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Weight 5 is more useful, as it can be used for lubing the core, pieces, and everything else in between. DNM on the other hand is good for speeding any cube up, which can be very handy. Because fo this, I recommend silk as it is a good middle ground of speed and smoothness. It can also be used on the core

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Hey guys please help me :) I will soon get a weilong WR and some traxxas 50k lube, but I've never lubed a cube before. Whats the best way of doing it, should I lube each piece individually or should I just pull the layers apart and put one or two drops in there?
 

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Just drop some lube in maybe two spots and work it in. You’ll overlube if you do method 1. You can add more lube, but can’t get rid off lube effectively. So a drop at a time.
By the way you can lube the centre pieces too, just look on YouTube for some lubing tutorials.
 

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I'm having trouble deciding what lubes I should use in my TengYun, since so far Maru and some other lubes last like 2 seconds before turning into a powder that I clean shortly after. Somebody in Discord suggested to use Compound V, but I don't have it. What other choices are good?
 

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I'm having trouble deciding what lubes I should use in my TengYun, since so far Maru and some other lubes last like 2 seconds before turning into a powder that I clean shortly after. Somebody in Discord suggested to use Compound V, but I don't have it. What other choices are good?
Silk is pretty good n just about everything. I would recommend using a combination of silk and compound x to balance out the speed (thats what my friend did to his tengyun)
 

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Guys, I need to know whether vicks disolves the plastic like Vaseline does before I use it as lube.
 

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I’m not joking, but apparently Lars Petrus used candle wax for lube before he got silicone. Unfortunately it runs out fast, like you need to apply every week or something.
By the way CodingCuber he is trying to not buy from online shops. Have a look at WTB lubes.
 

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So, if you own aYuxin Kylin V2 M then you know it's really dry and stiff out of the box. So, like any other reasonable person, me and my brother decided to lube it with vaseline.

And it turned out great! It felt like a Gans Air SM! It was so amazing!

Have you ever lubed a cube with vaseline? What was it and how'd it turn out?

EDIT: Thanks guys
 
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