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Good lubes for Clock?

I can't help you with an original Rubik's or anything that isn't a QiYi.

But for the QiYi clock, I recommend:
1. Opening the clear shell and the top outer colored casing, and make sure to not get any dust or hair between those two pieces.
2. Put about five drops of a fast silicone-based lube (Lubicle Speedy, Lubicle 1, SCS Martian, SCS Lunar, etc) onto a small piece of paper towel. Do not use water-based, as it will eventually dry out and leave residue on the inside of the clock.
3. Rub the lubed paper towel on the flat surfaces of the gears (NOT the faces) of the clocks, this helps reduce the friction between the casing and the tops of the gears. Put a slight coating of lube on the center clock's inner gears to make things mesh smoother.
4. For the pins, leave them alone. They will get lubed with enough time and contact with the clocks.
5. Put the colored casing on, but not the clear shell. Wipe off the excess lube that remains on the top.
6. Do this on the other side.

I took too much time to write this.
 
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Just to clarify: I use a QiYi clock

My bad; for some reason I thought you said you had a Rubik’s. In that case, this is good advice:

But for the QiYi clock, I recommend:
1. Opening the clear shell and the top outer colored casing, and make sure to not get any dust or hair between those two pieces.
2. Put about five drops of a fast silicone-based lube (Lubicle Speedy, Lubicle 1, SCS Martian, SCS Lunar, etc) onto a small piece of paper towel. Do not use water-based, as it will eventually dry out and leave residue on the inside of the clock.
3. Rub the lubed paper towel on the flat surfaces of the gears (NOT the faces) of the clocks, this helps reduce the friction between the casing and the tops of the gears. Put a slight coating of lube on the center clock's inner gears to make
4. For the pins, leave them alone. They will get lubed with enough time and contact with the clocks.
5. Put the colored casing on, but not the clear shell. Wipe off the excess lube that remains on the top.
6. Do this on the other side.
 
Honestly the only thing that can be done to make a Rubik’s clock useable is by throwing it in the garbage can and getting a Qiyi clock. It’s more expensive than I’d like, but it genuinely is the only viable option out there; it turns clock from painful to pleasurable
The original mass-produced Rubik’s Clock first released to the public in 1988 is no joking matter. The prospect of this marvelous gem of puzzling history being discarded in such a manner is jaw-dropping, and this statement should weigh heavily on your conscience. I recall the day in 2016 when I’d first received my hard earned Rubik’s Clock produced by Matell, then shipped by the United States Postal Service from a Californian local eBay to my very doorstep.
 
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