Fangshi ShuangRen Mod - Smoother pieces

[PedroSabioni]

I tried this cube with and without lube and the lube seems to slow it up, so I wiped it. I was unhappy with the "sandy" feeling and as I tough I wouldn't use it as my main, i decided to mod it. I rubbed two pieces of 220 sandpaper, creating a fine sand. Then I put the powder in the cube and played with it. After cleaning the sand, the pieces surface became smooth. The turning feeling now pleases me, and now it's one of my two mains (the other is a 55mm original plastic ZhanChi). Also, the lube now works normally.

Here's a picture of a modded piece and an unmodded one:

 

[MarcelP]

Interesting! I will try that too.

 

[IMSLOW1097]

how much of this powder did you use? i'm thinking about doing this now.

 

[uniacto]

how many solves did you do with it? it gets waaay smoother, trust me.

 

[PedroSabioni]

how much of this powder did you use? i'm thinking about doing this now.

It was about 1mL. You just have to play with it well. I solved it around 20 times with the sand.

 

[Username]

How did you clean it?

 

[PedroSabioni]

How did you clean it?

I disassembled the cube and put the pieces in water. Then I dried, lubed, and assembled it. (=

 

[arcio1]

Best mod for this is doing bunch of solves.

 

[PedroSabioni]

Best mod for this is doing bunch of solves.

Well, I haven't tried a very broken in cube, so I can't tell you. )=
But I would like you to feel mine, because I really like the feeling.

 

[uniacto]

can you make a video by any chance? I'd like to see it.

 

[PedroSabioni]

can you make a video by any chance? I'd like to see it.

Sorry, I had troube with the camera. But anyway, if this is not the most smooth the cube can get, I think the mod is a shortcut for that, so you don't have to do 1000 solves.

 

[uniacto]

Sorry, I had troube with the camera. But anyway, if this is not the most smooth the cube can get, I think the mod is a shortcut for that, so you don't have to do 1000 solves.

ah okay. that's fine. Shortcuts are always good what type of powder did you use?

 

[Carrot]

ah okay. that's fine. Shortcuts are always good what type of powder did you use?

I rubbed two pieces of 220 sandpaper, creating a fine sand. Then I put the powder in the cube and played with it.

^^^

 

[PedroSabioni]

ah okay. that's fine. Shortcuts are always good what type of powder did you use?

As I said, the powder is a fine sand from 220 sandpaper

 

[uniacto]

^^^

As I said, the powder is a fine sand from 220 sandpaper

my bad T-T

i misread that as he first used the sandpaper and then put in some form of powder. Now I see why my reading comprehension score was so low. haha

 

[CarlBrannen]

I'm building two of these as prizes at the world cubing competition in Las Vegas. I've also done some mods that reduce the sandy feeling. These can be awesome cubes.

 

[mark49152]

Yep awesome indeed. When I go back to my Zhanchi it feels catchy by comparison.

 

[Username]

I've already done about 1000-1500 solves on this thing, is it possible to get it even smoother by doing this?

 

[mati1242]

I've already done about 1000-1500 solves on this thing, is it possible to get it even smoother by doing this?

Hmmm maybe, but honestly I don't think it will become any better.

I have also done like 2000+ solves on mine and it's pretty smooth, but not as smooth as my Zhanchi

 

[Masimosir]

I tension the cube until it very tight and just randomly scamble it and maybe do some solve , about a day and a half it smooth out the surface