What is the best way to break in a cube?

[CubesOfTheWorld]

i just put sand in my cube and cleaned it out, now it only needs to be broken in. I have a few methods, but they arent working. help?:confused:

 

[SuperNerd]

Solve it. A lot. If it is a storebought, then you need to solve it even more.

 

[Jake Gouldon]

Just play with it, and it will break in naturally.

 

[iasimp1997]

PestVic's tutorial is pretty good.
Otherwise, just go with what SuperNerd said: solve it ALOT.

 

[Zane_C]

hang on, what do you mean by breaking in?

 

[JL58]

A hammer?:rolleyes:

 

[dillonbladez]

i think he means... breaking it in. like shaving plastic off it so it moves better, by solving.

 

[CubesOfTheWorld]

PestVic's tutorial is pretty good.
Otherwise, just go with what SuperNerd said: solve it ALOT.

im using his tutorial right now. i just wanted a better one

 

[Muesli]

Use it a lot, sleep with it at night, caress it constantly and yell "YOU WILL BE GOOD" at it every morning.

 

[Zane_C]

Hmm, have you tried turning faces rapidly?

 

[Rook]

[...]yell "YOU WILL BE GOOD" at it every morning.

I forget where I've heard that on these forums... I've tried doing this, but whenever I do, tears start trickling down my cube's eyes.

*clears throat* On topic...

PestVic's tutorial is pretty good.

I've had bad experiences with stretching the center pieces for my storeboughts. When I did that way back on my first storebought, most of the blue center piece broke off Everything but the hollow cylinder-like plastic came off.

Bought a second storebought a week later. Was tired of getting lockups, so I tried the mod again. Nothing happened for the first hour or so. But when I practiced my R U R' U' trigger a little while later, the same thing happened to my yellow center piece. I realized then that I either shouldn't do the mod on my storeboughts or I have bad luck with getting good storebought cores.

I would probably just solve it a whole lot, like others have said. It'll get rid of very small bumps/pieces of plastic that make contact with other pieces. Other than that, I'm not trying anything new.

~Rook

 

[PHPJaguar]

Yeah. The BEST way to break it in is to do what you bought it for: solve it.

 

[xXzaKerXx]

for 3x3 i prefer pestvic's method but for big cubes vaseline works well

 

[HelpCube]

KICK IT!!!!!! number 1 way to break it in, i swear it works. Just don't kick it against stuff too hard lol.

 

[Novriil]

I've always just solved alot. It has helped me.

 

[James Ludlow]

Okay, my New V6 is INCREDIBLY tight to turn. I've done the pi mod (less pins at moment). Will Vaseline loosen it up? Because usage is really not an option unless I want Carpel Tunnel. Its as if, the core is about a mm too small. I don't know.

 

[miniGOINGS]

Use it a lot, sleep with it at night, caress it constantly and yell "YOU WILL BE GOOD" at it every morning.

I should try that with my wife when I grow up...

 

[StringStrider]

Hmm, have you tried turning faces rapidly?

He could also try a silicon based lubricant.
I got a HUGE can for like $5 (CAD) at my local hardware shop, and I've only had to do my 3x3 once in like 3 months.

I havent used it on my 4x4 cuz I just got it 2 days ago, still wary of taking it apart

Edit: Make sure its not oil-based, I coaxed my friend into cubing by solving a 3x3 in about 1:30 (not great I know, but still impressive to a non-cuber.) He bought an oil-based lube and it got alllllll over the place lol.