# Unconventional thin Lube

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unconventional-thin-lube/23175>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [January 27, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unconventional-thin-lube/23175 "2011-01-27T00:49:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Dyes96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@Dyes96](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dyes96)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unconventional-thin-lube/23175/1 "2011-01-27T00:49:00Z")

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Hey guys I’m sorta like an intermediate yoyoer, but I found something new. A couple years ago I when I used to yoyo i had a fireball and i needed lube somewhere online i read that i needed oil so i stupidly used olive oil and my yoyo became VERY unresponsive, at the time i thought my yoyo was messed up forever and threw it away. I had no idea what unresponsive play was. And well i started yoyoing again and remembered that and tried it out on my old F.A.S.t 201 and it again worked. The pro’s i found of using this are that it is very easy to clean and obtain. I don’t have to put my bearing in mineral spirits which i heard is sometimes harmful to bearings.

so if you have an old yoyo you don’t use try it out and tell me what the results wer

Note: Just because this worked for me does not mean it will work for you try at your own risk.

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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:** [January 27, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unconventional-thin-lube/23175/2 "2011-01-27T05:56:36Z")

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I’d be a bit concerned that it would get rancid and gummy over time. And it doesn’t seem to be very thin to me. Looks to be more like mazolla.

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**Author:** ![hoggwild89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/57b2e6/32.png) [@hoggwild89](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hoggwild89)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unconventional-thin-lube/23175/3 "2011-01-27T20:22:37Z")

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If you lube it with Olive oil and clean it with vinager does that make a bearing salad?

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**Author:** ![helloyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/helloyo/32/609_2.png) [@helloyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/helloyo)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unconventional-thin-lube/23175/4 "2011-01-27T20:25:17Z")

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> [@hoggwild89](#):
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> If you lube it with Olive oil and clean it with vinager does that make a bearing salad?

i got my gum on my screen because of that i laughed so hard.