lubrication???????

[Regisiew]

okat becuase of your soooo helpful replies(thanks!!!) im pretty sure that silicone is the most popular. sry if im bugging you again but what kind of silicone's good? im just not sure what kind to get. thanks guys!

 

[Regisiew]

all thanks to your awesome replies (thanks guys!) im beginning to think silicone spray is the way to go. now im wondering what "kind" of silicone is good. thanks!

 

[masterofthebass]

please learn to use the edit feature next time. You can edit your original post to include all of your questions, instead of posting 5 responses in a row.

 

[Regisiew]

okay lol i just kept doing because im new here and didnt know there where pages so i was like wat?!?!?! where are my replies... so yea sry!

 

[Odin]

Rubik’s lube IMO is just soapy water; Rubik's DIYs are very good though.

 

[Bomber]

Rubik’s lube IMO is just soapy water; Rubik's DIYs are very good though.

How can a substance be like another in your opinion? That would be like me saying "In my opinion plasticine is just syrup, because it's sticky".
I hope you have actually used or researched Rubik's/PuzzleProz lubricant, do you know why?
Rubik's and PuzzleProz lubricants are 'silicone based' or to quote "specially formulated nontoxic and non-corrosive silicone based lubricant", and do you know what? CRC and Jig-a-Loo just happen to be silicone too. So soapy water they are not, not even in an opinion.

I personally use PuzzleProz lubricant, there is no silicone readily available to me unless I trek to Halfords. And, in my opinion the lubricant is very good, it leaks on application but the change is instantaneous. It gives a fast yet 'gummy' feel, similar to silicone oil which I also have. The only bad side of it is the short life span, then when you want to re-apply it doesn't seem to have the same affect unless the cube has been washed.

 

[Regisiew]

im obviously going to get silicone but my all i want to know is what kind.

 

[Regisiew]

what lubrication do you like?

okay im trying to find the BEST lubrication for your cube. please give a reason why you chose what you chose in this poll. thanks guys!

 

[leeho]

I used Tableau Dry silicone lubricant. Works like magic. When i put it into my cube it takes effect almost immediately. I heard other silicone lubricants need time to dry and feel sticky when first applied but this one feels smooth as soon as its applied.

 

[Odin]

I use CRC because it works great and I can get it at any hardware store so it’s also convenient

 

[KubeKid73]

I would use Jig-A-Loo, and spray in all 8 edges of the cube, then work it in for about 2 minutes and let it sit for a day or more. There's also CRC.

 

[(X)]

CRC silicone spray is what I use, I would recommend it

 

[Regisiew]

how do you apply lubricant?

my new and LAST question is how to apply the lubricant. when should i apply it? should i apply it before breaking a cube in? please include these and many more details. including when. thanks guys!

 

[minsarker]

I use Jig-A-Loo because its the one I found. I am pretty sure most of the ones up there are pretty similar to each other so just get one.

 

[bamman1108]

ACE Hardware brand silicone lube.

Wet silicon lube and grease have also been used, but I'm not sure how the work.

 

[Deleted member 2864]

heh... looks like I'm the only one who uses rubik's lube... actually I use puzzleproz but the puzzleproz and rubik's lube are the same thing =b

 

[(X)]

first tighten your cube(then the break-in will go faster) and break in the cube, then loosen it again and apply silicone spray, keep breaking it in for some minutes

 

[Pietersmieters]

I think Cube4you is releasing a metal cube in the near future...

Yes, but its gonna cost a damn lot, and I'm pretty sure it will be really bad.

I asked James, he didn't say anything about making them for other people but he said it costs 400$ Just to give you an idea

 

[Jhong253]

my new and LAST question is how to apply the lubricant. when should i apply it? should i apply it before breaking a cube in? please include these and many more details. including when. thanks guys!

Just a suggestion, you might want to try to include all your questions in the first post. I found that to help more than asking different stuff over and over again.

The lube Rubik's.com sells is identical to PuzzleProz lube. That lube is decent, but I never liked those because they are too "watery" in my opinion. If you are sloppy, then chances are you are going to get that lube all over your hands and outside of your cube as well, making it difficult to cube because the surface has been lubed too.
The syringe for those aren't that great either. If you press a bit too hard, then too much lube comes out and makes your cube all sticky and greasy. If you don't mind all this, then I'd say go with the PuzzleProz lube (because puzzleproz sells it at a cheaper price than Rubik's.com)

Anyway, I recommend using CRC silicone spray or shock oil weight 20. For the spray or shock oil, I recommend taking out an edge and then spraying/oiling. If you use spray, I'd say spray for no more than 2 seconds. Why? Because if you use too much spray, then your cube will become super sticky. If you use shock oil, be careful to use only one or two drops. If you use too much, your cube will become sticky too.

I found it best for my cubes to be broken in prior to lubing. What the lube does is it coats the inner surface with the lube. If you try to break in the cube after you lube, you are NOT breaking in the cube -- you are breaking in that coating of lube. So when the lube wears out (which it eventually will) you will have to go through the process all over again, which you don't have to go through multiple times if you break in the cube before you lube in the first place.

Just another thing -- mixing shock oil weight 80 and PuzzleProz lubes and then lubing with that mixture supposedly works too (keep in mind that I heard this somewhere else in this forum, I never actually tried this)

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

Also,don't mix lubes.

You can try CRC Silicone or Jig-a-loo.

Why not mix lubes? I put in Jig-a-loo, wear that in, and then put in CRC silicone and wear that in...it works great.