Deep scratches on Type A cubies.

[Muesli]

I've had my type A for a while now, and it has never been any good. It's always felt really rough and sticky, even on it's loosest setting. You can see the wear on the stickers of me using the cube.

Finally I decided to examine the cube to see what the problem was and found these;

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These scratches are in the actual platic and are really deep, and rubbing my fingernail over them makes a horrible scratching noise. Looking at the cube closer I can't find any reason why this would have happened as there are no noticable raised bumps or dirt in the cube.
Originally I thought this would have been part of the breaking-in process but the scratches has almost made the cube unusable. No amount of lubing or tensioning makes the slightest difference.

Has anybody else ever had this problem? Do I need to cube with it more to break it in? :confused:

 

[4Chan]

Yeppers, I too.

 

[dannyz0r]

I always thought it was from silicone so I just leave it until I clean my cubes.

 

[LuisaoJR]

ahaha
my tp A cube has it
and now it's impossible to use it
my avgs got 10s worse
its sticky, alot sticky!

 

[fundash]

Put in a bunch of jig-a-loo, it makes the surface soft, and then it starts to smooth out, make sure you clean after, or it will start melting the core, you only need to do it for like 30 seconds, then clean out, and lube with normal amount. Thats what I do whenever my cubes start to slow down. Works great!

 

[4Chan]

I don't believe they have that in the UK.

 

[qqwref]

If you have some fine sandpaper, you can try sanding the grooves flat. The cube will get a bit looser, but it shouldn't be as awful as before.