bearings that suddenly sound crunchy for no reason (and stay that way even after cleaning it)
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Just add fire!
I recently started doing this and it works incredibly well.
I do hate when you hit that one specific move that just seems to set a bearing off lol, like injecting a string fiber directly into the race
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I’ll try this later. One thing: string is usually made of nylon or poly so does it actually burn like that? wouldnt melting plastic gum it up somehow?
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So far it has worked really well with 3 different super noises bearings. I put it on a bearing tool and would heat it, spin it some heat it spin some more, flip repeat till that baby was flyin’ and then added a safety pin tip worth of 3 in 1 house oil and did some skin the gerbils and matrix to spread the oil out and it worked hella good. Like I was very surprised.
It was an experiment in how quick I could clean an unshielded bearing and it worked so well I did 2 more. I’m going to do some more when my V4M arrives
It think it burns up the plastic string bits into carbon ash and gets ejected in the process.
I’ll check em under my scope when I get more motivation lol.
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Hasn’t happened lately but nothing worse than your bearing modern responsive start slipping up while you’re out for the day…and have no way of greasing it until you get back home.
Likewise, when your unresponsive does the opposite and gets gritty and responsive while you’re out.
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It’s funny how playing a responsive throw enough make it unresponsive, and playing an unresponsive enough makes it go responsive😭
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True this. You can always add another loop or 2 or 3 to band aid your responsvive, but once the unresponsive is responsive, it’s always a frustration station. This is usually where my worst dings come from, attempting a panic dodge of a premature returning top.
I always clean the bearing seats of the new yoyos with a toothbrush and it helps prevent this for sure.
Recently my Dinosaur in the Wild had all of this white stuff around the edge of the seat, probably left over mask from when they did the blast. Also any yoyo shipped in cardboard padding like CLYW will be full of small particles.
Alcohol, sink, air compressor stays undefeated for the bearings themselves.
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Seems like yoyos have a steady state of semi-responsive 
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Reliably unreliable
I can always count on you to disappoint me
Me every time my responsive starts becoming unresponsive (or vice versa)
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just switch it up! practice flips with a wide butt yoyo that doesnt wanna flip or practice accuracy on a narrow one!..the glass is half full, riiiight? 
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when my response pads catch and one of my finger bones gets to pay the repercussions of it
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Would you prefer a glass half full or half empty on your head 
I joke, of cousre
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shouldn’t matter, i can balance either way. i have the posture of a champ 
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That… That’s not what…
You know what?!
I know you know what I meant, I just don’t know how to prove it, Mr Glass Half Full
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRfuqpGknAL/?igsh=MTlkNTN1Nm5xMG5xZA== Just roll w it lol
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Trick consistency. The most elusive aspect of yoyoing I have yet encountered. Puts me on the verge of a crash out when I finally land a combo clean, only to miss the next 30 attempts because I’m trying to get a video of it. And when I try to address the elements I’m having trouble with, it doesn’t feel like I’m making any progress in consistently getting it clean.
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Easy, pay a group of documenters document-makers documentarians (PEOPLE WHO MAKE DOCUMENTARIES), specializing in yoyo tricks, to follow you around in secret, go about your daily life, doing tricks and whatnot, then at the end of the month, profit!
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filming sucks! i love end products but the process is torture. i started just hitting record and ill stand there doing a trick till i hit it. sometimes after i edit it to the one success i end up with like 10 min of b roll
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