Fangshi ShuangRen Mod - Smoother pieces

[YddEd]

I did this, and while I was working it in it was kind of stiff. I kept on working it in and after I finished working it in, I cleaned the pieces. It didn't really make much of a difference but that's probably because I only did it for 5 minutes. (I'll do it again later)

 

[Ross The Boss]

in a video by cyoubix, he said that he did over 1000 solves to get it like this.

 

[PedroSabioni]

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

I don't think so... Mine had around 200 solves when I did it, so I can't really tell, but people are saying it gets smoother by solving it. As I said to another guy, this mod may not make to cube the most smooth it can get, but I think it's a shortcut to that If you have a not broken in cube.

 

[PedroSabioni]

I did this, and while I was working it in it was kind of stiff. I kept on working it in and after I finished working it in, I cleaned the pieces. It didn't really make much of a difference but that's probably because I only did it for 5 minutes. (I'll do it again later)

Make sure to get the sand of the pieces completely. When I modified mine, I didn't cleaned it well and it was slow, then I used a swab to clean the sand of areas of difficult access

 

[YddEd]

Make sure to get the sand of the pieces completely. When I modified mine, I didn't cleaned it well and it was slow, then I used a swab to clean the sand of areas of difficult access

Yeah, my pieces kind of look like yours, I think I just didn't clean it out properly. The corners are also supposed to be smoothed out too, right? Could you put a picture or two of the corners?

 

[Lagom]

I did this when I first got the cube. I guess it just speeds up the breaking in process.

 

[mark49152]

I would not do this. The cube improves on its own, and I would not want to sand the entire internals including bits that don't need sanding.

 

[MarcelP]

I tried the sanding. I used real fine grain. I solved about 20 solves with sand in cube. Then washed with old toothbrush and hot water. Then cleaned with alchohol. The cube is now so slooooow. Easily my worst cube ever. Since this was my worst Fanshi anyway I do not really mind. I have a brand new one on the way from China that I will be breaking in the normal way. Solving without lube.

 

[YddEd]

I tried the sanding. I used real fine grain. I solved about 20 solves with sand in cube. Then washed with old toothbrush and hot water. Then cleaned with alchohol. The cube is now so slooooow. Easily my worst cube ever. Since this was my worst Fanshi anyway I do not really mind. I have a brand new one on the way from China that I will be breaking in the normal way. Solving without lube.

Did you put the pieces in cold water after putting them in hot water? I think other people say putting pieces in hot water makes the pieces softer or something, and makes it bad.

 

[MarcelP]

Oops, yes very hot water.. I thought hot water cleaned better, but never thouht about softening the plastic. Good thing my other Fangshi is still an awesome cube and I do not need to do that there.

 

[YddEd]

Oops, yes very hot water.. I thought hot water cleaned better, but never thouht about softening the plastic. Good thing my other Fangshi is still an awesome cube and I do not need to do that there.

That might be why it made the cube really bad

 

[sneaklyfox]

Ok, so one must wonder why they made the pieces with the texture instead of just starting out smooth in the first place?

 

[YddEd]

Ok, so one must wonder why they made the pieces with the texture instead of just starting out smooth in the first place?

I guess they might have tried it but thought the textured plastic felt better? I don't really mind it, it's really fast and controllable at least.

 

[sneaklyfox]

I guess they might have tried it but thought the textured plastic felt better? I don't really mind it, it's really fast and controllable at least.

Ok, but since with "breaking in" it gets smooth then that means the texture wears down and is that supposed to be a good thing if it's meant to be textured?

 

[YddEd]

Ok, but since with "breaking in" it gets smooth then that means the texture wears down and is that supposed to be a good thing if it's meant to be textured?

Well not all of it gets smoothed out (unless you sand it completely) , so I'm thinking that there would be a slight 'feel' to it that makes it what it is.

 

[PedroSabioni]

Could you put a picture or two of the corners?

Ok, just wait some hours, I'm at school.

 

[PedroSabioni]

I tried the sanding. I used real fine grain. I solved about 20 solves with sand in cube. Then washed with old toothbrush and hot water. Then cleaned with alchohol. The cube is now so slooooow. Easily my worst cube ever. Since this was my worst Fanshi anyway I do not really mind. I have a brand new one on the way from China that I will be breaking in the normal way. Solving without lube.

That's not what happened with mine, strange... Are you using lube? I'm using maru lube an it's as fast as it was with no lube and no mod.

 

[YddEd]

That's not what happened with mine, strange... Are you using lube? I'm using maru lube an it's as fast as it was with no lube and no mod.

But.. I thought you did this mod to it?

 

[Lchu613]

Don't use very hot water, just warm. The hot water deforms the plastic. My friend boiled his Zhanchi Silk and now all the pieces are shrunken and non-cubic

 

[Chree]

I have a white one and a black one. I might try this on ONE of them just to see how it goes. That way I can compare Modding vs Breaking In.