/234):
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> Half the yo no longer had silicone…just an empty gap. \>.\<’ No idea how the silicone disappeared? Hasn’t happened on any other throw yet that I’ve siliconed. haha _/DOH_ !

… which is exactly what’s described, “rips out easier.” It ripped out!

It is easy to mess up manual silicone. Heck even if you don’t mess up, it’s simply a manual process by its very nature; there’s more that is variable and can go wrong, even if you get it “perfect”. But it is _virtually impossible_ to mess up silicone response stickers. You get instant **perfectly flat, perfectly adhered, totally consistent** silicone response, in under 60 seconds, every single time. That’s awesome.

Don’t misunderstand, I am totally supportive of manual silicone when you _have_ to do it, when there’s no standard silicone sticker that fits, or your financial situation is so dire that $5 for silicone response stickers is out of the question. But again:

> There is a _very good reason_ we ended up with [standardized] silicone stickers as the norm in this industry, and not bare friction (ala classic wood yo-yos), starburst, or manual flowable…

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