How to make the GuHong the best!!

[oddlespuddle]

I find it sad that after discovering this myself with a C4U Orange core from CubeDepotUSA and Screws and springs from c4u and then doing the Ultimate Guhong mod from FallingKirby (Lubix) and the V-cube 5 mod from Memyselfandpi. And then... I cam e to the forum to talk about it. And then I found this thread!!!

 

[aikikai_cuber]

i'm still a guhong hater after the mod

 

[Jin]

i'm still a guhong hater after the mod

Lol , what lube do you use?

 

[Drake]

Hmm like i find sommething for the lingyun like over 1 month ago, weirdly when you put an complet cube4you hardware in the linyun, the cube less pops, over 25% less pops with the tension i have, but when it pop it pops... Faster, but still easy to control, depends if it is freshly lubed with maru, i lubed the cube4you screws with lubix, and the only other mod that i have done on, and i know i was not the first to do that, but i did the v-cube 5 corner mod. I like it way better then my guhong, better corner cut, way easyer to control, but the weird crispy feeling is still there for people that don't really love it. Ultimate linyun? Maybe lol.

 

[aikikai_cuber]

Lol , what lube do you use?

CRC 808

 

[Selkie]

Hmm like i find sommething for the lingyun like over 1 month ago, weirdly when you put an complet cube4you hardware in the linyun, the cube less pops, over 25% less pops with the tension i have, but when it pop it pops... Faster, but still easy to control, depends if it is freshly lubed with maru, i lubed the cube4you screws with lubix, and the only other mod that i have done on, and i know i was not the first to do that, but i did the v-cube 5 corner mod. I like it way better then my guhong, better corner cut, way easyer to control, but the weird crispy feeling is still there for people that don't really love it. Ultimate linyun? Maybe lol.

Interesting. I have been using C4U nylon cores in Lingyuns and completely agree with the control on popping. However, I found with C4U springs I had more pops than standard ones. Are you using the C4U springs normal or inverted? (as they aren't symmetrical but are denser at one end)

Having become a bit addicted to trying varying Dayan hybrids I have received quite a bit of hardware recently from various orders and am going to go a direct comparison of cores (Standard, Alpha, AlphaV, Maru, C4U)and screws/springs (Standard, Alpha, Maru, C4U) in both Lingyns and Guhongs in the next week or so. I'll post my opinions in the Hybrid thread.

As for OP, I'm more of a Lingyun fan but the following Guhong seems great in my experiments:-

Guhong
C4U Core
Lubix on Core and Internal contact points but not on cubie contact faces
48 point edge mod
A very conservative corner mod like MeMyselfandPi's v-cube one - But Just 3 passes with a craft knife across the highest point of the 3 ridges on the corners just to get rid of the highest point of the ridge but not completely smooth it.
Medium Tension

Had this one cut 45 degrees with very little pressure and have cut 50-55+ degrees slowly out of solves(?)! Good reverse cutting too. No pops bar the ones where I am trying to push the cut angle testing

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

Did the core mod.
It's pretty good.

 

[Chappi]

I found some new MOD for my stickerless (colored cubies) gu hong. At first i did all the 'standard' mods i.e., 48 point edge mod as in the lubix ultimate, then did the corner piece mod ( v cube mod it is, i think) finally put a A1 core in it and i'm really impressed by the performance after lubing it with lubix as described by donovan! Only thing i didnt like with the GuHongs all the time is the pretty spikey feel of the corner tips!!! So i tried sth and i am pretty much satisfied with the result. though at first it might look like ruining your cube! I took some sandpaper and sanded down about 3-4 mm of the corner tips! And while i have relatively small hands i really love the result of it! The cube is much less spiky in my hands and feels totally smooth now! It's definately worth a try, though i dont know if this works with sticker cubes, cuz the sanding might contact the stickers! And u have to try to get the corner tips as rounded as possible for best feel! Ahh.... and you need to clean the whole cube afterwards
I'm gonna try and post some pictures of the 'MOD' ...

 

[Chappi]

 

[Bapao]

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Looks like a LingYun now ;o)