[Help Thread] Soft fingers

[Sagiv]

This happens to me all the time where I pick up my cube and my fingers are to soft in the morning and sometimes during the day and I can do the finger tricks. What do you do to conquer soft fingers?


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[shadowslice e]

What do you mean by "soft" fingers?

 

[Sagiv]

What do you mean by "soft" fingers?

What I mean by soft fingers is that you can't grip the cube and it keeps slipping out.


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[mDiPalma]

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you can also wet your fingertips with water or apply wax/pine tar to increase the grip.

 

[Sagiv]

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you can also wet your fingertips with water or apply wax/pine tar to increase the grip.

Where do you get wax/pine tar?


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[mDiPalma]

Pine tar and moist waxes like Trimona handball wax are used in sports. I recommend checking out a sports stores or buying online.

 

[One Wheel]

You need some calluses. Find some work you can do that gets your hands dirty. Maybe digging ditches, pouring concrete, splitting firewood, gardening, or something like that.

 

[EntireTV]

Maybe just dry off your cube if you recently lubed it

 

[unirox13]

Wash your hands really well with a good dish soap, that tends to dehydrate the skin really well. Dry your hands off and wait a couple minutes for them to air dry completely. Then, apply a small amount of skin lotion to your hands and rub it in well. The fresh moisturizer on dry skin should create a little bit of a humidity type thing on your skin that will allow you some more grip on the puzzle.

 

[Dom]

This stuff works great, and it doesn't leave your hands oily and slippery, like with other lotions.

You can buy it in the grocery store.

 

[jaredye]

Your hand can grip better when there is ample blood flow, as the ridges will become bigger to increase friction. Do whatever that can increase blood flow in your hand. If you don't have anything maybe some push-ups would be okay. I guess if you want a little trinket you can try this: https://www.amazon.com/Kootek-Strengthener-Adjustable-Resistance-Exerciser/dp/B01780EY2Y/

 

[Roman]

watching these kind of videos will make your hands sweaty

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[Zerksies]

I've had hand surgeries in both hands and drop things all the time and never have a complaint like this

 

[DhruvA]

That happens a lot to me.
What I do is I rub my hands on a rough surface so they will grip cubes better.

 

[FastCubeMaster]

Or you could just warm up... like most people