Cube dust - just clean it

[MrSupercubefreak]

tooth brush

+1 or wet towel

 

[xXzaKerXx]

Cotton bud or you can always use your shirt.

 

[PatrickJameson]

/sock/

that's disturbing, lol the purpose of cleaning is to clean..

Podophobia much?

I just use a paper towel. No water or anything. When I was still in my storebought days(I don't clean any of my cubes anymore. I spend my time practicing instead), I found that cleaning a cube too much could cause undesired effects(you not being used to it, or in a storebought's case, it could become too loose), so I just used a dry paper towel.

 

[Forte]

I use socks as cloths too when they're worn out. They work quite well

 

[gundamslicer]

Cube dust

Does anyone get cube dust? My guhong never got cube dust before but it just started making it... How do i prevent it

 

[TheMachanga]

That means the lube you used dried up. Get a paper towel and wet half of it, and crunch it up. Take the cube apart and wipe every piece down. Put it back together and re lube

You can't really prevent it, clean your cube out once it becomes slower.
Don't over lube. Just do one spray.

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

Just wipe it off.

 

[Sg.Speedcuber]

Cube dust can't be prevented.I usually clean my cube after every 300+ solves or so,or when it under-performs and becomes slow.I disassemled my cube and unsrewed the srews,and wiped off the lube and dust.then,I sprayed silicon on the springs and srewed it back with the centers.then i sprayed the core,put back the pieces,then sprayed silicon again.then i retensioned the cube.now it's way better.

 

[tertius]

How do i prevent it

Get a non-perishable cube.

J/K. But seriously do what the others have said. Disassemble, clean, reassemble and lube. It sounds like it just got broken in.

 

[teller]

My F-II has NEVER been cleaned after thousands of solves...I just re-lube it every couple of months, and all the dust mixes together with the lube into a rounded-off mess of awesomeness.

 

[gundamslicer]

Well how do I relue it if I used lubix

 

[kpcube]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meyd40121Oo

 

[miotatsu]

:3

 

[gundamslicer]

:3

..... I'm guessing u modded it

 

[Calvin Laza]

Doesn't Jessica Fridrich's site say that cube dust is not necessarily a bad thing: "Some cubists say that this kind of natural lubricant is the best one"?
http://www.ws.binghamton.edu/fridrich/hints.html#preparing

 

[Rpotts]

Calvin: pro tip - take fridrich's site with a grain of salt.

 

[Cool Frog]

I snort my cube dust.

 

[danthecuber]

I snort my cube dust.

Congratulations! :fp :fp

 

[ElectricDoodie]

I snort my cube dust.

:tu
Like a pro. It's how people get faster.

 

[speedcuber50]

Dust in my Cube!

Hello!

I just had to pull my cube open a little while ago to get something out of it (oops I got some tissue caught inside!), and I got an absolute shock! It was full of grey powder! Should I remove the powder, and where did it come from?

Thanks

P.S. I'm a cubing newbie.