What's the best Rubik's cube lubricant?
I've got myself a sticky cube, and I would like to make the twisting and solving a little more smooth for better times and less frustration. I'm cheap and some what attatched to mine, (and it may be useful for future projects) so I would like to revive it's full capabilities. I know petroleum jelly is initially effective, but ultimately eats away at the plastic. Does WD-40 work? Or just make the stickers come off? I know there are a good amount of cubers in the community, so I would like to hear the opinion of experience in order to make my cube's movement smooth and slick.
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I've heard of people using powdered graphite, but that might be messy. Maybe a white lithium grease?
Update: I did a little Googling, and silicone spray lube seems to be the lube of choice among speedcubers.
Apr 3, 2010. 4:08 PMbassclarinet23 (author)
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Okay, that should be available at like a hardware store or something, right?
Oh, yeah. Wal-Mart, Lowe's, pretty much any hardware store will have it.
Nov 30, 2011. 10:06 AMadeweese
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I would stay away form petroleum based products, as they are indeed corrosive to your cube's plastic. Too, Vaseline is not a liquid - it creates friction, actually slowing things down. Vaseline will make your cube's action smooth, but not fast.
Apr 9, 2010. 2:27 AMJavaNut13
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vaseline (Aka petroleum jelly) on all of the seaperatte pieces....
Apr 9, 2010. 4:49 AMbassclarinet23 (author)
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It eats away at the cube though, does it not?
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