# Silicone Recessing **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [March 11, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-recessing/985 "2009-03-11T04:07:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Batryn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/batryn/32/78_2.png) [@Batryn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Batryn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-recessing/985/1 "2009-03-11T04:07:23Z")
Can someone please post what you can use to silicone recess, and how to do it? ---
**Author:** ![Samad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/samad/32/19_2.png) [@Samad](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Samad)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-recessing/985/2 "2009-03-11T04:09:02Z")
[http://www.yoyonation.com/product.php?productid=16234&cat=257&page=1](http://www.yoyonation.com/product.php?productid=16234&cat=257&page=1) It has a video at the bottom how to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Batryn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/batryn/32/78_2.png) [@Batryn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Batryn)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-recessing/985/3 "2009-03-12T23:01:28Z")
What can you use? Type of silicone. ---
**Author:** ![Samad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/samad/32/19_2.png) [@Samad](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Samad)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-recessing/985/4 "2009-03-13T00:57:23Z")
The one they sell there, and I also hear Red Gasket Maker (Or something similar to that, I’m not sure if I got the name) works well. I’m not sure what ele. Techniccally, any will work, but it may rip out fast. ---
**Author:** ![jimmyb0nz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jimmyb0nz/32/107_2.png) [@jimmyb0nz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jimmyb0nz)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-recessing/985/5 "2009-03-30T08:21:56Z")
has anyone heard of dot brakes. instead of a round recess for the silicone, drill a series of ‘dots’ (holes) and filling them with silicon. I have a metal zer0 and there is no way to cut a groove on that without machinery. thinking about doing this instead. oh and use the red flowable silicone from an auto store for the brake mod. Its for high temperature, lasts a long time and you can add new layers as it wears down. ---
**Author:** ![OldSchool](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/oldschool/32/42_2.png) [@OldSchool](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/OldSchool)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-recessing/985/6 "2009-03-30T22:41:22Z")
I would assume your method would work. Depending on the yoyo. Most yoyo’s have such a thin wall that it’d be hard not to accidentally drill all the way through. But with some precision, I see no reason why that would work just fine. Good luck, and post about it if you try it and let us know how it worked. ---
**Author:** ![jimmyb0nz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jimmyb0nz/32/107_2.png) [@jimmyb0nz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jimmyb0nz)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silicone-recessing/985/7 "2009-04-02T06:17:17Z")
Did it to my buddy’s cheap chinese aluminum. It had an insane recess for these cheap plastic disk brakes so I ripped them out, filled them with epoxy and drilled the holes. There was no way to attach it to a drill and it has pretty good response for just 4 dots.