Oh man… i feel this! 
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You clean the bearing with windex and buff it after? Or u buff the Yoyo? I just got my first lil jar of buff! Lovin it
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the yoyo. I just clean the bearing with pure acetone and canned air NO LUBE lol. I dont like using lube. But for the the throws, q tips, 2 micro fiber cloths…one for windex first…then the 2nd for buff…i also feel like a good coat of monkey buff helps prtoect it a little more …call it placebo effect but IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD! 
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I have no idea what fingernail vibe is supposed to be
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I don’t know what string vibe is supposed to be and if they are different. I think fingernail vibe mean it has a super light vibe that can smoothed out with a light touch of the fingernail. Is this correct guys? Or do I have that totally wrong? Lol
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Usually a little nail vibe can straighten out easily. Bad vibe just messes everything up. Then theres pulse vibe…where it literally vibes like a heart beat and the ones that ive seen i wasnt able to fix…then string vibe is the most annoying imo because it doesnt smooth out. The yoyo could appear to be dead smooth, but you feel like you have a subwoofer connected to your string
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Always when checking for nail vibe, touch your nail to the SIDE of the yoyo. Not on the bottom. Thats where you can tell the best if it has any vibe.
To admit a few…
-Obsessive with cleaning, lubing and swapping bearings and strings. Spend more time maintenance than practice many days. Satisfies some OCD defaults or something
-Spending way too much money on throws I’m not good enough for
-Trying to find a clandestine place at work to practice and always scared I’ll be seen trying anything other than sleeper. Can’t stand when someone catches me and says “oh man! Walk the dog!” I’ve got to explain that’s the easiest one/don’t wanna scuff it up… but I’m happy it reminds folks of childhood and connects with everyone in some way
-Almost hit myself many times esp. with bound-up breakaways. But the other day dropped a throw on my 4 y/o accidentally after he got my attention by punching me in the junk. Hit him right on forehead where he had a goose egg just a couple weeks ago. Took it like a champ. Wife - “What happened in there? Me - “uhh he’s fine, no marks, I just accidentally dropped a yoyo, right buddy?…”
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I have expensive yoyos out with me usually but I do the middle ground of walking the dog along my arm! People still light up the same, it’s easy, and they’re always understanding that I don’t wanna damage my yoyo.
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I’ve always done the breakaway doing the flex 
After watching the video and practicing for a few minutes it already feels way better. Effortless in comparison!
So cool, thanks for sharing!
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Alright I think it’s time for some confessionals. I have (significantly) more yo-yos than tricks learned.
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For the longest time, I could not throw a proper breakaway. I held the yoyo like I was grabbing a doorknob. Eventually got it down though and a world of tricks opened up.
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Iron Whip took me 2 years to learn.
Boingy Boing took me two and a half. I finally did it on accident one day while not looking while walking to class, and I screamed because I was so excited.
Probably why I do so many whips and boingy-style tricks. 
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It happened something similar to me with brent stole.
I was grinding it from 2 days with no success, one day I woke up and just before go to school I did “one for the sake of it”, in that moment I did it and from that moment I was able to brent stole, doesnt make any sense
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The whole time I thought the manatee was missing spintime and wondered why everyone loved it so much. Last week, I swapped pads and the problem was solved. I felt so stupid. xD
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Starting to finally learn to fingerspin about 5 years in, and they’re easier to land on my throwing hand LOL.
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Once at a Yoyo contest i got three string knots and a axle knot on stage.
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I’ve been throwing on and off for about 9 years and I still can not get boingy bong down and do a hook.
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I can hardly do combos for competition.
Especially slack combos and suicide tricks.
I do so because I learn only the elements I like lol.
Then there is the hook.
I can only do 1.0 and reverse.
I used to be able to do 1.5 but I skipped practice so I can’t do it anymore. 2.0 I can do if a miracle happens lol. 2.5 onwards I can’t do it at all.
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I’ve forgotten how to brent stole regular, but still got reverse BS in the bag.
I think ive got the yips for brent stole
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