You so 'sweep-lube' your 3x3x3s, but how do you protect the stickers?

[IamWEB]

When I finally tried laying out my cubies and sweeping them over with lube, I found out that it definitely > pop an edge and spray in.
One problem I've been racing recently though is having silicone spray getting on my stickers. All you may know, silicone eats up stickers when enough gets on them.

For all of you those lube in this fashion, my question is how do you lay out your cubies? I lay out them out pretty close, side by side, in rows. I position them so that the stickers face outward, and specifically the edges so that the opening under them isn't the main exposed part (flip the edge over so that the other sticker is facing down...). I spray from in front of pieces, where the stickers aren't showing.

Still there's a little bit of silicone that gets on some of the sides with stickers, and it's that's a big problem?

What do you do? Tips/Advice? I'm gonna go watch badmephisto's lube experiment vid...



EDITed for Pheonix Death.

 

[miniGOINGS]

Lie 2 edges side by side, 1 sticker on each of the edges is on the table or whatever, the other is against the other piece. Just an idea I had.

 

[iSpinz]

Corners in groups of 4. Stickers hidden.

 

[Meep]

The one time I did this like, two years ago, I simply didn't protect them <_< Nothing really happened to them lol

 

[ianini]

Or you could just buy stickers from www.cubesmith.com

 

[99aceofspades99]

When I lube them that way, my sticker are fine... once I used the wrong type of newspaper or I oversprayed it and my stickers somehow got ruined

 

[Ryanrex116]

The bathtub in my house isn't used anymore, and it is at a slight angle. When I lube, the excess lube gets drained before it can ruin stickers.

 

[IamWEB]

Cool st- ideas, thanks.

Or you could just buy stickers from www.cubesmith.com

They were cubesmith.

@1$0: D15|3x1c much? 'You so?' So you?

 

[Hiero]

I watched the guys from lube the cube and he tried everything he could to protect the stickers and still couldn't do it. I'd say it's impossible. Anyway, here is the video I watched http://www.youtube.com/user/HowtoCube#p/u/11/TPHDt-a9BHY

 

[IamWEB]

^The first time(s) I tried this they were fine, but more recently I stared having this problem.
It's not so bad where it just ruins the whole sticker, but it damages a little bit of the edges on a few of them... putting them against each other might work, and I'm about to try it.

 

[Rodrigo Piaggio]

Maybe you can protect your stickers with masking tape. Easy to remove and almost let no gummy residue.

"it allows the tape to be easily removed without leaving residue or damaging the surface to which it is applied"

 

[Zarxrax]

I've never had an issue with lube getting on my stickers.
I place all my pieces so there is some space between them. One sticker is always face down, and the other stickers are faced away from me. I just quickly spray over the whole group, one or two passes.
Make sure you aren't using the long plastic tube that sticks into the nozzle of the lube. You want a wide angle spray, and hold it back at a distance so that the pieces don't get knocked over or anything.

 

[vcuber13]

i always lube my cube good before i put new stickers on otherwise i pop and edge and spray in

 

[IamWEB]

That may have been my problem, using the straw recently. I know I did last time, but there might have been a problem when I spray straight from the can once...

my cube has no stickers now but when they do and I tries this in the future, I'll post back here with results.
I just lubed it without stickers, and I can still check to see if any lube got over on the sides where stickers will go.

 

[TemurAmir]

When I lube my cubes this way, I get a little lube on the stickers but they don't seem to be harming them. The problem is, when I lube cubes without the stickers, the silicone always turns that plastic white where the sticker is supposed to be. I use a straw and CRC spray. I think I might be overlubing?

 

[ZamHalen]

What I usually do is I find a dry place (usually on top of a plastic ice chest) I hold the can a good foot away from the pieces and just spray the pieces.It's usually hot where I live so the silicone evaporates really quickly.I think the distance keeps it from getting to the stickers and I have never had any stickers ruined from lubing.

 

[PatrickJameson]

Solution: Don't lube this way.

Really, it's not needed. Just spray in some lube into your cube whenever you feel it needs some and continue solving as usual. It won't 'unevenly spread out the lube' like I've heard some people say when I ask why they use this method of lubing.

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

Simple.
Turn the stickers away

 

[IamWEB]

What I usually do is I find a dry place (usually on top of a plastic ice chest) I hold the can a good foot away from the pieces and just spray the pieces.It's usually hot where I live so the silicone evaporates really quickly.I think the distance keeps it from getting to the stickers and I have never had any stickers ruined from lubing.

+1 for that information.

Solution: Don't lube this way.

Really, it's not needed. Just spray in some lube into your cube whenever you feel it needs some and continue solving as usual. It won't 'unevenly spread out the lube' like I've heard some people say when I ask why they use this method of lubing.

After my type C went through a lot (old C4Y stickers, adhesive, rubbing alcohol, etc... don't ask) I cleaned it and then lubed like I always had: take an edge, spray and work it in. When I wasn't totally satisfied with this, I was recommended to lube by way of sweeping. I cleaned it again and it did this, it was better. I'll tread carefully on doing this in the future w/ stickers on, though.

Simple.
Turn the stickers away

Read the first post; simple.

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

What I usually do is I find a dry place (usually on top of a plastic ice chest) I hold the can a good foot away from the pieces and just spray the pieces.It's usually hot where I live so the silicone evaporates really quickly.I think the distance keeps it from getting to the stickers and I have never had any stickers ruined from lubing.

+1 for that information.

Solution: Don't lube this way.

Really, it's not needed. Just spray in some lube into your cube whenever you feel it needs some and continue solving as usual. It won't 'unevenly spread out the lube' like I've heard some people say when I ask why they use this method of lubing.

After my type C went through a lot (old C4Y stickers, adhesive, rubbing alcohol, etc... don't ask) I cleaned it and then lubed like I always had: take an edge, spray and work it in. When I wasn't totally satisfied with this, I was recommended to lube by way of sweeping. I cleaned it again and it did this, it was better. I'll tread carefully on doing this in the future w/ stickers on, though.

Simple.
Turn the stickers away

Read the first post; simple.

Dude. I know you edited the post first and THEN told me to read it. You could just say "I did"