From cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Mon Apr 26 19:06:53 1999 Return-Path: Received: from sun28.aic.nrl.navy.mil (sun28.aic.nrl.navy.mil [132.250.84.38]) by mc.lcs.mit.edu (8.9.1a/8.9.1-mod) with SMTP id TAA24971 for ; Mon, 26 Apr 1999 19:06:52 -0400 (EDT) Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu From: "Marius Loots" Organization: University of Pretoria To: Cube-Lovers@ai.mit.edu Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 09:36:26 CAT-2 Subject: Re: Lubricant Reply-To: mloots@medic.up.ac.za Message-Id: > Many people have suggested different lubricants on their web pages. > The lubes I remember from the archives are vaseline (greasy, erodes > plastic slowly), soap (temporary), candle wax (drips flakes), and > molybdenum disulfide (doesn't help, destroys cube quickly). The only >From these lubricants the only one I have ever used was Vaseline. At some stage I did try car grease but this was too much of a mess on the hands. For a real slippery slide, we sometimes dipped the Vaseline Cube in water. This would give you a few minutes of realy high speed cubing. This shouldn't have any effect on the plastic, I am not sure about the mechanisms although I still have my very first cube and it is still in working order (albeit a bit loose because of age). Groetnis Marius mloots@medic.up.ac.za +27-12-319-2144 Add some Chaos to your Life and put the World in Order http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6398/