# What have you used in emergency/improvise situations for response? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [October 16, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-have-you-used-in-emergency-improvise-situations-for-response/70156 "2014-10-16T16:11:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SwissArmyTenor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/swissarmytenor/32/7943_2.png) [@SwissArmyTenor](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SwissArmyTenor)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-have-you-used-in-emergency-improvise-situations-for-response/70156/1 "2014-10-16T16:11:09Z")
I’ve used simple masking tape cut in thin strips as a response to tide me over until pads or whatever have arrived. What have you used for a quick, temporary (or not!) solution to response? ---
**Author:** ![stuarttw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@stuarttw](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stuarttw)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-have-you-used-in-emergency-improvise-situations-for-response/70156/2 "2014-10-16T16:37:49Z")
Lol it should never come to the point that masking tape is better than just sticking with the old pads. Anyway it usually doesn’t get there for me, but I’d probably just keep using the same pads or just leave it padless ---
**Author:** ![SwissArmyTenor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/swissarmytenor/32/7943_2.png) [@SwissArmyTenor](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SwissArmyTenor)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-have-you-used-in-emergency-improvise-situations-for-response/70156/3 "2014-10-16T16:55:34Z")
Heh, I suppose that’s true, generally. I’ve got some older throws that I experiment with, and one of my Magic Yo’s (T5) doesn’t have good response (never did!). I’m awaiting some flowable silicon to try out on the T5, but as I’m a tinkerer, its fun for me to mess around and experiment. ---
**Author:** ![kadabrium](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kadabrium/32/1522_2.png) [@kadabrium](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kadabrium)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-have-you-used-in-emergency-improvise-situations-for-response/70156/4 "2014-10-16T17:01:19Z")
I always keep some flowable at home. It s not like those are difficult to storage or anything. ---
**Author:** ![SwissArmyTenor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/swissarmytenor/32/7943_2.png) [@SwissArmyTenor](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SwissArmyTenor)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-have-you-used-in-emergency-improvise-situations-for-response/70156/5 "2014-10-16T17:22:27Z")
Flowable is great, no doubt, if your throw is capable of holding it. ---
**Author:** ![Philip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Philip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Philip)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-have-you-used-in-emergency-improvise-situations-for-response/70156/6 "2014-10-16T18:04:29Z")
> [@SwissArmyTenor](#): > > Flowable is great, no doubt, if your throw is capable of holding it. Or if you are capable of applying it. ---
**Author:** ![yooldman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yooldman/32/1213_2.png) [@yooldman](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yooldman)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-have-you-used-in-emergency-improvise-situations-for-response/70156/7 "2014-10-16T18:13:03Z")
Cloth medical tape makes an awesome response for Freehands. ---
**Author:** ![kadabrium](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kadabrium/32/1522_2.png) [@kadabrium](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kadabrium)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-have-you-used-in-emergency-improvise-situations-for-response/70156/8 "2014-10-16T18:21:28Z")
> [@Philip](#): > > Or if you are capable of applying it. I miss the old days when learning to bind was harder than applying flowable silicone ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-have-you-used-in-emergency-improvise-situations-for-response/70156/9 "2014-10-16T19:02:21Z")
There’s nothing at all that’s difficult about putting flowable in. There’s not even anything difficult about putting NON-flowable (ie. gasket maker) in, though it IS a bit more fiddly. Flowable … flows. I know some people overfill their gaps, use a card to level it off, then clean up the excess… but when you have a liquid that flows, that strikes me as a waste of effort. Make sure your nozzle has a small enough hole, and just pour that stuff into the gap until it’s at the right level. Then let it level itself and leave it. :wink: ---
**Author:** ![SwissArmyTenor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/swissarmytenor/32/7943_2.png) [@SwissArmyTenor](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SwissArmyTenor)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-have-you-used-in-emergency-improvise-situations-for-response/70156/10 "2014-10-17T00:37:32Z")
> [@Philip](#): > > Or if you are capable of applying it. While its not improvise/emergency stuff, I was amazed how easy it was to use the first time I tried to fill a yoyo groove with it. Had never used the product before, but it was amazingly easy to work with. ---
**Author:** ![DKiminator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DKiminator](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DKiminator)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-have-you-used-in-emergency-improvise-situations-for-response/70156/11 "2014-10-17T18:19:35Z")
When i was first starting, my DMII broke so i put duct tape in my mosquito and it became unresponive although the binds are decent. i still have it to this day. ---
**Author:** ![abby1371](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/abby1371/32/1075_2.png) [@abby1371](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/abby1371)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-have-you-used-in-emergency-improvise-situations-for-response/70156/12 "2014-10-18T03:19:34Z")
Old string _shudders_ ---
**Author:** ![YoCyanightYo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/77aa72/32.png) [@YoCyanightYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoCyanightYo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-have-you-used-in-emergency-improvise-situations-for-response/70156/13 "2014-10-18T04:34:02Z")
> [@SwissArmyTenor](#): > > While its not improvise/emergency stuff, I was amazed how easy it was to use the first time I tried to fill a yoyo groove with it. Had never used the product before, but it was amazingly easy to work with. I find it easy to use the regular stuff from the store in a tube, but I got monkeyfinger silicone once and the syringe just feels too weird to use. I totally messed it up, and I didn’t try using that stuff again because it was just too weird. The syringe itself is hard to hold in your hand as its giant, and the nozzle is pretty big. 10/10 would not recommend… but I also don’t call myself a seasoned siliconer so that was probably part of the problem.