Old DIY spinning awful

[FSM]

I have a white type A diy from puzzleproz. I thought it spun pretty good, and it cuts corners really well. Then I bought another diy for a friend (he payed for it, but didn't have an ebay account). It spins insanely fast in comparison. I think the old DIY might have too much silicone built up? The biggest difference is that I sanded all contact surfaces on the old one, and I only sanded down the imperfections on the new one. Plus it has only been lubed once. Is there any way I can get my old one spinning like new again? I seem to remember it spun really bad before lubing, even worse than the new one did. I thought all colors were the same though, since both are type As from puzzleproz, but the new one is orange. Help me out? Otherwise I might have to buy myself a brand new green DIY lol.


one other thing - my old DIY has this dark grime that has built up around the screw and inside the center pieces. What is it? I think it has gunked up the core. How can I clean it out?

 

[waffle=ijm]

clean out the cube (with soap and an ear cleaner if can't reach the hard to reach places) and use a light spray of silicon. try cleaning the center pieces where the screw is. The grime might be slowing it down.

edit - FSM=flying spaghetti monster?

 

[FSM]

Is it generally recommended to sand the flat surfaces of the cubies, or just the parts that lock them together?

 

[waffle=ijm]

i don't sand anything since it makes it more pop prone.

 

[FSM]

clean out the cube (with soap and an ear cleaner if can't reach the hard to reach places) and use a light spray of silicon. try cleaning the center pieces where the screw is. The grime might be slowing it down.

edit - FSM=flying spaghetti monster?

Indeed

....

 

[waffle=ijm]

i too am a pastafarian

RAmen

 

[Sa967St]

i too am a pastafarian

RAmen

I had ramen for breaskfast today

 

[FSM]

i too am a pastafarian

RAmen

We have both been touched by the noodley appendage then. RAmen.

And for all the non-believers out there...may you be blessed by the noodley appendage as well. RAmen!!!

And if you have advice for me, post that too. I cleaned the core and the center pieces. It doesn't seem to spin any better...I put more silicone in earlier too. It still doesn't spin nearly as good. I will probably just get another one next week when one of my fellow Holy Pirates of the Flying Spaghetti Monster orders a DIY.


How can I remove old silicone? I think it has built up which makes it spin worse.

 

[waffle=ijm]

wash all the pieces then. it should work

 

[cookingfat]

oh my FSM, another Pastafarian? that makes three of us. (and I think badmephisto is a pastafarian too)

His noodly appendage seems to be touching a lot of people lately

RAmen

 

[FSM]

I cleaned it, sanded it, and resiliconed it. It spins reasonably well, not as good as the new orange one. The orange one spins ridiculously fast, I'm gonna make a vid of it.

 

[rjohnson_8ball]

@FSM, I used to wash my cubies in a basin of warm water with drops of dish washing liquid. But now I just take the cubies out and wipe the surfaces down hard using paper towels. Sometimes I dampen the paper towel to grab the grundge easier. Then I put it back together and give it just a little silicone. For best results I avoid the PuzzleProz cube lube (which I am told is actually furniture polish wax) and use CRC Heavy Duty Pure Silicone Spray, taking care not to let any of it touch the stickers/tiles.

My white, green, orange PuzzleProz cubes feel like softer plastic and seem to work better than my PuzzleProz black cubes.

 

[Kickflip1993]

My orange, yellow and red ones felt pretty soft too, but my white and black are hard as hell.

I like the hardness of my cube, it is awesome