Sune anti sune wheel? o-o?

2 look OLL ?

my mistake....sune,anti sune and wheel for oll...and one algo for pll..

Lol I don't know the names =S

it just the case...instead of mention case number, mention the name..lol

Hey.. My cube is really oily now...
What do I use to clean it?

You have to disassemble the cube into pieces - separating the metal parts from the plastic ones.

Dissolve 1 tablespoon of baking soda (Sodium Bicarbonate) with the plastic pieces altogether into clean water container. Give the covered container a good shake and stir for a through rinse before changing to clean water next. You might need to repeat this step few times.

The mixture of water and baking soda will acts as cleaning agent to remove all dirt and oil/grease from the plastic surface. It is non-abrasive solution or toxic to your plastic. If you find there are still minor oily residues left behind – then cut some plain writing paper into small bit pieces, immerse these scraps with the plastics into clean water container. Give them another good shake and stir for a through rinse before changing to clean water. The paper will absorb the residue oil from the plastic.

Last, when you are satisfied that all oily and dirty stuffs were removed give the whole plastic pieces another bath with cleaning detergent. Rinse them thoroughly before drying with clean tower. Leave them at room for air dry. Don’t sun bath them.

Alternatively, you may want to try Plexus Plastic Cleaner & Protectant if it is available in your market places to clean off the cube's plastics. This product is good at cleaning plastic material from oil and dirt.

Use WD40 to clean sprays all the metal parts. This will remove any oil or dirt from them. Make sure no excessive residue of WD40 remains on the metal after drying with clean paper/tissue. Don't use WD40 on the plastics.

Lube and assemble back your cleaned cube as usual. You may want to replace the old stickers, etc.

This post has been edited by NxNSquares: Dec 1 2008, 10:51 AM

I sprayed WD40 directly to my core And it seemed fine for time being, 1 month ady maybe?

Hopefully it's ok.

Bad idea to spray WD40 (or CRC808 Silicone Lube) onto the core's thread as that wouldn't give you a good grip over the screws resulting inconsistent springs tension.

well not really it is advise to use silicone rather the
WD40 because contain Liquefied petroleum gas which in result dissolve you cube which may break the cube`s core if you spray it too much.
but in certain amount WD40 is good to break-in a tight storebought but becarefull to washed it thoroughly after one night to let it stop corroding. .


the inconsistent you talk about can be easily be be avoid by randomly scramble for 5 minutes or so to even it or just a simple change of tension on a DiY.


cheers.

This post has been edited by Mr.Ace: Dec 2 2008, 11:32 AM

Both WD40 and CRC808 Silicone Lube are both - lubrication and protectant - on proper intended surfaces respectively. WD40 is widely used for metal while the CRC808 is for plastic. Both should only be used on the recommended materials as instructed.

Liquefied petroleum gas in WD40 is not the main cause of damaging the cube's plastic if applied on. It is the solvent (White spirit) in WD40 that infused onto porous plastic material and there it remained doing its lasting damages. Usage of WD40 just to break-in tight newly brought cube is not advisable even for a short while - your typical cleaning detergents can't reach the porosity of the plastic already made resident by the solvent.

A screw and its complementary thread mate are designed as fastener to hold objects together - the greater the friction the fastener has the better and consistent it will holds the object. Any sort of lubrication on either surface - screw or its complementary thread - will defeats this engineering purpose. More so when all the spinning axial are directly perpendicular to the core+screw mechanisms that hold the pieces together - a good reason why neither the core's threads or its screws should be lubricated.

An improvement of the current core + screw + spring design is to infuse the core and screws into a single unit. The infused screw is now by itself a single piece wrapped by the core - imagine all the screw glued altogether at their caps. Each thread from the "screws" should be protruding outward now from the core instead into the normal center pieces. And nuts are used to adjust the spring tension instead. The resulting improvement gives better consistency (no interplay among the screws and core), pieces hold up well as the core is now equally spaced apart and longer lasting of the core. The rest is only a matter of adjusting for equal tension and choosing the right springs, etc.

...and not get any idea of applying for patent for this newly improved core and screws design that's not your originally.

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Added on December 2, 2008, 3:38 pmSo how many of you out there would like to see this newly improved core and screws infusion be put into production? I leave it among your own to do the polling.

...maybe Made in Malaysia's cubes on their way.

This post has been edited by NxNSquares: Dec 2 2008, 03:43 PM

just realised the silicon lube that i use uses LPG as propellant ....

which type of crc lube should i get ?

Majority of propellant used by aerosol sprays is LPG but that doesn't mean the propellant is harmful to your plastic if the intended application on materials list clearly stated otherwise. Just check with the instructions carefully if it's suitable for plastic or not.

If you insist on against using LPG as propellant despite being safe with plastic materials, CRC has - though you might still want to check out other brands - the Food Grade Silicone as substitute to lubricates your plastics. It uses hydrocarbon (still a sub-component of petrol chemical) as propellant. The only downside with this alternative is that you have endure slightly unpleasant smell.

It's a no win situation if you really want to lube the cube. The important thing is to check with application suitability.

wow are you some kind of expert in this field?

This post has been edited by Mr.Ace: Dec 3 2008, 10:36 AM

mine doesnt have any sign that says its meant for plastic . only rubber and vinyl 'safe'

i can do in less than 3 minutes, it is just memorizing the steps provided by toys`r Us..lol

Just proved that you don't know the differences between rubber, vinyl and plastic.

Vinyl is plastic right?

Is all plastic vinyl? How about acrylic, is it plastic?

didnt bother to check before i sprayed it on actually

but heck , the cube i'm using is only like 10 bucks

This post has been edited by zx7177: Dec 4 2008, 06:50 PM