It's always one drop away from being perfect, and then one drop over being perfect after you add that last drop. I've recently started to slightly underlube my cubes because that gummy feeling is gross.
@@BrothersByBud I usually do a drop or two, scramble it and work it in and add one more drop of necessary. But I just got some new cubes and my syringe just exploded so I put about 10 drops in by accident
I had a “dollar store” cube before I got somewhat serious about cubing. I didn’t know that special lubes for cubes existed so i decided to add Vaseline and cooking oil and even coconut oil to see if it gets any better. It kinda did, but the exact thing happened to me. Oh I also thought the making the cube wet by soaking it in water is somehow gonna help, it didn’t. The screws got extremely rusty to the point that they broke.
when I first started getting into speedcubing, it was after I got a rebranded mf3 from a random store It was my first good cube and it got me want to try getting faster I started to get faster and the cube was starting to get too slow for me so I thought maybe if I added some sunflower oil, it'll turn better so I did. Problem was the effect only lasts for a few days so I'd end up having to "re-lube it" often eventually got my hands on an mf3rs2m and some proper silicon lubes from a local cube shop and instantly got faster and more consistent times. when I tried going back to my old mf3 tho (this was only like a few months of not using it) it had that weird sticky feeling as well one day I wanted to try and get better at pyraminx but realized I had lubed it with silicon oil in the past and it was weird and sticky too I cleaned it with soap and water and when I dried it, it would still feel the same... I got most of it off by rubbing each piece individually with water downed rubbing alcohol when I applied proper lube on it tho, the residue is pretty much gone so you should be fine
I did it. Oh my god that was a mistake. My cube eroded from inside, and instead of flat plastic, i was left with something like Sanding paper between individual pieces
I recently got recommended to use this type of silicone used for hair. I used it in some type of budget yuxin cube and suprisingly it was better than any other lubricant i have tried. It didnt dry out in the cube and it didnt become sticky and im actually suprised on how good it is. The lube can last a few months until you have to relube the cube again. It has no water in it so it cant rust the screws, its almost pure silicone.
I used oil for your hair to lube my cube and it worked fine (key word: worked) then after a few days, it became sticky and I couldn’t use it anymore so I cleaned it and made another lube for it using body lube and it works fine now. And the body lube was just made by mixing a body lube I found with Vaseline and it made my rubiks brand turn like an actual speed cube for some reason, my friends call my rubiks brand the best rubiks brand out there.
When I got my first speedcube I did not have any lube so I started using cooking oil😂 it worked great at first but little did I know it was damaging the plastic. All the center pieces like the plastic part where u put the screws broke..
Just saying: YOUR CUBE WILL TURN WAY BETTER WITH LUBE! My Meilong stopped turning well and I thought I didn't need lube I bought another... Same thing happened... I then bought a MF3RS that started to not corner cut or turn well, I then bought a yuxin little magic, that began to degrade and I thought budget 3x3s weren't worth it anymore, but I bought dnm-37, and put it in my yuxin and it feels perfect! I can't believe I wasted so much time with other cubes,lube is definitely necessary
Not really. Most cubes slow down because they are not kept clean. Any of those puzzles would be back to normal with a good cleaning of the dust the builds up. The idea that cubes "need" lube is a big misconception. They are not engines turning at 2000 rpm and they are very lightly fit plastic parts. Lube is something many people use to adjust the feeling of puzzles but cubes will not degrade from a lack of it.
@@SpeedCubeReview thing is keeping my Meilong clean did help, compared to my friends dirtier meilong, but they don't get near the out-of-the box feel, in my yuxin little magic the lube is literally magical
Stickered GAN 356i: Don't use PTFE cycle lube. Unusable. After hours trying to clean and relube and it's still a finger breaker. When new it was kind of slow and got worse, couldn't get proper lube for a month so tried cycle lube. Had to buy a replacement. Stickerless GAN 356i this is a much much faster cube. It arrived smooth but slowed down after a week. I added a few drops of Silicone Treadmill oil lube without cleaning it. Ruined it. After 20 mins cleaning it's okay again but not as good as new.
I did the same and took a break from cubing for like 4 months and it wasn’t moving and it took like three months to clean it properly and as I live in India speed cube shop doesn’t Deliver here and I had to use as sanitisers and vaseline to lean it up
Don't use mineral oils for cubes. Cubes are generally made of ABS, which dissolves in mineral oil! ABS is actually fairly notorious for being easy to dissolve in a wide range of solvents. An exception are the custom 3d printed puzzles you might get from somewhere like Shaeways. IIRC these are nylon, which is much more chemically resistant than ABS. Still, know your materials if you're going to try this! You want a silicone oil. I actually use a bottle from my local hobby store formulated for use as transmission oil in RC cars. It's a silicone oil and has to not attack ABS since ABS gearboxes are pretty common, even if the plastic gears themselves are (hopefully) nylon. It makes the puzzles turn better than without for sure. Don't use too much or the mechanism will indeed get slightly sticky. One or two drops is plenty for simple puzzles. You want to get it down deep into the puzzle mechanism, especially for large complicated puzzles with lots of shells. I find a plastic syringe is great for this. It will eventually collect grime, so every once in a while (or if you think you put too much in) it's good to take the puzzle apart, wipe down the pieces with a paper towel, then put it back together and relubricate. I just checked a couple of my puzzles which had been sitting untouched in a cabinet for quite some time (more than a year) and found that the lubrication is still good and they turn smoothly, so this shouldn't be an issue. It's worth noting that I'm not a speedcuber and instead collect more esoteric twisty puzzles which for the most part do not turn as well as even a generic 3x3. They simply haven't gone through the years of design refinement that competition puzzles have. My goal is generally smooth operation rather than speed.
Let me try it on a rubik's brand ! Day 1 : Its not even a rubik's brand anymore ! Its amazing ! Yikes Im a bit nervous . Im going to clean it before it dries .
I just use a silicone lubricant that I found in my storage and the bottle just says: Material:Silicone Lubricant application:reduce the friction of the running belt all I know is Idk what this stuff is for but it works well for my cubes lol
What about lotion?I just added a dab of lotion to the corners and edges.not to the core or any thing but I sort of just rub it over the peices surface.A really small amount too, barely enough to cover a q- tip.It instantly made it faster and sorta of smoother if you could say that.It didn’t leave a gummy feeling either.
I use 500cst rc car shock oil 3 drops in through a piece and it feels smooth and controllable let’s me have good corner cutting and a controllable cube
My friend used coconut oil it FROZE he used do much that it was like tearing skin to separate 2 layers If you want super controllable cubes use that ( parachute ) It takes an hour and a hammer to turn once This isn't a joke
This is super random but I’m excited and don’t have any other outlet to tell anyone. I just solved a 3x3 in 30 seconds for the first time! I’m happy lol
Not gonna lie, I lubed a cube with Carmex before because I had no lube and I was in trouble with my parents so I couldn't buy any, it worked great and I'm not sure when it would dry out because I cleaned out my cube recently.
I've lubed my warrior w with vegetable oil and sunscreen. the cube is now worse than a brand new rubiks brand. And if you're wondering, no this cube was never my main. I just bought it to test out this lube method.
i put the mixture of vegetable oil water shampoo and mouthwash in my skewb and i solved it 6 to 10 time i left it for 2 months without touching it.It became so sticky from inside then i cleaned it but i got the same result it was sticky the next day it took me 2-3 hour to clean it perfectly it kkanda worked but its a little bit sticky
i am having MF3RS that was fantastic my average was 25 sec but is used oil in my cube after 2 months what is saw it was like a 1 dollar cube not working at all today i will clean it and buy a good lube instead of oil
So yeah this makes me cringe sometimes when I go onto eBay and buy a bunch of used puzzles. Sometimes I these puzzles from someone who dose nothing with lubes, People who properly lubes their cubes and knows what their doing, and then their are those who are idiots that don't use proper lube. But again some of these puzzles that have been lubed are just gross looking on the inside.
So I got into Rubik's cubes in 2016, that's when it exploded and everyone in my school was getting them. I didn't know anything about so I got a Rubik's Brand, big mistake. I thought you could use any oil to lube it, so I used cooking oil LMFAO. About 4 years later, 2 weeks ago I picked it up, it had dark orange and brown stuff all over it, in the inside, in the core, and when I turned it, it felt like I dipped it in super glue. I tried cleaning it, spent about an hour doing so, and it still was sticky. I ordered a Little Magic 3x3(stickerless), it was AMAZING. I tried about 40 cubes my friend had and one of my favorites was the GTS3M, it was in my price range so I ordered it. Now I got only 1 lube for it and I don't know if I can use it one everything, meaning the pieces, the core, the screws, the springs, the washers.
It depends on the lube. I suggest the cosmic lubes from SpeedCubeShop. You can currently get a free 3cc bottle with an order from the store. I go over that in my video this morning.
i used hair cutter oil today thinking its been tested and worked and it worked but after watching this it got me scared that my gts3m would get damaged
well...... I used hair oil on my SM because i thought that the factory lube was entirely over and the honeycomb design would wear out if i did not add any lubricant (I did not have silicone lube at the time). I fully regret doing that.
I used WD40 in a couple of cubes... yeah don't do that. If you really have to, go with CRC silicone although official cube lubes and vitress are better. WD not only smells terrible it's also sticky and messes with the polymers in the plastic. If you have it in, clean it with a paper towel or cloth and use something more proper.
i put water in my gan 11 m duo when i was starting to cube. sheesh it had a really weird feeling that i didnt like. tho im happy that it drys out in a day.
I put silicone spray in my QiYi Warrior S less than a month ago, so we'll see how that turns out lol luckily my birthday is coming up, and im probably going to get some SCS gift cars, so i'll be upgrading soon enough anyway.
@@shadygaming6523 this comment was 2 years ago now, so it's hard to remember well. iirc, though,cit was a slight improvement, but nothing to write home about
so i have my gan 11 m pro and i tryed to put lotion and for 2 days it was super good and it made it corner cut anywhere and for day 3 i felt that the cube won’t turn so i turned hardly and it moved and i had to do it again and i didn’t know what was happening if it was water(that i put in when this happened too) or the lotion so i cleaned my cube up and just put water and i wait a week and it was normal back again, if you want to lube your cube but you don’t wanna buy lube then use some things else in your house and what i use is water and hand sanitizer (i know it’s werid), the water is very fast but it is not good for your cube and specially the gan 11 m pro because it has core magnets and it can make rust in the magnet, hand sanitizer is the same but smoother and fast and last longer and pretty bad for your cube.
Any good place where you could buy lube in europe? Since buying from speedcubeshop only for lube seems kinda not worth the delivery (i really just need lube)
i used to use some skin oil then it made my cubw really fast when ut tried it didnt get sticky it just went dusty when i clean it it works fine now i use it for older cubes
I used a silicone based non abrasive gun oil on my cube. I don’t think it will become sticky since it is silicone based. It feels great after a few days but should I clean it or leave it?
so i have this gts3m that i bought at the start of 2020 and after a couple of months in use i experimented with conditioner then the conditioner dryed out after like months, which now looks like brownish white powde.
Hi i ordered my first speedcube about a month ago (GTS 2M), and i felt like i needed to adjust the springs a little bit so that it be a bit more hard to turn. Do you have any suggestion's/tips on how to get all the screws adjusted at the same level?, because i tried it myself and i don't think the cube feels the same at all the sides,especially when i try to solve it quick.
I mixed soap and oil in my mf3rs because why not and I thought it worked amazingly then left it for like. A week and came back to it and I did not turn I had to forcefully turn it to get it turning again so I ended up binning the cube
I usually just over lube it by accident, clean it and then overlube it again 🤷
Such truth in this comment
I overlube cubes as well
It's always one drop away from being perfect, and then one drop over being perfect after you add that last drop.
I've recently started to slightly underlube my cubes because that gummy feeling is gross.
Maybe u can watch cyotheking's overlubing techniques, it's a really good one
@@BrothersByBud I usually do a drop or two, scramble it and work it in and add one more drop of necessary. But I just got some new cubes and my syringe just exploded so I put about 10 drops in by accident
@@calix69420 pls send link
My friend puts baby powder 🤦♂️
That sounds like it would actually work for like 5 solves before it all just settles inside the core or slips out through the cracks.
Wut
Pi- Cuber holy crap that’s savage
i used when i started cubing,and my cube got stuck and hard to turn
Actually I was like using something strange my Vaseline and sprays it was so strange
Okay ill not use my lubes that way anymore. From now on i'm going to drink all my dnms.
Tried it tastes good 😄 very healthy for the body
@@thegamerdog3846 damn this comment is from 1 year ago
@@Ryan-zh9yt sorry I was addicted to it
@@Ryan-zh9yt I couldn't do anything except keep drinking it
@@thegamerdog3846 same the dnm-37 hits different
Actually I thought about the oil one but my mom advised not to
I'm glad she did!
What about lubing your cube with
*O L I V E O I L*
Or vaseline
V E G E T A B L E O I L
Or just some hair cuticlr
Works
*W A T E R*
I had a “dollar store” cube before I got somewhat serious about cubing. I didn’t know that special lubes for cubes existed so i decided to add Vaseline and cooking oil and even coconut oil to see if it gets any better. It kinda did, but the exact thing happened to me.
Oh I also thought the making the cube wet by soaking it in water is somehow gonna help, it didn’t. The screws got extremely rusty to the point that they broke.
No "Sean here from speedcube review"? I'm disappointed😂😂😂
He is too embarrassed to reveal his identity
when I first started getting into speedcubing, it was after I got a rebranded mf3 from a random store
It was my first good cube and it got me want to try getting faster
I started to get faster and the cube was starting to get too slow for me so I thought maybe if I added some sunflower oil, it'll turn better so I did.
Problem was the effect only lasts for a few days so I'd end up having to "re-lube it" often
eventually got my hands on an mf3rs2m and some proper silicon lubes from a local cube shop and instantly got faster and more consistent times. when I tried going back to my old mf3 tho (this was only like a few months of not using it) it had that weird sticky feeling as well
one day I wanted to try and get better at pyraminx but realized I had lubed it with silicon oil in the past and it was weird and sticky too
I cleaned it with soap and water and when I dried it, it would still feel the same... I got most of it off by rubbing each piece individually with water downed rubbing alcohol
when I applied proper lube on it tho, the residue is pretty much gone so you should be fine
I used yoyo bearing lube in my mf3rs2 about 6 months ago and it still works really well
Ofc, the yoyo lubes are silicon lubes
did the same, worked out fine. i switched right after because i didn't like the feel, but that was preference over anything.
Did you get the "Super easy, barely an inconvenience" from screen rant pitch meetings?
That's what I was thinking!😂
Same here
Dropping Pitch Meeting references into cubing videos is tight!
I did it. Oh my god that was a mistake. My cube eroded from inside, and instead of flat plastic, i was left with something like Sanding paper between individual pieces
Oof
Auto-liked when i heard "super easy, barely an inconvenience" 0_0 ;)
I was wondering if anyone else noticed it!
The second I heard that, like -> searched on comments...
I recently got recommended to use this type of silicone used for hair. I used it in some type of budget yuxin cube and suprisingly it was better than any other lubricant i have tried. It didnt dry out in the cube and it didnt become sticky and im actually suprised on how good it is. The lube can last a few months until you have to relube the cube again. It has no water in it so it cant rust the screws, its almost pure silicone.
I didnt use plant oils, but i used vaseline. i didnt know it eats plastic but good thing it was just a shengshou legend
it became a shengshou myth
I want a big Collection like you!!
I once tried using hair gel
Omg hair gel is sticky
I just lubricated by cube
And that did not go well
Using a deodorant as lube... Turns great for now but not sure whether it will damage the cube later
"Super easy, barely an inconvenience"
References to other channels are TIGHT
I used bug spray and 15 minutes later it broke
I got some sticker (from a ski resort) once and accidentally put it in a puddle of bug spray. It literally turned the sticker into a goo😩
I used oil for your hair to lube my cube and it worked fine (key word: worked) then after a few days, it became sticky and I couldn’t use it anymore so I cleaned it and made another lube for it using body lube and it works fine now.
And the body lube was just made by mixing a body lube I found with Vaseline and it made my rubiks brand turn like an actual speed cube for some reason, my friends call my rubiks brand the best rubiks brand out there.
When I got my first speedcube I did not have any lube so I started using cooking oil😂 it worked great at first but little did I know it was damaging the plastic. All the center pieces like the plastic part where u put the screws broke..
Just saying: YOUR CUBE WILL TURN WAY BETTER WITH LUBE!
My Meilong stopped turning well and I thought I didn't need lube
I bought another...
Same thing happened...
I then bought a MF3RS that started to not corner cut or turn well,
I then bought a yuxin little magic, that began to degrade and I thought budget 3x3s weren't worth it anymore, but I bought dnm-37, and put it in my yuxin and it feels perfect! I can't believe I wasted so much time with other cubes,lube is definitely necessary
Not really. Most cubes slow down because they are not kept clean. Any of those puzzles would be back to normal with a good cleaning of the dust the builds up. The idea that cubes "need" lube is a big misconception. They are not engines turning at 2000 rpm and they are very lightly fit plastic parts. Lube is something many people use to adjust the feeling of puzzles but cubes will not degrade from a lack of it.
@@SpeedCubeReview thing is keeping my Meilong clean did help, compared to my friends dirtier meilong, but they don't get near the out-of-the box feel, in my yuxin little magic the lube is literally magical
I asked my mom to let me buy speed cube she said “let me think of it” later she literally brings me motor oil...
Lol same
if its silicone it will actually work...
Stickered GAN 356i: Don't use PTFE cycle lube. Unusable. After hours trying to clean and relube and it's still a finger breaker. When new it was kind of slow and got worse, couldn't get proper lube for a month so tried cycle lube. Had to buy a replacement.
Stickerless GAN 356i this is a much much faster cube. It arrived smooth but slowed down after a week. I added a few drops of Silicone Treadmill oil lube without cleaning it. Ruined it. After 20 mins cleaning it's okay again but not as good as new.
Butter actually works like really well. Only if you like fast cubes tho
Don't ever do that, it might work well for the moment but will be horrible after a couple days especially after a few weeks
Jokes on you, I've put dnm-37 on the core xddd
why
I did the same and took a break from cubing for like 4 months and it wasn’t moving and it took like three months to clean it properly and as I live in India speed cube shop doesn’t Deliver here and I had to use as sanitisers and vaseline to lean it up
They do ship to india
Don't use mineral oils for cubes. Cubes are generally made of ABS, which dissolves in mineral oil! ABS is actually fairly notorious for being easy to dissolve in a wide range of solvents.
An exception are the custom 3d printed puzzles you might get from somewhere like Shaeways. IIRC these are nylon, which is much more chemically resistant than ABS. Still, know your materials if you're going to try this!
You want a silicone oil. I actually use a bottle from my local hobby store formulated for use as transmission oil in RC cars. It's a silicone oil and has to not attack ABS since ABS gearboxes are pretty common, even if the plastic gears themselves are (hopefully) nylon. It makes the puzzles turn better than without for sure.
Don't use too much or the mechanism will indeed get slightly sticky. One or two drops is plenty for simple puzzles. You want to get it down deep into the puzzle mechanism, especially for large complicated puzzles with lots of shells. I find a plastic syringe is great for this. It will eventually collect grime, so every once in a while (or if you think you put too much in) it's good to take the puzzle apart, wipe down the pieces with a paper towel, then put it back together and relubricate.
I just checked a couple of my puzzles which had been sitting untouched in a cabinet for quite some time (more than a year) and found that the lubrication is still good and they turn smoothly, so this shouldn't be an issue.
It's worth noting that I'm not a speedcuber and instead collect more esoteric twisty puzzles which for the most part do not turn as well as even a generic 3x3. They simply haven't gone through the years of design refinement that competition puzzles have. My goal is generally smooth operation rather than speed.
I added some garage door lubricant, and it SMELLED 🤮 I washed it immediately, but it still smells a little
i used a tiny bit of baby oil and surprisingly; it works, but of course i clean my cube often and relube it
Let me try it on a rubik's brand !
Day 1 : Its not even a rubik's brand anymore ! Its amazing !
Yikes Im a bit nervous . Im going to clean it before it dries .
I used baby oil and it just makes a think residue but it's easy to clean out with a tooth brush dipped in water
I just use a silicone lubricant that I found in my storage and the bottle just says:
Material:Silicone Lubricant
application:reduce the friction of the running belt
all I know is Idk what this stuff is for but it works well for my cubes lol
did it work well after 10 months?
What about lotion?I just added a dab of lotion to the corners and edges.not to the core or any thing but I sort of just rub it over the peices surface.A really small amount too, barely enough to cover a q- tip.It instantly made it faster and sorta of smoother if you could say that.It didn’t leave a gummy feeling either.
I did the same stuff and my cube ended up being glueey
When I was younger I used some lubricant that was under my bed for... reasons. It was great, until it started sticking
iamdoriian what’s that reason? 😂😏
@@woblynarna4438 It was the *other* kind of lube lmao
iamdoriian haha
Oh. That's why superglue isn't a good lube.
Just lube your cubes with silicone spray it works good trust me and do not use cooking spray
where can u find silicone spray?
I use 500cst rc car shock oil 3 drops in through a piece and it feels smooth and controllable let’s me have good corner cutting and a controllable cube
My friend used coconut oil it FROZE he used do much that it was like tearing skin to separate 2 layers
If you want super controllable cubes use that ( parachute )
It takes an hour and a hammer to turn once
This isn't a joke
you are late my wuque is shit now because i poured 1 drop of olive oil and 1 drop of hair oil
Don't experiment with a 4x4 lol
Yep but no worries I have ordered my aosu gts 2m but I will clean and lube my wuque afterwards
"super easy, barely an inconvenience."
Ah, i see you are a man of culture.
This is super random but I’m excited and don’t have any other outlet to tell anyone. I just solved a 3x3 in 30 seconds for the first time! I’m happy lol
Good job u are truly average ;D
Mr Seal Lol well thanks thats the goal
I usually lube my cubes with my pimple's juice. It works great.
I used engine oil once as experiment. It felt like silk at first. After an hour or two the cube started to jam and I could barely turn the cube.
Not gonna lie, I lubed a cube with Carmex before because I had no lube and I was in trouble with my parents so I couldn't buy any, it worked great and I'm not sure when it would dry out because I cleaned out my cube recently.
I've lubed my warrior w with vegetable oil and sunscreen. the cube is now worse than a brand new rubiks brand. And if you're wondering, no this cube was never my main. I just bought it to test out this lube method.
That intro is nice!
i put the mixture of vegetable oil water shampoo and mouthwash in my skewb and i solved it 6 to 10 time i left it for 2 months without touching it.It became so sticky from inside then i cleaned it but i got the same result it was sticky the next day it took me 2-3 hour to clean it perfectly it kkanda worked but its a little bit sticky
I put bike oil in my first rubriks brand cube. Worked great for a while until the plastic started decomposing.
imagine that theres a popular discord cubing community where 4 people tell you to use oil as lube and if you dont then a drama happens lol
i am having MF3RS that was fantastic my average was 25 sec but is used oil in my cube after 2 months what is saw it was like a 1 dollar cube not working at all today i will clean it and buy
a good lube instead of oil
i lube my cubes with royal purple.
Some cubers use cooking oil
So yeah this makes me cringe sometimes when I go onto eBay and buy a bunch of used puzzles. Sometimes I these puzzles from someone who dose nothing with lubes, People who properly lubes their cubes and knows what their doing, and then their are those who are idiots that don't use proper lube. But again some of these puzzles that have been lubed are just gross looking on the inside.
I put olive oil. At first it was great but after a while it just became hard to turn.
i have a bunch of silicone chock oil from old nirto rc cars and there a bunch of different weights, id like to see someone else experiment like this
Remember A Cube Is Like Someone’s Manhood. Keep It Clean, and if your going to use lube, make sure to buy products that have already been tested.
Don't forget to clean under the ridges. I know many don't do. 👀
So I got into Rubik's cubes in 2016, that's when it exploded and everyone in my school was getting them. I didn't know anything about so I got a Rubik's Brand, big mistake. I thought you could use any oil to lube it, so I used cooking oil LMFAO. About 4 years later, 2 weeks ago I picked it up, it had dark orange and brown stuff all over it, in the inside, in the core, and when I turned it, it felt like I dipped it in super glue. I tried cleaning it, spent about an hour doing so, and it still was sticky. I ordered a Little Magic 3x3(stickerless), it was AMAZING. I tried about 40 cubes my friend had and one of my favorites was the GTS3M, it was in my price range so I ordered it. Now I got only 1 lube for it and I don't know if I can use it one everything, meaning the pieces, the core, the screws, the springs, the washers.
It depends on the lube. I suggest the cosmic lubes from SpeedCubeShop. You can currently get a free 3cc bottle with an order from the store. I go over that in my video this morning.
@@SpeedCubeReview, Thanks man I'll take your advice since you obviously know way more than me. I'll get that right now
can I use oil in cube
Seriously, watch the video before commenting.
@@SpeedCubeReview you made my day!
Does vitress also hardens?
Love your videos
i used hair cutter oil today thinking its been tested and worked and it worked but after watching this it got me scared that my gts3m would get damaged
yeah it probably did-
well...... I used hair oil on my SM because i thought that the factory lube was entirely over and the honeycomb design would wear out if i did not add any lubricant (I did not have silicone lube at the time). I fully regret doing that.
I put baby lotion in my cubes all turned out great except for 4X4 I cleaned it and now its outer layers are fast but inner are very stiff
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I used WD40 in a couple of cubes... yeah don't do that. If you really have to, go with CRC silicone although official cube lubes and vitress are better. WD not only smells terrible it's also sticky and messes with the polymers in the plastic. If you have it in, clean it with a paper towel or cloth and use something more proper.
i put water in my gan 11 m duo when i was starting to cube. sheesh it had a really weird feeling that i didnt like. tho im happy that it drys out in a day.
I bought some silicone oil from denso I just want to know if it is ok
I put silicone spray in my QiYi Warrior S less than a month ago, so we'll see how that turns out lol
luckily my birthday is coming up, and im probably going to get some SCS gift cars, so i'll be upgrading soon enough anyway.
how was it?
@@shadygaming6523 this comment was 2 years ago now, so it's hard to remember well. iirc, though,cit was a slight improvement, but nothing to write home about
@@joosh.e at least better than nothing right?
@@shadygaming6523 again, hard to remember
@@joosh.e lol fair enough, thanx!
Lotion and it still works after a few months
Chalk works well....
No, JK.
I done that befor and it is very good for a year
Wesson
so i have my gan 11 m pro and i tryed to put lotion and for 2 days it was super good and it made it corner cut anywhere and for day 3 i felt that the cube won’t turn so i turned hardly and it moved and i had to do it again and i didn’t know what was happening if it was water(that i put in when this happened too) or the lotion so i cleaned my cube up and just put water and i wait a week and it was normal back again, if you want to lube your cube but you don’t wanna buy lube then use some things else in your house and what i use is water and hand sanitizer (i know it’s werid), the water is very fast but it is not good for your cube and specially the gan 11 m pro because it has core magnets and it can make rust in the magnet, hand sanitizer is the same but smoother and fast and last longer and pretty bad for your cube.
I remember when I first did it I was stupid and thought that wetting at and shuving random soap and stuff in it would work
Any good place where you could buy lube in europe? Since buying from speedcubeshop only for lube seems kinda not worth the delivery (i really just need lube)
If theres hobby shops near u that sell rc car parts they might have traxxas 50k
@Another Random Cuber they havent 😔 but its a nice store tho, maybe I buy something from there the next time
@@Nox8t6 I got silicone lube, just wanted something less thick, maybe waterbased
@@Nox8t6 i think in that case it might be worth it to pay the shipping costs and get something thats made for a cube
I tried hand saniter first works but become sticky luckily it was easy to remove
Moms and essential oils but with cubing
I use silicone shock oil
I have never bought lube what are some recommendation of lubes that make my cube fatser?!?!
1:18 plase I cannot be the only one who got the reference
I used olive oil but my cubes have been just fine. Idk if i should keep using it until i get silicone lube...
i used to use some skin oil then it made my cubw really fast when ut tried it didnt get sticky it just went dusty when i clean it it works fine now i use it for older cubes
I used a silicone based non abrasive gun oil on my cube. I don’t think it will become sticky since it is silicone based. It feels great after a few days but should I clean it or leave it?
If it is used to lube metalic parts, i highly doubt it would harm the cube
I did put water in my RS3M2020 and it made it really slow and rusty. I regret that I did that.
I used shampoo on my cube before. And at first it was good but when it dries it's hard to turn
Before I got a good speed cube I lubed it with the spray silicone lube in the cans.... when you over lube it’s not good
Can i use a silicon spray ??
I slowed down my Little Magic 3x3 with NUTELLA 😄
Then ants started coming in 😂
lol
1:18 Oh really?
so i have this gts3m that i bought at the start of 2020 and after a couple of months in use i experimented with conditioner then the conditioner dryed out after like months, which now looks like brownish white powde.
Hi i ordered my first speedcube about a month ago (GTS 2M), and i felt like i needed to adjust the springs a little bit so that it be a bit more hard to turn. Do you have any suggestion's/tips on how to get all the screws adjusted at the same level?, because i tried it myself and i don't think the cube feels the same at all the sides,especially when i try to solve it quick.
My friend spilled tea into his main at a comp. It was really good but the next day it dried out.
The tea GTS3M
I mixed soap and oil in my mf3rs because why not and I thought it worked amazingly then left it for like. A week and came back to it and I did not turn I had to forcefully turn it to get it turning again so I ended up binning the cube
i lubed my cube with lotion and after a day it somehow isnt dry
Now I checked the cube i lubed with oil and........not turning
My friends used olive oil, first it was quite fast but know very slow and sticky
Car lube its silicone so worked great easy to clean
what about treadmill silicone