# Silicone help
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/20311
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
**Created:** [October 24, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/20311 "2010-10-24T18:22:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@elninyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/elninyo)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/20311/1 "2010-10-24T18:22:25Z")
I’ve siliconed my Legacy a few times, so i’m still not that great at it. My question is, I’ve heard that the silicone lasts some people months at a time, but whenever i do it, it always tears and falls out after only a few weeks, so i just want to know how to do it better. Thanks in advance!
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### Author:  [@shmoe93](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/shmoe93)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/20311/2 "2010-10-24T18:31:38Z")
A few weeks is not that bad.
It really depends on how long you play with the yoyo.
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### Author:  [@elninyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/elninyo)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/20311/3 "2010-10-24T19:09:52Z")
ha. what a coincidence, today i was playing with it, and the silicone fell out. It looked perectly fine and had I just changed it last week.
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### Author:  [@titanium221](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/titanium221)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/20311/4 "2010-10-24T19:10:54Z")
what kind of silicone do you use?
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### Author:  [@Yummy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yummy)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/20311/5 "2010-10-24T20:00:53Z")
Try cleaning the recesses out with rubbing alcohol and a q-tip before siliconing the yo-yo.
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### Author:  [@elninyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/elninyo)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/20311/6 "2010-10-25T00:24:29Z")
I use permatex flowable silicone. And yeah I’ll try cleaning out the groove with a q tip next time.
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### Author:  [@TheFerret2010](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheFerret2010)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/20311/7 "2010-10-26T20:45:26Z")
does the silicone have to be rtv? I went to my local hardware store and they just happened to be out of rtv, but they have flowable silicone like the picture below, which I bought instead to use for the time being. Is it worse or all the same really, aside from the usual factor of which one last longer and has a harder time being cleaned up?
[ ](http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/wcsstore/CVWEB/staticproductimage//N2131/large/7160107_ptx_81730_pri_larg.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Yummy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yummy)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/20311/8 "2010-10-26T21:23:19Z")
Flowable is Room Temperature Vulcanizing. If it weren’t it would stay a liquid and would not cure. Flowable is supposedly easier to apply and is less durable than Gasket Maker.
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### Author:  [@Cream9000](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cream9000)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2010, 12:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/20311/9 "2010-10-27T00:19:26Z")
> [@elninyo](#):
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> I’ve siliconed my Legacy a few times, so i’m still not that great at it. My question is, I’ve heard that the silicone lasts some people months at a time, but whenever i do it, it always tears and falls out after only a few weeks, so i just want to know how to do it better. Thanks in advance!
Clear lasts for a good month or two or three
Red RTV is like Half a year ( If Good )
It really dpeneds what kind of silicone
How cheap is it
what color , how long youve played
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### Author:  [@elninyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/elninyo)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/20311/10 "2010-10-29T00:03:45Z")
that picture shows the exact same silicone that i use. Im going to start using the red stuff since apparently it lasts longer and changing the silicone every other week is annoying.
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### Author:  [@YoYoAce](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoAce)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/20311/11 "2010-10-29T20:12:46Z")
Wait what Yo-Yo are you putting your Flowable silicone in? If I read correctly, your putting it in your Legacy.
I think I know what the problem is. the Legacy is made of Celecon, which is very slick. I don’t think your Flowable silicone is holding onto the plastic well enough.
I have a Legacy with Permatex flowable silicone, and it works just fine… but then again I never use that thing =/
Red silicone only lasts longer if it stays in the Yo-Yo, so if it won’t stay, I wold just go back to the Flowable Silicone and re-silicone as often as you have to.
On the other hand, if there was a way of making the inside of the recessed groove rougher, then the silicone would probably stay in much better. But that’s only a guess 😛
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### Author:  [@hubstack](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hubstack)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/20311/12 "2010-10-29T20:18:32Z")
> [@elninyo](#):
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> I’ve siliconed my Legacy
> [@YoYoAce](#):
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> Well what Yo-Yo are you putting your Flowable silicone in? Some Yo-Yos have a groove that’s not deep enough or a surface that’s to slick for the silicone to stick to.
you got to read.
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### Author:  [@YoYoAce](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoAce)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/20311/13 "2010-10-29T20:22:38Z")
> [@yoyo jake](#):
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> > [@elninyo](#):
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> > I’ve siliconed my Legacy
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> > [@YoYoAce](#):
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> > Well what Yo-Yo are you putting your Flowable silicone in? Some Yo-Yos have a groove that’s not deep enough or a surface that’s to slick for the silicone to stick to.
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> you got to read.
Lol I know as soon as I posted it I was like “OH YEA He said it was his Legacy :-X”
I fixed it 😛
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### Author:  [@elninyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/elninyo)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/20311/14 "2010-10-30T03:41:10Z")
yeah maybe the plastic’s just too slick because sometimes i would use it for just a few days and i would notice that the binds would get really slippy because the silicone fell out. Alas, i guess i’ll just get another yoyo thats not as slick. I’m really psyched for the Hitman Pro!! ;D