# Too much lube
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/too-much-lube/352155
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
**Created:** [February 7, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/too-much-lube/352155 "2022-02-07T22:02:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Butter](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Butter)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/too-much-lube/352155/1 "2022-02-07T22:02:05Z")
Hi! I just lubed my bearing and I put too much lube in. Is there any way to get rid of some of it?
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### Author:  [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/too-much-lube/352155/2 "2022-02-07T22:06:14Z")
I would call the psychic hotline. They seem to know everything.
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### Author:  [@YOYO5150](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YOYO5150)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/too-much-lube/352155/3 "2022-02-07T22:06:27Z")
I have not done this yet, but from many YouTube videos they all say to clean and relube. Although maybe there is a secret i don’t know of that someone will reply with.
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### Author:  [@CaptainFoxxButt](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CaptainFoxxButt)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/too-much-lube/352155/4 "2022-02-07T22:13:48Z")
Put the bearing on a pair of tweezers and shoot it with compressed air, literally just learned that the other day. It wont always work
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### Author:  [@OlHandyJenkins](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/OlHandyJenkins)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/too-much-lube/352155/5 "2022-02-07T22:14:28Z")
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### Author:  [@Big](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Big)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/too-much-lube/352155/6 "2022-02-07T22:15:14Z")
You have 2 options. Clean and relube. Most people put a tiny drop on the end of a needle and touch it to the bearing. Or you can just play a responsive /semi responsive yoyo until it naturally eases up.
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### Author:  [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/too-much-lube/352155/7 "2022-02-07T22:16:57Z")
My response was so long, I didn’t even want to check it for errors, lol
So…. Poof! Gone…
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### Author:  [@Sergio](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Sergio)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/too-much-lube/352155/8 "2022-02-07T22:52:30Z")
aintno such thing
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### Author:  [@Butter](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Butter)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/too-much-lube/352155/9 "2022-02-07T22:57:20Z")
That made me laugh
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### Author:  [@Shapapy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shapapy)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/too-much-lube/352155/10 "2022-02-07T23:22:01Z")
If you don’t want to clean it and just want to get some of the lube out, check out [this video on the paper cleaning method](https://youtu.be/4LQ62wy0qjI) (skip to around 3:00 to see just the paper part). The paper will clean some of the gunk out and soak up some of the lube in the process.
Also, if you have a can of compressed air (computer duster) and a pencil or chopstick handy, you can sit the bearing on the tip then blow out any excess lube and distribute the lube at the same time.
Of course, for any of this information to be useful, you need to get the shields off first. That’s a whole nother situation.
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2022, 6:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/too-much-lube/352155/11 "2022-02-09T06:38:55Z")
> [@yoyodoc](#):
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> My response was so long, I didn’t even want to check it for errors, lol
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> So…. Poof! Gone…
🙊 🙉 🙈