petrolium jelly.........good or bad?

[GearGuy57]

recently i have been debating with myself wether petrolium jelly is good for cubes or not. sure, i put it on my skewb and went from sub minute to sub 30 sec. but is it good for your cubes. i have also had bad experience with cubes popping and getting jelly everywhere.on tuesday, may 3rd at 7:30 I will start a discussion in the puzzle chat room.

 

[MrIndianTeen]

I say it is good but in short terms only. It is useful to break in new cubes.

 

[Clayy9]

Bad. Any petroleum-based products are harmful to cubes (unless you're using it to break-in cubes, and only for a short time).

 

[cubeslayer]

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http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/Lubrication

 

[caseyd]

yeah its never a good sidea to leave the jelly in there, breaking in I dont use any lube, but I dont like petrouleum

 

[satellitedanny]

Well, since you got better times with it, it probably mean that you just needed some lube. Just remove the Jelly and get some CRC, Jig-A-Loo or some 3-in-1 Silicone (Make sure it says "Quick Drying"; It will dry in a couple days, but the results are fantastic!). Like other people said, it's good for breaking in cubes because it collects the cube dust so that it won't clog the cube. It also makes the cube feel smoother so that you won't get arthritis trying to solve it.

 

[F15HB41T]

Very bad. I used it at first, and it doesn't work as well as lubix, and it is a pain to clean out. Don't use it.

 

[antoineccantin]

Have you ever tried silicone?

 

[RaresB]

**** /thread

 

[GearGuy57]

It is? I just thought it was bad because it got the cube really lose and it would eventually break.

 

[danthecuber]

on tuesday, may 3rd at 7:30 I will start a discussion in the puzzle chat room.

You were banned. Are you sure?

 

[Magix]

The word jelly looks ugly so you probably shouldn't use it

 

[collinbxyz]

Good for breaking in certain cubes, but only for a short period of time.

 

[GearGuy57]

You were banned. Are you sure?

yeah, I was banned. I forgot about that.

 

[gundamslicer]

yeah, I was banned. I forgot about that.

Agh getting banned, lol
I made a spam thread

 

[d4m4s74]

Use petroleum jelly and play with the cube for a week, after that wash out the jelly and use silicone, or just use silicone to begin with

 

[GearGuy57]

You were banned. Are you sure?

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[gundamslicer]

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