[Help Thread] Lubrication Thread

[Deleted member 52530]

Vaseline eats cubes. Clean it as soon as possible. Thoroughly.

how?

 

[PetrusQuber]

how?

It’s Petroluem Jelly, which is like diluted nail varnish remover to plastic. Check out the wiki on it.

‘These include lubricants such as vaseline, WD-40, or Liquid Wrench. It is recommended that you do not use these, but if you really want to, use them with caution, as petroleum and petroleum distillates speed the aging of plastic, and may dissolve the plastic resulting in destruction of the pieces and the internal mechanism. Excessive uses of these lubricants often lead to the center mechanism breaking apart completely. Some, however, have reported success using petroleum based lubricants to speed up breaking in of new cubes. It would be best if you have a tight cube (Rubik's brand) to lube it will a petroleum based jelly for about a month. Then take it all a part and cleaning it and use a silicone base lubricant.’

 

[Shaun Mack]

do your research before you put chemicals into things, kids

 

[Deleted member 52530]

am doing now

 

[AbsoRuud]

how?

Like this!

 

[Deleted member 52530]

i know not prud

 

[Deleted member 36445]

like any other reasonable person, me and my brother decided to lube it with vaseline.

lol

 

[Lordpaxin]

I'm going to order the new 3x3 GTS2M WCA Record Edition next week. I'm ordering it from SpeedCubeShop, and I'm not familiar with their lubes. I have Vortex for the core, weight 5 for the feet of the pieces, (from my understanding weight 5 from the cubicle is a lot thicker than from speedcubeshop,) Lunar, and Martian for the pieces in my cart. But I'm completely new to their lubes. Any help or suggestions would really be appreciated. Thanks

 

[GAN 356 X]

What is your go to lube for any cube of any size? I've been watching cube setup tutorials from Jay and Tymon and Cyo and they sue weight 5 as their main lubricant. What do you guys use generally? I normally use weight 5, silk and dnm, depending on the speed of the puzzle and size. Why I am asking is because I am looking to setup my MGC 5x5 soon, and am wondering if I should go with the setup I use on most cubes go with weight 5 all the way. Btw the weight 5 I have is from speedcube.com.au , I don't know if this makes any difference. Would weight 3 work just fine too?

 

[AbsoRuud]

I pretty much use QiYi lube exclusively.

 

[Skittleskp]

What is your go to lube for any cube of any size? I've been watching cube setup tutorials from Jay and Tymon and Cyo and they sue weight 5 as their main lubricant. What do you guys use generally? I normally use weight 5, silk and dnm, depending on the speed of the puzzle and size. Why I am asking is because I am looking to setup my MGC 5x5 soon, and am wondering if I should go with the setup I use on most cubes go with weight 5 all the way. Btw the weight 5 I have is from speedcube.com.au , I don't know if this makes any difference. Would weight 3 work just fine too?

I use weight 5 on the core and tracks. I break that in and if the cube is to slow I add DNM to taste. To fast, I add compound X.

 

[Mischiiii]

I don’t know about weight 5. I’ve used weight 2 and that stuff is already to thick in my opinion. Same as traxxers 10k. In only used a little bit but my puzzles get very gummy and slow. Currently i like Angstrom Dignitas for the tracks and then adding some Martian or compount X. To control speed.

 

[GAN 356 X]

I use weight 5 on the core and tracks. I break that in and if the cube is to slow I add DNM to taste. To fast, I add compound X.

According to cyo dnm and weight 5 dont mix in a 5x5

 

[brododragon]

What's your favorite lube designed for slowing cubes?

 

[LNBFilms]

Angstrom X.

Yes. One drop on the tracks and one in the middle fluorine cut should slow it a lot!

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[brododragon]

Angstrom X


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As in compound X?

 

[brododragon]

Yes. One drop on the tracks and one in the middle fluorine cut should slow it a lot!


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Could you just edit your first post? Keeps everything cleaner.

 

[Lordpaxin]

What lube should I use in my Gan 356 Air Master 2019 Edition I ordered? I'm new to Gan cubes. I have scs weight 2, traxxas 30k, and controlium.

 

[DLXCubing]

My traxxas 50k I bought from the cubicle is not working well. It takes a lot of effort to push down, and when I finally get it a lot comes out. Another problem is that it’s incredibly messy. My hands get covered in lube every time I use it. Is this normal?



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[Hazel]

My traxxas 50k I bought from the cubicle is not working well. It takes a lot of effort to push down, and when I finally get it a lot comes out. Another problem is that it’s incredibly messy. My hands get covered in lube every time I use it. Is this normal?



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The first problem often happens with lube, due to it just getting stuck after sitting a while. To fix this, I usually put the first squirt onto a paper tower (which I then throw out), and then it'll flow easier so I can apply it to the cube without over-lubing it.
As for it covering your hands, I'm not quite sure. The bottle might have broken so lube is leaking, or maybe you aren't being as careful as you think you are? More info would be useful to say for sure.