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I wonder if this is a lubricating dye, so cubes don't need to be lubed over and over again, since the lube is already in the dye of the cube.
 
To Chris, is the dye in the grim reaper gts supposed to be able to get on things? I was using it and notice that the dye was coming off and had gotten on my shirt. Just to make sure I wasn't crazy I took a clean white cloth, rubbed the dyed parts and there was orange. Is this supposed to happen?
 
So I've been thinking about what could come next after magnets, and I had a ridiculous (and ridiculously cool) idea: you know how it's easier to do the 3x3 stage on higher order cubes when the outer layers are thicker, but it's easier to do slice moves for edges and centers if the inner layers are thicker? I remember seeing a video once that said that if each of the stickers on a Rubik's cube was a different note in a chord then the scrambled cube would be discordant, and each move toward a solved state would make it more concordant. Maybe use that principle, or something else (I really haven't figured out the mechanics of this idea yet) to cause the inner layers on a scrambled cube to be thicker, and gradually become thinner as the cube returns to a solved state. Am I crazy yet? It might never be practical, but it's a cool idea anyway, and all sorts of impossible things have been done before.

Edit: a simpler but still ridiculously complicated way of achieving the same end is with inflatable pieces: before the solve you pump up the inner layers, and a small air pump driven by the turning of the cube pumps air from the center slices to the outer layers.
 
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UseableCuber0o said:
To Chris, is the dye in the grim reaper gts supposed to be able to get on things? I was using it and notice that the dye was coming off and had gotten on my shirt. Just to make sure I wasn't crazy I took a clean white cloth, rubbed the dyed parts and there was orange. Is this supposed to happen?
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Oh no! You may have gotten a wet Grim Reaper.
Luckily, the dye does not stain unless it is hot. At room temperatures, it can be wiped off with water.

There may be some residual dye on the pieces, and this is a normal occurence.
 
4Chan said:
I once used powdered graphite in a zhanchi, was pretty good, but indeed, very messy.

However, lubricants aren't purely about coefficients of friction-- We already have extremely fast lubricants.

What we are looking for is a particular medium of friction reduction with a certain hand feel. To reach this, we need to look at shear and viscosity properties.
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When I went down the lube rabbit hole a while back, one of the few things I hadn't seen mentioned at all was trying boron nitride.

As for the lube nirvana of which you speak, I'm curious if it's quantifiable in terms of stokes/poise/density. The reading expedition I did on the subject mostly ended up with me being sad that I missed out on a big Tribology convention that happened to be nearby. Would've loved to be able to pick their brains on the subject.
 
Hey everyone, just in case you're curious, this is how we unsticker hundreds of cubes at Cubicle Labs.
(Yes, we have to unsticker them ourselves now)

tl;dw: By observing properties of the plastic and adhesive, we can use a special solvent mix that dissolves away adhesive, but not plastic, so stickers fall off easier with no residue. Allowing us to unsticker hundreds of cubes quickly.

 
4Chan said:
Hey everyone, just in case you're curious, this is how we unsticker hundreds of cubes at Cubicle Labs.
(Yes, we have to unsticker them ourselves now.)

tl;dw: By observing properties of the plastic and adhesive, we can use a special solvent mix that dissolves away adhesive, but not plastic, so stickers fall off easier with no residue, allowing us to unsticker hundreds of cubes quickly.

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Well that's convenient.
You have to unsticker them yourselves now, that means the companies aren't shipping out unstickered versions anymore? 'Cause if so, that's a little strange...
 
Dash Lambda said:
Well that's convenient.
You have to unsticker them yourselves now, that means the companies aren't shipping out unstickered versions anymore? 'Cause if so, that's a little strange...
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We have to wait until the next production cycle to get more, and we don't want people to wait for their orders, so the resident chemist got creative and improvised a way to unsticker quickly! We really do care about getting orders out!
 
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If you're going to Hudson Valley 2016, definitely drop our vending area to try the newest lube from Cubicle Labs!!
 
Ahh dam. I wish I had tickets. it's probably the closest comp to me, and probably for a while, until there is one in white plains or yonkers.

I really wish I could try it....
 
Sion said:
Ahh dam. I wish I had tickets. it's probably the closest comp to me, and probably for a while, until there is one in white plains or yonkers.

I really wish I could try it....
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You could've taken the Metro North train to Poughkeepsie!
Come to the next one!
 
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