Can I Revive my 3 Worst Speedcubes?

[@Thesnakerox]

Another tip for "deep cleaning" your cubes: You can also use isopropyl alcohol instead of soapy water! It pretty much dissolves the gunk away when used in conjunction with a toothbrush, and it's far more volatile but that means the pieces dry out way faster! EDIT: Also, don't hate yourself like I did and wear gloves if you're going to use isopropyl alcohol. My fingertips were so dry after the last time I cleaned a cube with it...

[@magusperde365]

Isopropyl is great when what you clean needs to not have water on it but are you sure its as good as soapy water for oily substances ?

[@Thesnakerox]

@@magusperde365 Hmm, fair point. Maybe Isopropyl works best for me because I only ever use water based lubes?

[@DerInselaffe]

Detergents (soap) should be better at removing oily lubricants as the detergent breaks apart the molecules. It's why dish soap removes bacon fat from a plate quite well. Isopropanol will just wipe away the gunk. It's still useful as you can remove it with some good wiping, but soap is technically better. It's finding a good balance as it may be impossible to clean pieces with loads of metal in and you don't want to use a solvent like lighter fluid on plastic. If you're just cleaning screws and other metal parts, lighter fluid is good. Be careful though as both 2-prop and lighter fluid are flammable and irritants.

[@Thesnakerox]

@alicialiwan6127 Tip number one: DON'T EVER USE LOTION TO LUBE YOUR CUBE!!! You should use water or silicone based lubes designed for speedcubing. Tip number two: Start with soap like Z3 did in this video, then if there's any extra gunk, consider using isopropanol to remove it.

[@XylonXD]

@@Thesnakerox I used up all my lotion don't ask why

[@Rubixmagic314]

I cleaned my buddies blue GTS, and oh boy, that took forever and the fact you did it three times is impressive. Nice vid!

[@bumbleandsimba]

Yes

[@xp4738]

bro how come a pink weilong gts3m is $63

[@DakshSahni]

At this point man is just determined to provide amazing content for absolutely free. Legend.

[@maxooma3214]

Not really, the price is watching ads. But still thes are probably the most amazing videos i've ever seen.

[@j-man4317]

@@maxooma3214 I don’t usually get ads during videos only at the beginning and at the end

[@aaronr347]

typical comment kids tryna get likes XD

[@Coconuty4765]

He helped me solve a 1x1 2x2 3x3 4x4 clock pyraminx skew and ivy

[@LightDarkxZ]

​@@maxooma3214 AdBlock?

[@farhantanvir01]

We all should like this video so it reaches more people and Z3 finally gets some attention again❤

[@supermax4809]

the commintment you put into the videos is absolutely amazing

[@movsummer]

probably the neatest cleaning sessions i've ever seen! great video!

[@yungskigg]

Hello Z3. I have two video ideas: Turning a stickerless cube into a stickered cube 3D designing a speedcube that is the “average” of some of your more recent mains, and then seeing how it performs I love your channel btw :3

[@whatdoiputhere224]

For the first idea that's what people did with lots of their stickerless cubes back when they weren't wca legal. They made force cubes and then put stickers on them, however now people do it for fun because stickered cubes are now wca legal

[@yungskigg]

Yes I know of force cubes. I want to figure out how to turn single cube into a single color and not 6 cubes.@@whatdoiputhere224

[@chrisrobison1187]

I rly like the second idea ngl

[@al_cuber]

There is nothing called worse unless it's a old shengshou or a rubix or a vcube

[@xp4738]

oh well, im probably still gonna buy a vcube 7x7 though

[@infrences]

@@xp4738 Just get the MGC, almost everyone mains it and it’s cheap

[@j-man4317]

*rubik's

[@al_cuber]

@@j-man4317 it's on purpose

[@j-man4317]

@@al_cuber ok, I’m always teasing when I correct people

[@rainshineheffner]

Hey boss, tip from mechanical assembly, pre-lube the highest wear and easy to access components first, in this application it’ll have extra lube on the high friction spots and should also provide better overall coverage

[@thedogcam7496]

If you ever over lube a cube just make sure to clean it out immediately. I overly ed one of my speed cubes and I ended up just being able to use a paper towel to clean it but it was only possible because of the fact that the cube was brand new (it was an rs3m so there was no factory lube). If you are ever lubing a cube and it feels awful to turn just clean it immediately because it won’t have time to break in. What I’ve found with the lubricants I use is they will feel similar to what they will feel like when they are broken in but they will be slower as the lube still needs to break in. I have never successfully cleaned a cube that I over lubed and didn’t clean out immediately so don’t panick and don’t just let it sit in one spot for a long time because it will become hard to turn.

[@yotelex]

Despite being on a different continent (Well, the UK is only an island but you get what I mean), it seems I have a near identical toothbrush to the one you used for the de-gunking process!

[@donkeycuber]

This was the first thing I thought as well. 😂

[@Reaktron88]

For some reason the lube in my Gan Air M started to dry out insanely fast, but it would leave a weird sticky residue, that would make the cube slow to turn, and make it collect dust and dirt which made it basically impossible to clean, Eventually, I tried wiping all the pieces with a wet cloth, but it didn’t work. I didn’t want to wash a gan cube with water, so I ended up just buying a cheaper moyu cube.

[@alexliu4737]

how does alex find the chillest music ever all the time

[@SnakeBoy0610]

you know he's serious when he doesn't say "Hey guys and welcome back to z3cubing"

[@HmmmmmLemmeThinkNo]

I 100% thought you were going to try to fix your purposely worst turning cubes :"D

[@Labrico_]

Can you try to build the quietest cube ever?

[@Maggpai]

I never realised how much i wanna see this

[@StormDiper]

Just turn off the volume

[@Carson-z5w]

WD-40 fixes every gunk problem ever

[@ButteryCubes]

I'm a big fan of these cube hardware videos

[@squeakykurrykid]

I absolutely love your videos!

[@bumbleandsimba]

Yes

[@sebbc]

Awesome video as always

[@parkerellis746]

4:19 bathroom jumpscare

[@elijahj.w]

Do you know what can revive cube plastics? Lubicle 1. It has Teflon in it which, in theory, once you keep breaking it in, the Teflon fills in the gaps so that it can feel brand new again! I tried it on an old RS3M 2020, and it feels really nice!

[@joshbasarab6869]

Disassemble reassemble... that's all I did trying to figure out how to get lube on my cubes when I first started that felt even a little bit okay.

[@Aceofmaze]

Plzzz make stickerless 1x1s and make force cubes out of them, I bet u won’t be able to solve them

[@diamond5914]

I do like to simply clean my cubes whenever it’s around the time to apply new lube, it’s extra steps but it just prevents problems with the cost of sometime

[@Kneecaptain]

who needs magnets when you can overlube your cube guys!!!!

[@rahulshah4491]

3:20 ( pause ) IS THAT YOUR TOOTHBRUSH!?!?

[@someone69420abc]

What tool was used to pry off the capped pieces of the Weilong WRM 2021?

[@magnificentthe1st192]

It’s funny how he always uploads right before a competition, like 2-3 hours earlier

[@HGSE_10]

Next video: "how to add 200+ magnets in non-magnetic stickerless 3×3 cube" because I want to get more faster and add core and corner magnets, can you make it please

[@ironoreiron]

8:00 if you make it 0.25x speed here its kinda creepy

[@ottolehikoinen6193]

"Always soak the dishes in hot dishwash before brushing.", every mom to their daugthers.

[@abrambarron9464]

I want to revive my GAN 11M Pro. It has a catching problem. I've lubed, tenshioned, and adjusted my turning style. It still catches. How do I take the edge and corner pieces apart to deep clean it?

[@mewtu5817]

Alex is just the proof that you don't need high tps to get a good time

[@moyinaremu3384]

When ever the lube dries out clean the cube make sure there is no dirt then lube the cube again

[@moyinaremu3384]

Do this every 1 to 2 months

[@acrat075-cubing]

0:01 "I'm not very good at lubing my speedcubes" Let's be real, nobody is.

[@TheJackInTheBox916]

4:30 why does this guy have such a good taste in music?

[@wakacow6647]

I cleaned of my old valk 3m, gts3m, tornado v2 and gan xs, they feel so much better now

[@tnonykapka3745]

Thank you so much for making that video! But I was wondering isn't the water do something to the stickers?

[@Z3Cubing]

A decent quality set of stickers shouldn't be affected by water; it's just the metal you should worry about.

[@mewtu5817]

​@@Z3Cubingwould you say you have to clean the cube when you only use Water-based Lubes?

[@thebluehatcrew]

You’re so close to 1,000 videos. 4 more videos!

[@usamathecuber258]

I thought I'm the only one who washes the cube and clean with the brush😅

[@tydshiin5783]

Used to do that with older cubes without magnets, since they were a lot easier to take apart then than now

[@AmaroqStarwind]

For stickerless cubes, you can try sticking them in an ultrasonic cleaner. (Stickers probably wouldn’t survive.) You can then finish off with a vacuum chamber for accelerated drying. You can also try using dry lubes, like graphite or PTFE. Finally, you can try mixing lubricants with soap. I wouldn’t recommend this for every application, but this is done for some industrial equipment.

[@zboy019]

Wait... HOL UP,IS A PENCIL A LUBE!?!?

[@Allnight0911]

I couldn't see so you still have the extra magnets in the core they you added?

[@TheCuberguy1392]

z3 cubing where is your logo on your WR M?

[@Z3Cubing]

MoYu seems to be the one company putting removable logos on their flagships nowadays, so that's been my blindfolded main!

[@balintgalambos691]

The WRM 2021 had a core magnet version, or that one was modded?

[@aedan_tr]

​@@balintgalambos691it was modded

[@aedan_tr]

​@@balintgalambos691it was modded

[@HenryTommyElbert]

soo.. you all don't rutinley clean your cubes every month?

[@eggisbored]

fr

[@-crazycat]

this gave me the idea to clean out my gts2 and its back to being my main

[@ftosolverfr1020]

You make pretty good videos

[@thebananaspeedruns9275]

This is a good tutorial on how to remove lube from a cube

[@thewolfmansays]

After a few months my gan 356m is starting to get slower😢, what should I do?

[@thecatchycuber]

Question: How long did it take to clean each cube?

[@lucasskovborgfyhn-ryborg5678]

Is this weird to say but I love his sink

[@danielallsop7427]

Love your videos

[@Fandal-er8ik]

i have a problem too , does anyone know how to fix rust on springs and screws in my rs3m?(and if it is impossible then where to buy new

[@EminemFan-r7f]

great vid bro

[@will-wd1gi]

Can you make a video moding a bad 5x5 into the best, maglev 5x5 (no one evr made a maglev 5x5) so yeah, video idea

[@hrridyo]

The Moyu WRM M 23 Maglev looks like my first speed cube but my one us bought in 2024

[@The_Wosh]

Why would you use weight 4 in the springs

[@SkyeB7]

what happened to pi day?

[@plan4life]

Dude, you are clearly lubing too much. 😂

[@andresruiloba322]

Just use a microfiber towel is way better than paper tissue, or use microfiber towel with alcohol, this way is super fast to clean and never gonna get this issue again i promise

[@joelsimon6537]

trust me guys it is super hard and remember when he made his most 7 by 7 even more worst.

[@Geniuscuber397]

I don't know why whe didn't get a pi Day vid this year.

[@Z3Cubing]

I spent too long editing the competition video! xD

[@Geniuscuber397]

@@Z3Cubing omg thanks that you Responded! You are one of my favorite youcubers!

[@ItzLuz19_Official]

​​@@Z3Cubing suggestion: put maglev on a non-magnetic 3x3 cube

[@RipTk24]

Alex we need the 2023 collection please

[@Ice.burrrg]

My gan x the limited edition one it’s so bad. I’ve cleaned it scrubbed it tried everything and it’s just ruined

[@moyu1616]

I wonder if I could revive an Aolong V2 with some soapy water and an Ultrasonic cleaner.

[@JamesonJamestackSwick]

Revived? WEEEEEEEEE

[@Coolkidgerman]

Every time I lube my cubes I rip them apart and rub paper towels on them until they are clean and then I lube the cube

[@palm24433]

Put core magnets in a tengyen v1

[@Thesophisticatesglow]

in the first 25 seconds he did 26 hand gestures

[@skubes_]

thats why i clean my cubes

[@68lenin]

Just don’t put lube in them

[@spacedude2.0]

i revived my bad cube by diassembling it and putting it back together

[@cubilaticc]

wowwww😂

[@TunaFish-u8c]

THE FIRST CUBE HAS THE COLOUR SCHEME WRONG

[@gdoggs_wonder4954]

Ngl u kinda look like nevil longbottom

[@danielkarsten2816]

?

[@davidsgamingplay3987]

Bro said 20 to 30 dollar cube : The 21 by 21👌✌️👋👋👋👋👋👍👍👍

[@Geniuscuber397]

That's why i only lube with dnm 37.

[@Sand_29]

Wpie it off with baby wipes

[@html_masonYT]

👋 hello

[@dailycuberDC]

Bro has the same toothbrush as me💀

[@ray.7447]

Bro has a toothbrush💀💀💀 (im joking i do tothbrush mate)

[@shmollege]

That happened to my gan cube

[@nperm3340]

NOT p

[@TheRealRL7]

Cool

[@CSJcubes]

Hi

[@XuanTran19883]

Lube

[@BIG_NIC_CUBER_OFFICIAL]

i goddamn hope you cleaned that toothbrush afterward! 🤢!

[@alpha-ew4cz]

36 minutes ago..... 1.2 TOUNSAND VIEWS ??!?!?!!??!!???!?!?!?!?!?!!?!??!??!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!!?!

[@superb2288]

solution just dont lube your cubes have them how they are

[@thedogcam7496]

They will wear out faster and start too feel bad if you don’t lube them and further down the road you will get plastic shards in your core and the cube will need to be cleaned often

[@carllindgren7130]

: )

[@CL_Cubiks]

I'm good at lubeing my speed cube and i'm 13 year old

[@Cynthia-y_y]

12th🤗

[@Cynthia-y_y]

12th

[@bumbleandsimba]

Reply to this comment if you got here before 1 hour

[@AxolotlGuy7]

Does it still count if it’s been over a year?

[@angelocube69]

3rd

[@Lamp_Book]

Technically 4th😂

[@ItzLuz19_Official]

​@@Lamp_Book 5th*

[@fishicx]

3st

[@JojoS_09]

1,000th like

[@dnrubikscube]

First

[@jodymorris7646]

Shut up

[@annastreett933]

I can confirm.

[@jodymorris7646]

@@annastreett933 Yes

[@thepulsarx5896]

537th liker

[@Coconuty4765]

He helped me solve a 1x1 2x2 3x3 4x4 clock pyraminx skew and ivy

[@williamwildcat]

Cool

[@Lamp_Book]

First