How often do you clean your cube?

[iasimp1997]

Cleaning isn't necessary.
I clean mine whenever I mod it.

 

[Zane_C]

Not often, maby when it pops and I see a hair in the core.

 

[hyunchoi98]

I often disassemble my 3x3s 'cause i'm bored and i have nothing to do.
When they look dirty like if it's black in there, (white cube) after a few more weeks (because i am lazy) i take the cube, and stick it in the dishwasher without the core.

 

[dada222]

Only when I need to lube them... not that it helps anyway... my cubes are abysmal...

 

[riffz]

Definitely less than every month.

 

[Imperatrix]

Every month, only to find a lot of black gunk in my cores and its icky to wipe off XD;

 

[Khartaras]

Every month, only to find a lot of black gunk in my cores and its icky to wipe off XD;

Do you use vaseline to lube?

 

[cincyaviation]

ive only cleaned one of my cubes once, otherwise i just don't bother

 

[vgbjason]

I might clean cubes occasionally, but only if a really good cube is really dirty. In which case it's probably not a really good cube.

 

[ZamHalen]

Never i just re-lube.

 

[FatBoyXPC]

I clean them when I decide to lubricate them. I usually end up with bad luck though when cleaning / lubing them. For the record, I used to never actually clean it. I started out with WD40ing my cubes, then I read some stuff online about how bad it was, bought some silicone spray and it worked great. I never have done a full out soap and water clean. I used to only clean it with just a paper towel wiping off the cube dust on the inside (and removing hair, etc). Now I usually wet the paper towel with water just to make cleaning it a bit easier.

I used to only spray some CRC into an edge and work it in (storebought cubes). I tried the disassemble and spray sweep one time, ended up getting dried silicone on my CS tiles and hated it, then haven't sprayed like that in quite awhile, until the other night.

This Type A / Type B hybrid I'm using has seen it's days, and I've only had it a few months. I started out lubing it only with an edge spray and work it in. Then I went to Florida, got sand in my cube (don't ever take your good cubes out onto a beach unless you really want to end up cleaning it out often), and had to clean it out. I decided to try out some Jig A Loo since I was going to have to buy more of something (why not get something I haven't tried?). I usually just sprayed it into an edge, work it in. It quickly made a lot of cube dust. I thought everything was going to be good then, but man it just felt not fast, but at least it felt smooth and I really think it helped round out the edges of the pieces inside the cube. Since Florida (in december) I hadn't cleaned it again until last Thursday. I decided to try a disassemble and sweep spray and man it worked wonders, until I was letting a guy scramble it for me and then it popped and it went all over the garage floor. The cube ended up real dirty, felt like it did in Florida, so I decided to clean and lube up last night, same method, but a bit more lube to see what would happen, and my overall opinion is that I sprayed too much and only after really working it hard last night and today (a lot of furious scrambling) that it got nice and smooth. What I like about this is that it's not real fast (like my girlfriend's storebought that I lubed, it's real quick), but it's nice and smooth and has little resistance.

I also noticed that the cleaner my cube is (well more like the less resistant it is to turn a face) that the fewer times it pops. Is that a mental thing or just how it is?

 

[obelisk477]

I'm gonna bump this because we are generally using different cubes and types of lubricant nowadays, so maybe that changes the answer. How often do you guys clean out your cubes?

 

[lerenard]

For whatever reason, my Weilong seems to slow down every 3-400 solves, so I clean it fairly often.

 

[obelisk477]

For whatever reason, my Weilong seems to slow down every 3-400 solves, so I clean it fairly often.

Do you use alot of Maru? I started it using it alot frequently and its almost like it's slowing it down more than it used to.

 

[sneaklyfox]

Maybe twice a year, depending on how often I use my cube. Since I have a few cubes I regularly use and so many new cubes are coming out so fast, I haven't had to do much cube cleaning. It also depends a lot on where you keep your cubes, where you bring them, whether you throw them around in sand, if you drop them on nice clean table or dirty school floor, whether you eat while cubing, have pets around, etc. Since I am nice to my cubes and mostly I'm the only one who touches them they are pretty clean. If I accidentally drop them on the floor they may pick up a long strand of hair then I have to clean them out. My 50mm Zhanchi stays in my coat pocket or in my purse with junk and even though I keep it in a cube bag, it still picks up stuff so it needs more cleaning than any of my other cubes.

 

[lerenard]

Do you use alot of Maru? I started it using it alot frequently and its almost like it's slowing it down more than it used to.

Differential oil. And it's not that it gets "slow" as much as it just locks up a lot more and feels less smooth.

 

[biscuit]

I would like to point out that you bumped a thread last replied to IN 2010! Really? It is almost 5 YEARS since it was last posted in. In this case I would say a new thread would have been in order.

 

[FailCuber]

I would like to point out that you bumped a thread last replied to IN 2010! Really? It is almost 5 YEARS since it was last posted in. In this case I would say a new thread would have been in order.

He bumped it because it was necessary and what is wrong? Come on, he posted it with a reason.

 

[ChickenWrap]

I would like to point out that you bumped a thread last replied to IN 2010! Really? It is almost 5 YEARS since it was last posted in. In this case I would say a new thread would have been in order.

No, you are wrong. Also, go read his post, it explains his reasoning.

 

[biscuit]

I understand his reasoning and I have nothing against having a thread of this nature. BUT it is 5 years old... Like I said make a new one. If I am coming off a little mean my apologies it's just that I have never seen a forum where bumping a thread this old is ok. If it is considered fine here my bad. That being said I still stand behind what I said.