# silicone on my pgm or not????? **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [June 11, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-on-my-pgm-or-not/15447 "2010-06-11T01:23:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![peru54](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/peru54/32/567_2.png) [@peru54](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/peru54)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-on-my-pgm-or-not/15447/1 "2010-06-11T01:23:30Z")
i am wondering if i should silicone my pgm because i realy dont like the rubber response…thanks for anyone who gives me info… ~~-D.C.-~~ ---
**Author:** ![YOdudeJF03](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/aeb1de/32.png) [@YOdudeJF03](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YOdudeJF03)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-on-my-pgm-or-not/15447/2 "2010-06-11T03:21:15Z")
I siliconed mine and it plays great. I also concave the silicone with a guitar pick. I think it just plays even more amazing and it gives some excellent binds. ---
**Author:** ![Yo-am](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecb155/32.png) [@Yo-am](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yo-am)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-on-my-pgm-or-not/15447/3 "2010-06-11T03:53:31Z")
yes. i DEFINITELY would do it. ---
**Author:** ![XaGoNiX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e9a140/32.png) [@XaGoNiX](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/XaGoNiX)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 5:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-on-my-pgm-or-not/15447/4 "2010-06-11T05:34:42Z")
> [@YOdudeJF03](#): > > I siliconed mine and it plays great. I also concave the silicone with a guitar pick. I think it just plays even more amazing and it gives some excellent binds. What do you mean by “concave” the silicone? ---
**Author:** ![YOdudeJF03](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/aeb1de/32.png) [@YOdudeJF03](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YOdudeJF03)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-on-my-pgm-or-not/15447/5 "2010-06-11T18:43:54Z")
> [@XaGoNiX](#): > > > [@YOdudeJF03](#): > > > > I siliconed mine and it plays great. I also concave the silicone with a guitar pick. I think it just plays even more amazing and it gives some excellent binds. > > What do you mean by “concave” the silicone? Well instead of having the silicone flat and flush with the yoyo, the silicone is deeper and has a curve from the guitar pick. ---
**Author:** ![XaGoNiX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e9a140/32.png) [@XaGoNiX](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/XaGoNiX)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-on-my-pgm-or-not/15447/6 "2010-06-11T18:48:48Z")
> [@YOdudeJF03](#): > > > [@XaGoNiX](#): > > > > > [@YOdudeJF03](#): > > > > > > I siliconed mine and it plays great. I also concave the silicone with a guitar pick. I think it just plays even more amazing and it gives some excellent binds. > > > > What do you mean by “concave” the silicone? > > Well instead of having the silicone flat and flush with the yoyo, the silicone is deeper and has a curve from the guitar pick. I see. What effect does that have on the yo-yo itself? Does it make it more unresponsive? I just siliconed my yo-yo and I think I didn’t concave it enough because it became a bit responsive (it’s a ProtoStar). Either that or my bearing needs cleaning because it doesn’t spin as well as it used to if you flick it. ---
**Author:** ![YOdudeJF03](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/aeb1de/32.png) [@YOdudeJF03](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YOdudeJF03)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-on-my-pgm-or-not/15447/7 "2010-06-11T19:49:47Z")
I don’t like the YYF response very much, I feel that in every yoyo it gives sloppy and slippy binds. The silicone gives it a bit more response and concaving the silicone makes the silicone less responsive if needed, but I prefer to do it with every yoyo. The protostar a little weird with silicone, mine was really response at first, but once you break in the silicone it’s perfect. I also concaved the silicone the most I could and it binds perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![benjo6280](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@benjo6280](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/benjo6280)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-on-my-pgm-or-not/15447/8 "2010-06-15T07:34:37Z")
Do it but if you have the second run of the pgm be careful of the holes where the silicone groove is