Caring for your cube

[Atomixcc]

Hi peeps!
I posted a thread on this some while ago but that was just for learning to tension my cube. I think it's important to have a thread where anyone can just post how they take care of their cube. Anyone who visits please post one thing for their cube. The end goal is to have a place where everyone can learn to care for their cube and in the long run take good care of it.
I will start:
At the end of every month I take the cube to absolute pieces and give it a thorough clean in every nook and cranny.

Hope this helps!

 

[qwr]

I do nothing

 

[PetrusQuber]

I clean mine out completely every once in a while, it’s kind of therapeutic.
I also do the hardware, and this is my chance to change the centre piece arrangement - right now I’m using the japanese colour scheme as the centrepiece, so while the cube looks normal at first, the internals don’t match - white to blue, yellow to green
And I relube once every couple of months

 

[Kade the cuber]

I do nothing

Same as me.

 

[qwr]

I'll only clean a cube out if I went a little crazy on the traxxas and the whole cube is gummed up

 

[SnowyDay]

Plastics and coatings may deteriorate with exposure to light, air, chemicals, time.

So I store good cubes in a dark and dry area (inside a velvety Gan bag inside my bedroom desk).

Storing plastic and rubber items in a basement or garage where chemicals and paints are stored would be suboptimal as the chemicals tend to slowly escape into the air.

Maybe avoid extreme temperature swings also.

 

[qwr]

I have a MF3RS that popped several times due to a stripped core. The replacement core from the cubicle was $1.78 which is pretty much how much that budget cube is worth nowadays. So for fun I decided to take out the core and glue all the pieces together to make a "container cube". It felt so wrong yet it was revenge because that goddamn cube would pop and explode everywhere any time I tried to use it and the cubies would go all over the place. Very infuriating.

 

[SnowyDay]

So for fun I decided to take out the core and glue all the pieces together to make a "container cube". It felt so wrong yet it was revenge because that goddamn cube would pop and explode everywhere any time I tried to use it and the cubies would go all over the place. Very infuriating.

That is a good use for a broken cube. The parts exploding all over the room story was entertaining also.

It is fascinating how durable these toys are. There is a lot of research and technology behind the designs, materials, molds, and production.

 

[Atomixcc]

Thanks to everyone who posted.

 

[RiceMan_]

I havent cleaned or lubed my cube since march

 

[qwr]

It is fascinating how durable these toys are. There is a lot of research and technology behind the designs, materials, molds, and production.

The point was the cube wasn't durable. Although it was $5 and I might've been a little aggressive in doing corner cutting tests. But my little magic and warrior w are holding up fine so maybe I got a defective cube.

 

[MJS Cubing]

Maybe avoid extreme temperature swings also.

Plastic is prone to snapping if it changes from warm to cold too quickly.

 

[CFOP2020]

Maybe every two months or so I wipe out and relube my main at the time unless its a premium cube.

 

[Ravagerous]

I always keep my cubes from a sealed compartment where dust can't reach them.

 

[Nir1213]

clean out my cube when it feels slow.


Then add olive oil to make it fast

 

[GAN CUBER]

I clean my cube then lube it with some weight 1 and then keep it in a pouch ( I lube my cubes once a month)

 

[Deleted member 54663]

clean out my cube when it feels slow.


Then add olive oil to make it fast

no, never add olive oil. It will dry up in a while, and make your cube terrible.

 

[BerSerKer]

I clean my most used cubes once a month and the ones I use least I clean once every three months

 

[Nir1213]

no, never add olive oil. It will dry up in a while, and make your cube terrible.

never happens to me lol

 

[Ravagerous]

I clean my cube then lube it with some weight 1 and then keep it in a pouch ( I lube my cubes once a month)

Seriously? :confused: :?:rolleyes: