¿What type of lubricant do you use in your big cubes?

[Rodrigo Piaggio]

Hi, i have ES 4x4 and 5x5, V-Cube 5, 6 and 7 and Mefferst 4x4 clone. I have this cubes more than six months now. I think the cubes are properly broken in (pity, i dont have much time for cubing because of my work ).
Currently i have try CRC Extreme Duty Silicone, Liqui Moly Silicon Spray and 20 WT Shock Oil in my 3x3 cubes. For my 3x3 cubes i found that i like the Shock Oil: very smooth and fast layers turning, less resistance for initial moving (inertia) and very good to corner cutting improvement. So i ask:

1.- ¿What kind of lubricant you like more for your big cubes?
2.- ¿The kind of lubricant depends on the brand (plastic) of the cube?

Thanks for your help.

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

1. CRC for everything.
2. Sorta.

I like the Spanish punctuation.

 

[rachmaninovian]

shock oil ish gooddddddddddd i use it on ALLLLLLL my cubes

 

[mazei]

CRC Food Grade for all.

 

[EE-Cuber]

shock oil ish gooddddddddddd i use it on ALLLLLLL my cubes

Shock oil is good? What brand? Can you post a link on where to find it?
Thanks

 

[Ellis]

shock oil ish gooddddddddddd i use it on ALLLLLLL my cubes

Shock oil is good? What brand? Can you post a link on where to find it?
Thanks

Someone posted this link a few days ago, I forget who it was (sn3kypandaman maybe?)

http://hobbypeople.net/prdcls/carspm01.asp

Don't ask me which wt, I have never used shock oil.

 

[rachmaninovian]

any brand would do lol....and if you do a proper search you will find that 20wt is optimal...though i'm using 30wt..

 

[panyan]

I like the Spanish punctuation.

me too, its awesome, i much prefer it because you know it is a question before you get to the end

 

[jcuber]

I used 90wt on my WAY TOO LOOSE v-5 and it instantly made it awesome! I also used it on my WAY TOO LOOSE v-7 and my v-6, major improvement.

 

[Rodrigo Piaggio]

I used 90wt on my WAY TOO LOOSE v-5 and it instantly made it awesome! I also used it on my WAY TOO LOOSE v-7 and my v-6, major improvement.

90 wt!! wow, i think that anything mayor than 50wt dont work very well with any cube. ¿Do you use the same oil in your 3x3s?

 

[jcuber]

Both cubes were way too loose and I think the waay of measuring what "wt" the oil is isn't uniform among companies. It is actually kind of thin, just a bit gloppy.

 

[Hadley4000]

It depends on the feeling you want to have your cube. Shock Oil tends to make cubes gummier, and CRC leave them slightly more crisp.

 

[Rodrigo Piaggio]

It depends on the feeling you want to have your cube. Shock Oil tends to make cubes gummier, and CRC leave them slightly more crisp.

Yes, i know that feelings with different kinds of lubricants. My questions are focused in experiences in performance between different lubricants in big cubes.