[Help Thread] Lubrication Thread

[GAN 356 X]

What lube goes best on a YLM 4x4 M?

 

[GAN 356 X]

How long should lube last you before it goes dry inside a puzzle?

 

[Zain_A24]

Has anyone used other brand differential oils other than Traxxas? Those with cST values rather than weight

 

[jo1215]

Has anyone used other brand differential oils other than Traxxas? Those with cST values rather than weight

yes, they are all just silicone

 

[Daxton Brumfield]

How long should lube last you before it goes dry inside a puzzle?

Depends on the lube. Most silicone lubes will last at least a hundred or a couple hundred solves

 

[hUSIN]

is weight-5 necessary? what are its advantages?

 

[GAN 356 X]

Depends on the lube. Most silicone lubes will last at least a hundred or a couple hundred solves

So you have to reapply it every 200-300 solves? What about with water based lubes such as compound x?

 

[GAN 356 X]

is weight-5 necessary? what are its advantages?

Weight five is good for the core of a puzzle as it lasts longer than thinner lubes. It can also be used to slow a cube down, although I prefer compound x for that

 

[Daxton Brumfield]

So you have to reapply it every 200-300 solves? What about with water based lubes such as compound x?

Yeah most silicone lubes need reapplication every 2-3 hundred solves, and for lubes like Martian and lubicle silk to reapply you just need to put a couple drops in. Water based lubes like dnm can last a long time if there is moisture in the air, but if you live in a desert or dry area it will not work as well, and you are better off using something like lunar, or lubicle speedy

 

[Daxton Brumfield]

Neat never even heard of that. And lol idk what that currency is.

 

[Daxton Brumfield]

Huh that is neat. I guess I am just an ignorant American . Do you but it from Amazon, another online store, or in person.

 

[Zain_A24]

I use Kyosho differential oil because it's cheap to get and readily available where I live. I've got most weights up to 100K but they make heavier ones (up to 500K I think) and are usually sold in 40cc sizes for about ￥600.

Kyosho 50K and Silk are my favorite combination at the moment but I did put 60K in my GTS2 M to slow it down a bit and my Valk Power M liked 30-40K.

Sometimes they are in cST viscosity measurements and sometimes in weight, and I struggled to find a conversion chart anywhere, possibly because a direct conversion cannot be done. I use 50,000cST Diff Oil but I am not sure what this is compared to Traxxas.

 

[Lapse.]

So you have to reapply it every 200-300 solves? What about with water based lubes such as compound x?

Depends on how you store your cubes, and how much you put in your cube. with lube, especially more viscous ones, less is more. So far my gts with 50k has about 100 solves and its already starting to feel dry and the pieces are looking dry as well.

 

[PetrusQuber]

Normally when I'm not using my cubes, I put them on their corresponding stands, but I decided to put them into their boxes/bags one night, and I swear when I took my GTS2M out again, it was soo much better, like it had been lubed. This leads me to a conspiracy theory that MoYu has self-lubricating boxes that store vast amounts of Cubicle Weight 3 in them.

 

[Gašper Potočnik]

COMMENT LUBE THAT YOU HAVE AND THE BEST LUBE.
I have DNM 37 and it is very good for me.

 

[Jezzular]

When I lube my Yuxin Litte Magics with Traxxas 50k, they become awesome. When I do the same for my GAN XS, it is almost unusable after lubing.
Can it be, that Lube behaves so different on different cubes? Do I need different lubes for each cube?

 

[JohnnyReggae]

In my experience .... yes.

 

[ImmolatedMarmoset]

particularly with something like traxxas 50k, yes

 

[GAN 356 X]

Yes indeed.

 

[fortissim2]

Definitely. If you need to lube a certain cube, see what others use in YT videos.