How often to lube the cube?

[Johannes91]

I never wipe off the old lube before adding more. Would be just waste of lube and time.

Instead of asking and waiting for somebody to answer, you could've just tried. If it makes the cube turn worse, then clean it and lube again.

 

[Cubetrooper]

I waited for the lube to dry (1 night) but still the cubies were wet WTF?!
But now the lube lasts longer than usual, I don't have to lube everyday anymore

 

[SVG84R]

same, even after one night, the surface will still be wet. just use a paper towel and wipe of the excess gently.

 

[fanwuq]

Do you use liquid wrench silicone lubricant? I got it and has the same problem. It sucks. I tried someone else's lube at at princeton and it is amazing. I almost never lube my cube, I should probably go buy a better lube. Pure silicone, not that mixture of crap. After a week after princeton, it still is fine, so it feels like it should last a month or so.

 

[Crzyazn]

Liquid wrench has petroleum distillates....

 

[fanwuq]

petroleum seems to do nothing to my cube, has no lube effect or damages. The label for liquid wrench says it's fine for plactics.

 

[fanwuq]

I have an interesting idea to speed up the cube. I'm trying it and I'm not quite done with the job. Take apart the whole cube. sand the core and bottom of center pieces to make it even. Blow off dust. wait a few hours. apply lube to the surface of core and part of the center piece that touches the core. That seems to allow the cube to turn better with the same tension.

you should probably clean that spot everyy time you clean. There was a lot of dust there after only a week.

 

[Crzyazn]

I was under the impression that unless you have a very fine grain sander, sanding will only make turning rougher :confused:

And liquid wrench is "SAFE" for plastics....but doesn't do a very good job lubricating apparently

EDIT: Picked up some Jig-a-loo....stuff works like a dream with only 5min of drying (yaya im impatient)

 

[pcwiz]

I was under the impression that unless you have a very fine grain sander, sanding will only make turning rougher :confused:

There is a way for people to sand their cubes without using a fine grain sander and it still gets smoother. Well this is how I do it and how some people on YouTube do it.

I file each individual piece
Then I rubbed each piece with steel wool (It makes your pieces SUPER smooth)

It really works and I added some other stuff from Pestvic's video on YouTube, lubricated it with silicone (each individual piece), and now I can cut corners better and can spin the cube around with my finger!

Ok technically that's not sanding the cube but it works

 

[McWizzle94]

Do you use liquid wrench silicone lubricant? I got it and has the same problem. It sucks. I tried someone else's lube at at princeton and it is amazing. I almost never lube my cube, I should probably go buy a better lube. Pure silicone, not that mixture of crap. After a week after princeton, it still is fine, so it feels like it should last a month or so.

I used to use liquid wrench. It sucked. Just yesterday I got some CRC Heavy Duty Silicone Spray. It is amazing! And I don't even need that much for it to be that smooth! CRC rocks!

 

[tpsolver]

I decided to re lube my cube. I'm using sillicone based lube I got from halfords (I'm in the UK), and it's taking insanely long to dry. I sprayed my cubies a few days ago and they're still not dry. I'm waiting till when they dry to put it back together. My friend lubed his cube and he said it took 10 minutes to dry. What's wrong? and what should I do?

 

[pcwiz]

How much did you spray? You should only spray a little, and the inside of the cube should only look like it is wet. If you see white stuff all over the place (that's silicone), you've put on too much, and it will take a long time to dry.

 

[*LukeMayn*]

I lube like once every 3 weeks. FYI CRC silicon is the best, drys quick and easy, makes a cube slide like magic.

 

[tpsolver]

Maybe I sprayed on too much, I'm getting impatient so I think I'll wipe off the excess.

 

[Harris Chan]

Once again, I wish I could get my hands on those CRC. Jig A Loo melts the plastic, and sometimes turn into a glue even.

 

[masterofthebass]

CRC isn't great either. It has acetone, and makes everything looser. I really liked Rowe's "Snap" lube, but I can't seem to even find it online! Michael Gottlieb also said to try food grade silicone lube, as it won't react with plastic at all.

 

[Harris Chan]

Yah, it seems Nakajima uses the "KURE" CRC silicon food spray.

 

[info]

Jig-A-Loo Damaging What Kind of Cubes?

Once again, I wish I could get my hands on those CRC. Jig A Loo melts the plastic, and sometimes turn into a glue even.

Oh no, thanks for the warning Harris! I saw some videos recomending Jig-A-Loo on YouTube and just used it yesterday. At first, my cube felt smooth but a tiny bit sticky, so I added a bit of the standard red can CRC silicon spray and it became super smooth (better than it has ever been). I'm using a store bought cube which I would hate to damage as it is quite nicely broken in. It seems OK right now. What kind of cube does Jig-A-Loo melt down?

 

[pcwiz]

Jigaloo melts down all cubes. It has some chemical reaction when it comes in contact with PLASTIC, and cubes are made of plastic. So you have to let it dry for a while, make it totally solid, and then put the pieces back together (if you lubricate them separately)

 

[hdskull]

How come my CRC silicone turns white, after it dries ? Sometimes it doesn't...