# Valve Oil = PERFECT BEARINGS **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [January 23, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/valve-oil-perfect-bearings/23068 "2011-01-23T22:00:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thegodofyoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@thegodofyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/thegodofyoyo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/valve-oil-perfect-bearings/23068/1 "2011-01-23T22:00:21Z")
If you play a brass instrument, (besides trombone) then your valve oil works perfectly the speed up bearings! Just thought I should throw that out there! ---
**Author:** ![titanium221](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/titanium221/32/174_2.png) [@titanium221](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/titanium221)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/valve-oil-perfect-bearings/23068/2 "2011-01-23T22:01:09Z")
I play trombone and use slide oil and it works wonders too. (Its the exact same stuff) ---
**Author:** ![thegodofyoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@thegodofyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/thegodofyoyo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/valve-oil-perfect-bearings/23068/3 "2011-01-23T22:04:52Z")
Oh wow nice, I thought that stuff was thicker ---
**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 24, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/valve-oil-perfect-bearings/23068/4 "2011-01-24T01:12:07Z")
Maybe I don’t get out much but I always thought instrument oil was all the same. The guy that used to service my daughter’s flute and my son’s trumpet always used the same stuff on both, as well as gave me a bottle. ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/valve-oil-perfect-bearings/23068/5 "2011-01-24T03:00:14Z")
NOt only that but people have been using this type of stuff for Years and years. ---
**Author:** ![Yo\_Yo\_Ma\_X](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yo_yo_ma_x/32/187_2.png) [@Yo\_Yo\_Ma\_X](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yo_Yo_Ma_X)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/valve-oil-perfect-bearings/23068/6 "2011-01-25T04:03:55Z")
last time i used valve oil on my yoyo, it was a little thick, but it broke in after a few days ---
**Author:** ![Java](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/java/32/15_2.png) [@Java](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Java)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/valve-oil-perfect-bearings/23068/7 "2011-01-25T22:19:05Z")
jhb8426; I think it’s one kind for trombone slides, and another kind for everything else. Anyone tried “Blue Juice”? (If anyone’s counting I play cornet in a British style brass band (all brass, no woodwinds) Have Fun, Java ---
**Author:** ![yoyo111111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8797f3/32.png) [@yoyo111111](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo111111)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/valve-oil-perfect-bearings/23068/8 "2011-01-28T21:58:36Z")
> [@titanium221](#): > > I play trombone and use slide oil and it works wonders too. (Its the exact same stuff) me too ---
**Author:** ![kermalkersh888](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kermalkersh888/32/788_2.png) [@kermalkersh888](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kermalkersh888)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/valve-oil-perfect-bearings/23068/9 "2011-02-07T21:09:05Z")
i play trumpet and i have super slick valve oil. That should work right? ---
**Author:** ![Pheenix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pheenix/32/65_2.png) [@Pheenix](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pheenix)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/valve-oil-perfect-bearings/23068/10 "2011-02-07T21:29:29Z")
I have a trombonist in my class and I did borrow some of his slide oil, worked great. It’s all pretty similar. ---
**Author:** ![maranellokid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/maranellokid/32/372_2.png) [@maranellokid](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/maranellokid)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/valve-oil-perfect-bearings/23068/11 "2011-02-13T07:59:38Z")
v4m is perfection i tried both kinda similiar ---
**Author:** ![Morgoroth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/morgoroth/32/795_2.png) [@Morgoroth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Morgoroth)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/valve-oil-perfect-bearings/23068/12 "2011-02-13T15:34:34Z")
Wow, that is a good idea. Wish I had thought of it before I bought the special stuff. I did play trombone for years though and the best stuff for your slide is not valve oil. We always used Pledge for marching horns and Cold Cream with a little spray water bottle for the good horns. ---
**Author:** ![yoyomatt2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f19dbf/32.png) [@yoyomatt2](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyomatt2)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/valve-oil-perfect-bearings/23068/13 "2011-02-13T16:04:05Z")
OMG i do thA 2 ;D ---
**Author:** ![Morgoroth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/morgoroth/32/795_2.png) [@Morgoroth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Morgoroth)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/valve-oil-perfect-bearings/23068/14 "2011-02-13T17:32:38Z")
So is the valve oil more like the a thin oil that will make it less responsive (still more than a clean bearing I assume) or is it more like the thick oil that will make it more responsive? ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/valve-oil-perfect-bearings/23068/15 "2011-02-13T17:52:35Z")
If the lube reacts like water, (is as thin as) then it’s just fine. ---
**Author:** ![gommer556](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@gommer556](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gommer556)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/valve-oil-perfect-bearings/23068/16 "2011-02-14T23:10:33Z")
> [@Java](#): > > jhb8426; I think it’s one kind for trombone slides, and another kind for everything else. > > Anyone tried “Blue Juice”? > (If anyone’s counting I play cornet in a British style brass band (all brass, no woodwinds) > Have Fun, > Java i play trumpet and have blue juice, havent tride it but will right now, and i also got silicone on the yoyo so im hoping it will work. the yoyo i siliconed and am puttin the stuff on is the yomega dash