[Help Thread] Lubrication Thread

mafergut said:
Yeah, a lot of people talks about Traxxas but in Spain I cannot find it :) I'm sure in some R/C store I could find something similar to that but I have still have to locate one. For now I'm ordering those 5cc syringes from TheCubicle. It is probably more expensive but I will not be lubing that many cubes and I've used like 0,3-0,4cc to lube 2 cubes so with a 5cc syringe I have enough for 12-15 cubes. If it lasts in the cube as much as you told me I can lube all my 3x3s for a year with that :)
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Here you go: click. There you can find all weights which you would possibly use (10k up to 50k) for ~€5,5/60mL. Shipping to Spain is €9.99 for orders <€99.99. If you buy two bottles you pay less than the lubicle bundle and you have 8 times as much lube! I for example bought 50k for the core and 20k for the pieces, although I mostly just use 50k for both.

In case you are wondering, differential oil = 100% silicon oil. Traxxas is just another brand which also sells differential oil.
 
ySoSrs said:
Here you go: click. There you can find all weights which you would possibly use (10k up to 50k) for ~€5,5/60mL. Shipping to Spain is €9.99 for orders <€99.99. If you buy two bottles you pay less than the lubicle bundle and you have 8 times as much lube! I for example bought 50k for the core and 20k for the pieces, although I mostly just use 50k for both.

In case you are wondering, differential oil = 100% silicon oil. Traxxas is just another brand which also sells differential oil.
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Thanks for the tip. I will consider it when I run out of lube!
 
NewCuber000 said:
Just got my Traxxus 30k in the mail today. How should I go about lubing my 3x3 with it exactly, can someone direct me to a good tutorial or tell me what you'd disassemble and what you would lube?
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guysensei1 said:
How do people lube their non-weilong cubes with Traxxas 50k/weight 5(I think they're close?) without it becoming exceedingly gummy? I tried lubing an aolong with weight 2 and it gummed up...
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Easy, don't use a ton of it.
I followed this tutorial, and it came out perfect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4paID_54lQ
 
Hey so I am looking for a good silicone oil but i can't order anything online. I have the CRC Silicone Spray and it is terrible on my stickerless Aolong. Is this because it has a softer plastic than the stickered ones? As far as shock oil or traxxxas i could find nothing in my town. What i did find is sewing machine oil and liquid wrench penetrating oil that says its safe on plastics. Will those work well? I heard somewhere that sewing machine oil is good but i don't know.. any help would be great!
 
transatlantic said:
Hey so I am looking for a good silicone oil but i can't order anything online. I have the CRC Silicone Spray and it is terrible on my stickerless Aolong. Is this because it has a softer plastic than the stickered ones? As far as shock oil or traxxxas i could find nothing in my town. What i did find is sewing machine oil and liquid wrench penetrating oil that says its safe on plastics. Will those work well? I heard somewhere that sewing machine oil is good but i don't know.. any help would be great!
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Did you apply the CRC correctly?
 
I just bought a new weilong V2 and I decided to use weight 3 lube on the core and the pieces. After doing so the pieces seem to be tremendously slow, so I am wondering, should I get weight one lube for the pieces and would this speed the cube up?
 
FALLEN ANGEL14 said:
I just bought a new weilong V2 and I decided to use weight 3 lube on the core and the pieces. After doing so the pieces seem to be tremendously slow, so I am wondering, should I get weight one lube for the pieces and would this speed the cube up?
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It would speed the cube up. The best combo in my opinion is weight 5 for the hardware and weight 1 for the pieces. However, breaking in the weight 3 should make it faster, maybe wipe some off?
 
Berd said:
It would speed the cube up. The best combo in my opinion is weight 5 for the hardware and weight 1 for the pieces. However, breaking in the weight 3 should make it faster, maybe wipe some off?
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Yeah, the exact same thing happened to me with a Sulong but after some hundreds os solves the cube feels now much better. I use weight 3 and also weight 2. Weight 2 is speedy enough for me but you should try and see what you like most.
 
Is Silicone grease good to use? Found this at work and used it, but should have asked before trying it. The company seems to be out of business and I can't find any other information on it.

s42ao2.jpg


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It says it can be used on plastic, and my cube feels really really good so far, but want to be sure.
 
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Finding Singaporean Cubers and traxxas 50k

Hey do you know where i could find 50k traxxas differential oil in singapore cause i dont really wanna order them online
 
Should I lube my new Fanshi Shuang Ren V2?

Hey so got the ne Fanshi Shuang Ren v2 and I gotta say it is absulutly amazing. My fav cube for sure. I lubed the core and screws with traxxas 50k and that's the only lube I have. I've lubed my entire sticker less aolong v2 with the 50k too and it came out a little gummy. I like the sand paper feel of the fangshi, but my question is: WILL IT GET BETTER IF I LUBE THE REST OF MY FANGSHI WITH TRAXXAS 50k? Or is there a better lube for it?
 
transatlantic said:
Hey so got the ne Fanshi Shuang Ren v2 and I gotta say it is absulutly amazing. My fav cube for sure. I lubed the core and screws with traxxas 50k and that's the only lube I have. I've lubed my entire sticker less aolong v2 with the 50k too and it came out a little gummy. I like the sand paper feel of the fangshi, but my question is: WILL IT GET BETTER IF I LUBE THE REST OF MY FANGSHI WITH TRAXXAS 50k? Or is there a better lube for it?
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Yeah it will be better than the v2 with 50k, but still gummy. Try 30k or cubicle weight 3 for the pieces
 
Artic said:
Is Silicone grease good to use? Found this at work and used it, but should have asked before trying it. The company seems to be out of business and I can't find any other information on it.

http://i60.tinypic.com/s42ao2.jpg

http://i58.tinypic.com/15x31wo.jpg

It says it can be used on plastic, and my cube feels really really good so far, but want to be sure.
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bump. Still wondering if this silicone grease is a good idea. Anyone else use silicone grease?
 
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