sorry for late reply, I had something come up. What I do for setup is actually pretty unconventional, and I don't I've told anyone this, but first I put my lubes in a bowl of warm (almost hot water) and then apply. My favorite lubes are cosmos and lunar and my ratio really changes depending on the cube, but I average about one drop of cosmos in the tracks with three drops of lunar along and 2 drops of lunar and one teeny cosmos one on the pieces. heating up the lube makes it really fluid and it breaks in really quickly and then thickens up as it cools making for a really creamy and well mixed result. oop, almost forgot about centers. only if the cube has spring noise, I use a brush and using only one drop of lunar: lube the washer, underside of the screw head, and the top and bottom of the spring.