Edit: photos depicted false info. Too many strings. Mb
Posted this on reddit cause thats where some guy mentioned most strings are 100% poly now. Dont worry! I didnt forget about you guys! Anyways here it is:
I haven’t thrown in a while and definitely has been a while since ive made string (4ish years?). Anyways i was recently told that most string nowadays use 100% poly and no nylon. Maybe poly got better but nylon is still super soft and durable (albeit a little hard to work with while stringing)
Anyway i thought id share the basics on how i made nylon string much more “tame” and tension-resistant.
Basically the main idea is you know how you make a yoyo string by folding it onto itself? Well you do that, but then wind the string the otherway and fold it onto itself once more to make the string.
So you need a really long rig for this. Bigger than double the size of a normal one.
I believe a normal string has 12 strands if I remember correctly so for this you would use three string 1 nylon and 2 poly and wrap it around up and then back down only once. If you want the string cw then you start the rotating cw, unlike normal string where you would start the opposite. Once you reduced maybe 6% then you walk it over to fold it and then spin the string the otherway until there is no more tension (here it should resemble a very thin yoyo string. Standard procedure for making a normal string though). Then continue spinning it the same way until you reduce it another 12% maybe. Then fold like normal and spin to take the tension out. All done! Look at my 10/10 awesome photos so you can see. Please play with the % reduction since i dont really remember it anymore.
Let me know how it goes! Strings will need more break in than normal but whip pretty well and should be more dense but still flowy.
