# String wear!

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-wear/23825>\
**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [February 15, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-wear/23825 "2011-02-15T22:34:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![DG1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dg1/32/606_2.png) [@DG1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DG1)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-wear/23825/21 "2011-02-18T22:01:15Z")

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> [@Hadoe](#):
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> > [@DG1](#):
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> > > [@Hadoe](#):
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> > > > [@DG1](#):
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> > > > Material: The basic materials used in most strings are cotton, polyesther, and nylon in some cases. All of these are fine, but poly and nylon hold tension better but are rougher. You can get 50/50 poly/cotton, but it’s preference.
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> > > > If you have any questions, please ask.
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> > > Poly and Nylon are rougher? I’m pretty sure you’ve got that backwards.
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> > Ehh, I guess so.
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> > To me, though, Poly is rougher at first than cotton, but slides along the hand better.
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> What kind of Poly are you talking about?

My YYE poly is a bit rougher than cotton at first to me, but that could just be me.

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**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-wear/23825/22 "2011-02-19T01:48:32Z")

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> [@Morgoroth](#):
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> What do you guys mean when you say the string is worn out?

It gets ratty looking and stiff, looses the spring. Breakage is less of a problem with poly or slick than with cotton.

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