From cube-lovers-errors@oolong.camellia.org Thu Jun 12 13:23:55 1997 Return-Path: cube-lovers-errors@oolong.camellia.org Received: from oolong.camellia.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oolong.camellia.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA17772; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 13:23:54 -0400 Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@oolong.camellia.org Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 01:03:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Nicholas Bodley To: Wei-Hwa Huang cc: Cube-Lovers@ai.mit.edu Subject: Re: 5x5x5 Structural Integrtity (Stickers) In-Reply-To: <5nmsma$t63@gap.cco.caltech.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII One cure might be to take a solved cube (more convenient...) and remove all the red stickers; carefully clean off the adhesive, perhaps with 99% isopropyl alcohol, and paint the surfaces neatly with the type of paint used for plastic model kits. I have also thought of removing the stickers, cleaning all the adhesive off both the stickers and the cubies, and then reattaching the stickers with a different type of adhesive. These are just ideas, and I hope no source of trouble. My best to all, |* Nicholas Bodley *|* Electronic Technician {*} Autodidact & Polymath |* Waltham, Mass. *|* ----------------------------------------------- |* nbodley@tiac.net *|* When the year 2000 begins, we'll celebrate |* Amateur musician *|* the 2000th anniversary of the year 1 B.C.E. --------------------------------------------------------------------------