What did you use for lube before silicone?

[Hadley4000]

A lot of people used to use some other kind of lube before they discovered silicone. From what I've gathered, most people.

So what was YOUR lube of choice? When I was still a new cuber, I used WD-40 for lubing, and thought it was the best thing ever.

That cube(My first one) is pretty bad now. Even after cleaning it, then putting silicone, it still is pretty bad. But, at the time I didn't know.

 

[cmhardw]

I used to use Armor All dashboard polish when I first started cubing. It contained silicone as an ingredient, so maybe that's cheating for this thread. Still it was a far cry from spray silicone in a can

And if you're curious, it worked surprisingly well.

Chris

 

[rubiks to the third]

cream cheese

 

[Arget]

I tried PAM on a cube i got for free...It worked, but I can't say was very benevolent for the stickers..

 

[Lofty]

I was fortunate enough to be taught how to cube by someone who had already been around online and knew silicone was what to use
I did use liquidwrench tho... which isn't that good relative to CRC.

 

[Karthik]

I used wax and vaseline, before I found silicone.
Though vaseline worked pretty well.

 

[Hadley4000]

I used wax and vaseline, before I found silicone.
Though vaseline worked pretty well.

Wax?:confused:

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

I just didn't.

 

[Karthik]

I used wax and vaseline, before I found silicone.
Though vaseline worked pretty well.

Wax?:confused:

Yes

 

[SkateTracker]

3-IN-1 Oil.

Screwed up my cube to the point of no return. -_-

 

[badmephisto]

vegetable oil... worked decent too, but leaked all over my hands

 

[ShadenSmith]

Inline-skate lube. It worked for a day or two then gunked everything up.

 

[Hadley4000]

vegetable oil... worked decent too, but leaked all over my hands

How did you even apply that?

 

[badmephisto]

vegetable oil... worked decent too, but leaked all over my hands

How did you even apply that?

what do you mean? I popped an edge, poured some in, put edge back and worked it in you have a better idea?

 

[Hadley4000]

vegetable oil... worked decent too, but leaked all over my hands

How did you even apply that?

what do you mean? I popped an edge, poured some in, put edge back and worked it in you have a better idea?

I don't know. The vegetable oil I have at my house has a rediculously wide mouth, and seems like it would be nearly impossible to pour in there.

 

[badmephisto]

vegetable oil... worked decent too, but leaked all over my hands

How did you even apply that?

what do you mean? I popped an edge, poured some in, put edge back and worked it in you have a better idea?

I don't know. The vegetable oil I have at my house has a rediculously wide mouth, and seems like it would be nearly impossible to pour in there.

well ok if you want to get really technical i used a piece of cloth. i emerged it in the oil, it soaked it up, and then brought it over the opening and squeezed the oil out. it gets really messy as you can imagine

 

[MistArts]

Hair Gel and Vasaline....

 

[shelley]

Not something I used, but at one of Caltech's early tournaments someone brought in a cube lubed with Lemon Pledge. It leaked all over the scramblers' hands (until we just straight refused to scramble it) and smelled like lemon.

 

[Cubie Newbie]

A mixture of olive oil and almond oil.

 

[Hadley4000]

Not something I used, but at one of Caltech's early tournaments someone brought in a cube lubed with Lemon Pledge. It leaked all over the scramblers' hands (until we just straight refused to scramble it) and smelled like lemon.

That's nasty. And if was leaking out, seems like it would make it harder to do fast moves, as your fingers would slip.