What did you do to your GuHong?

[tertius]

He may have chamfered it to reduce friction further? That is what tapered would mean to me.

 

[cuberkid10]

Since June 2010. (Pre-ordered from Speedcubeshop)
Ive lightly sanded the edges. I also did the 48-point mod and a partial V-56 corner mod. Then changed core and screws+springs to C4U. Lubed core and end of spring. Lubed surfaces with lubix and Maru Lube.

 

[Olji]

when i changed core and spring+screws to c4u on my guhong, it became bad, and in the middle of a turn a face would explode (yes, whole layer blasts off), if not, then it was only the center piece that popped(soaring across the room that is), so im only using c4u core, keeping the black screws and springs.... i tried placing the spring both ways, different tensions and such, but it still was bad, and exploded, dunno why @_@

 

[cuberkid10]

My used to do that with the C4U core, but I've added a bit of superglue to the tip of the screw. And I've added foam inside the center cap, which somewhat restricts the screw from coming out.

 

[Vinny]

I bought it off a guy who Lubix'ed it. After a while, I cleaned it, reassembled it, re lubixed it, and that's it. I'm thinking I have to clean it again soon because it gets stuff in the cracks of the edge pieces...

for my second one: I lubix'ed it.

I don't see why all these people are modding it, it works fine the way it is in my opinion.

 

[Olji]

the 48 point edge mod acually makes it even nicer (IMO)

 

[linkin182]

Ok... ive done the 48 point edge mod and v 5 corner mod and its so frickin SMOOTH now!
theres still a bit of clickyness but oh well

and people say the guhong core is not that great so people change it to a Alpha V core and Alpha 1 core....? can someone state a reason why those 2 cores are good? and some people change the screws/springs/ add washers.. etc... if you did then what screw/spring etc.. set did you change to?

 

[Cool Frog]

Natural lubricant.

 

[~Adam~]

I have a bunch so I just did the 48 point edge mod and slight V-5 corner mod to one of them. I've set the tension slightly tighter than the rest and now instead of a minor lock up it explodes instead. I think I'll leave the rest as they are.

 

[rishidoshi]

Sanded every piece down with sand paper. Dried/cleaned them off once done, then sprayed the pieces with D39. Core is lubed with lubix from the Ultimate Guhong.

Best ****ing 3x3 I have ever felt now.

hi eric. is this the D39 you are refering to? sorry i dont have much idea on lubes n this question belongs in the one question answer thread. but i thought il catch you here thanks

 

[M4rQu5]

Maru lube and A **** TON OF LUBIX.
Aand I glued the corners together, they were causing lockups.

 

[EricReese]

hi eric. is this the D39 you are refering to? sorry i dont have much idea on lubes n this question belongs in the one question answer thread. but i thought il catch you here thanks

Yes that's the stuff. I have had to lube my cube one extra time since i got it a long time ago. It lasts a long time too

 

[souljahsu]

Can someone please explain what the 48 point edge mod is?

 

[~Adam~]

There are 4 sharp edges at the base of each of the edge piece (on the long thin piece that holds the edge into the cube). Sanding them down is the 48 point mod.

 

[clemon79]

I've had mine for about 3 months. I cleaned out the lube it came with, re-tensioned it, and that about it.

This is actually the question I was gonna ask: I just got mine today, expected it to be completely unlubed, and was surprised how smooth it was out of the box.

(Now, I'm a n00b, so what's smooth to me might be awful to you fast folks. But it's a HUGE improvement over the POS I was using.)

I did get some 50Kwt diff oil, though, so I may try lubing the core sometime. How did you go about cleaning off the lube that's in there? (I'm guessing it's just a generic silicone spray; that's what it smells like, anyhow.)

I'm thinking about getting a half-bright Cubesmith set for it 'cuz the white and yellow are throwing me off and I figure the florescent will help, and I botched the yellow and white sides when I was stickering it before I learned that the do-entire-sides-at-once-with-the-transfer-tape method was more advanced than it looked in the YouTube video.

 

[Selkie]

Black DIY GuHong, 48 point edge mod, C4U nylon core, C4U springs, lubed with Lubix, Cubesmith full bright sticker set but with standard red.

But it still doesn't make main, which is:-

Black DIY Lingyun, C4U Nylon Core, Lubix, Cubesmith smaller standard stickers (no pops at all with C4U core!)

 

[d4m4s74]

White DIY Guhong
everything in the lubix ultimate guhong tutorial
lubed with lubix
some stickers I had left in my parts bin without logo (white center sticker replaced with lubix sticker)

Rarely pops, slightly less smooth then when I first lubed it (less then a month ago) but still better then my old main (painted dian sheng lubed with first griffin silicon spray, and now lubix)

 

[WastedMeerkat]

I lost it.

 

[antoineccantin]

I made into an Ultimate Jig-a-loo Guhong!

 

[camcuber]

Black GuHong DIY
-Lubed with CRC (Spray the inside after being assembled)
-Lubed with Jig-A-Loo right after
-Lubed with Maru Lube right after
-Worked in
-Swapped to Alpha I Core
-Lubed with Lubix when it came out.