# What do you do with your dead string **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [April 18, 2023, 4:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-dead-string/373886 "2023-04-18T04:54:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Captrogers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captrogers/32/647012_2.png) [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 4:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-dead-string/373886/1 "2023-04-18T04:54:59Z")
String wears out and over time you collect a Fair bunch of old string. Personally i used to throw my string away but realized my cat would try her hardest to steal the yoyo from the air when she could. So I started hanging my old and broken string off my desk as a cat toy. I figure the polyester isn’t all that biodegradable so might as well reuse it vs tossing it in the trash. ![IMG_7750](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/c/6/0c6310e5b45faba0fb94915c743a35c94b7327f5.jpeg) What do you do with your old string? ---
**Author:** ![Albertino](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/albertino/32/302953_2.png) [@Albertino](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Albertino)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 5:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-dead-string/373886/2 "2023-04-18T05:07:44Z")
Me with an old string: ![meme-toy-story](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/7/1/f/71fe0c281bbe4d9d5123e218a969274f53c0a1dd.gif) ---
**Author:** ![LeftyThrower24](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/leftythrower24/32/264593_2.png) [@LeftyThrower24](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LeftyThrower24)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 5:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-dead-string/373886/3 "2023-04-18T05:12:33Z")
I give em to my cats too, either tiny balls of it or I tie a bunch of em together for them to drag around. They have all the toys in the world but love the string the most, so typical lol ---
**Author:** ![Shwa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shwa/32/108351_2.png) [@Shwa](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shwa)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-dead-string/373886/4 "2023-04-18T11:35:09Z")
It’s grown significantly! I need an updated picture ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/b/d/ebd9cb64d266e28e908db70e114eb014f989adba.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![GTDropKnot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gtdropknot/32/212400_2.png) [@GTDropKnot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GTDropKnot)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-dead-string/373886/5 "2023-04-18T12:39:06Z")
![IMG_2988](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/1/d/e1d1eaa6d3a1219120344803273bb96854cdb339.jpeg) Got one of these going also! It’s bigger than it should be because I didn’t know how breaking in strings works but it’s also every string I’ve ever used yoyoing so far so that’s kind of cool ---
**Author:** ![safetypin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/safetypin/32/128453_2.png) [@safetypin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/safetypin)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-dead-string/373886/6 "2023-04-18T13:31:48Z")
i think a lot of people make string balls. I’ve seen other people use it for random craft projects with kids. I have a good sized ball of string (almost 3"), and I took ~10-15 and made a yoyo string out of yoyo string and hung a lil’ beeb from my rearview mirror. ![5038AA4D-8DC1-4F47-AFAD-7390258FE256](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/6/1/26107603e06e11176e231875e7e4ea8c2e374a2a.jpeg) ![8E8A95DC-5C9C-47A2-B671-5EA9E655B660](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/2/f/92f1dd83934d1645709b2c3fbdc8434c92dd7a49.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Juno](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/juno/32/281830_2.png) [@Juno](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Juno)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-dead-string/373886/7 "2023-04-18T13:34:35Z")
I used to make a string ball out of them. But since it was just collecting dust, I threw it away and will continue to do so ---
**Author:** ![Sleeper80](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sleeper80/32/257936_2.png) [@Sleeper80](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Sleeper80)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-dead-string/373886/8 "2023-04-18T13:46:42Z")
Started this pile july last year… ![20230418_094442](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/8/1/3/8131b41a90c4f7fb118c882f82c940bddbc91b00.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![rkalajian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rkalajian/32/672584_2.png) [@rkalajian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rkalajian)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-dead-string/373886/9 "2023-04-18T14:10:17Z")
I’ve been making a string ball, and it’s coming out pretty nice! I try to keep them away from my cats because any string is a nightmare if they happen the swallow any. ---
**Author:** ![p44company](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/p44company/32/253678_2.png) [@p44company](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/p44company)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-dead-string/373886/10 "2023-04-18T14:20:40Z")
Mine was repurposed as a neck collar for cats ---
**Author:** ![Lido](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/lido/32/173650_2.png) [@Lido](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lido)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-dead-string/373886/11 "2023-04-18T16:11:40Z")
There was a thread about this a few years ago and I’m still doing the same thing: Beat strings go into the kitchen junk drawer to be re-used as just “string” (i.e. for tying things up or together, hanging decorations, hack repairs etc). Back when I used to cut the ends of strings off I’d also save those little 5 or so inch pieces in the same drawer for similar purposes (now when I put a new string on a yo-yo I just tie a not-too-tight knot or two at the end to keep it out of the way and retain the possibility of making the string longer if needed). ---
**Author:** ![adamantiumpops](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/adamantiumpops/32/198285_2.png) [@adamantiumpops](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/adamantiumpops)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-dead-string/373886/12 "2023-04-18T16:45:18Z")
I fixed my running toilet with a used yoyo string! Most of them are going into a ball, which I will eventually crochet into something. Not clothing but maybe a little pouch for sunglasses. And of course wash it. ---
**Author:** ![Benthrowsyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/benthrowsyoyo/32/300522_2.png) [@Benthrowsyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Benthrowsyoyo)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-dead-string/373886/13 "2023-04-18T17:00:19Z")
Strings never die. They just go missing in action ---
**Author:** ![TommyBwell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/tommybwell/32/304464_2.png) [@TommyBwell](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TommyBwell)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-dead-string/373886/14 "2023-04-18T19:15:19Z")
![20230418_151159](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/4/1/141a15943b0fb85b8371df1ec8bb341913fa894a.jpeg) I make balls out of them. ---
**Author:** ![TommyBwell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/tommybwell/32/304464_2.png) [@TommyBwell](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TommyBwell)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-dead-string/373886/15 "2023-04-18T19:19:03Z")
Here is a video no one wants to watch about a yoyo strng ornament I made for my daughter and her husband. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/6/2/962a210436245efa3b6c0ca5aa1f88c1aaae0c2d.jpeg "Yoyo String Christmas Ornament") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PvKCIMt7Kc) ---
**Author:** ![GTDropKnot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gtdropknot/32/212400_2.png) [@GTDropKnot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GTDropKnot)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-dead-string/373886/16 "2023-04-18T19:20:51Z")
> [@TommyBwell](#): > > no one wants to watch I’m glad that you made it though and I like that you found a nice way to recycle them 🎄 ! Edit because this reads bad, I just meant that it made me happy to see that you made this and I honestly probably won’t watch it but it still brought me joy. ---
**Author:** ![Yooo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yooo/32/196320_2.png) [@Yooo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yooo)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-dead-string/373886/17 "2023-04-18T20:31:02Z")
![PXL_20230418_202632205](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/d/d/eddf3e975dca0d58272463a3c1dd8c73ef12c9c9.jpeg) Funny to see alot of people do save them as well. I save most of them unless they won’t hold tension hardly at all. I use string for way too long. I started noticing some newer binds I learned recently seem to eat up string alot faster. ---
**Author:** ![bheinz63](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bheinz63/32/137310_2.png) [@bheinz63](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bheinz63)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-dead-string/373886/18 "2023-04-18T20:39:12Z")
literally me ---
**Author:** ![Woozie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/woozie/32/181155_2.png) [@Woozie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Woozie)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-dead-string/373886/19 "2023-04-18T20:42:46Z")
Been throwing them in a jar for no reason. ![IMG_5824](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/7/e/e/7eed6f3688c97774f827cb2498907f5697a3f687.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Sleeper80](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sleeper80/32/257936_2.png) [@Sleeper80](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Sleeper80)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-dead-string/373886/20 "2023-04-18T21:18:14Z")
reminds me of sand art, lol… [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-dead-string/373886.md?page=2)