# silicone help **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [February 19, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/23933 "2011-02-19T17:09:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gommer556](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@gommer556](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gommer556)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/23933/1 "2011-02-19T17:09:12Z")
hey guys, um, i need help on how to silicone a yoyo. i already did it on my yomega dash and it was great but it wears off to fast. i dont know what kind of silicone it was, just random stuff i found but i was woundering if there was a certain type of silicone that i should use rather then what i was using, which i dont know what that type was. ---
**Author:** ![Rika-chan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rika-chan/32/767_2.png) [@Rika-chan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rika-chan)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/23933/2 "2011-02-19T20:26:58Z")
If you live in a humid enviornment let it cure for like 2 days. Use RTV red silicone, you probably used flowable. ---
**Author:** ![hoggwild89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/57b2e6/32.png) [@hoggwild89](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hoggwild89)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/23933/3 "2011-02-19T21:58:08Z")
Wears off? I have had flowable (not red) in my DMII for months and just flowed my Yukki. ---
**Author:** ![Apetrunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/apetrunk/32/148_2.png) [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/23933/4 "2011-02-19T23:23:10Z")
If you aren’t using RTV you’re not going to do any good because it won’t dry or cure. However, flowable vs gasket maker is just a preference thing. Either will work well. How long are you allowing it to set and cure? ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/23933/5 "2011-02-20T00:20:20Z")
> [@Rika-chan](#): > > If you live in a humid enviornment let it cure for like 2 days. Use RTV red silicone, you probably used flowable. I’ve had flowable in a yoyo for a little over a year. Nothing wrong with it. Humidity has nothing to do with cure time. ---
**Author:** ![Rika-chan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rika-chan/32/767_2.png) [@Rika-chan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rika-chan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/23933/6 "2011-02-20T00:26:19Z")
> [@Icthus](#): > > > [@Rika-chan](#): > > > > If you live in a humid enviornment let it cure for like 2 days. Use RTV red silicone, you probably used flowable. > > I’ve had flowable in a yoyo for a little over a year. Nothing wrong with it. > Humidity has nothing to do with cure time. I let mine cure for 48 hours and I had to resili it in about an hour. yes i got rid of the bubbles ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/23933/7 "2011-02-20T00:31:28Z")
48 hours is time wasted. I play mine after 4 hours and it lasts months. ---
**Author:** ![Rika-chan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rika-chan/32/767_2.png) [@Rika-chan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rika-chan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/23933/8 "2011-02-20T01:30:41Z")
well mine dies instantly. I dont sili. i just buy pads, im lazy ;D only crazy thing ive done is CLEAN a bearing. so i have not gone “the yoyoers way” ---
**Author:** ![gommer556](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@gommer556](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gommer556)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/23933/9 "2011-03-01T12:56:04Z")
well i guess i should try to look somewere to see about this RTV red silicone, and i dont know about humidity, i live in buffalo new york. and i let mine sit for about 4 or 5 hours, and it just wore of after like 2 days ---
**Author:** ![Rika-chan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rika-chan/32/767_2.png) [@Rika-chan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rika-chan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-help/23933/10 "2011-03-02T03:15:26Z")
new! just in! my silicone work is horrible! just 2 days ago, Acavando met me at a park with several others and he silied it and i works awesomely _locks topic_