08.16.07
Keeping Your Sex Toys Clean, Keeping You Safe
Making sure your sex toys are clean and free of bacteria will ensure your safety and health. Because sex toys are constantly in contact with bodily fluids, bacteria can set in and possibly give you a diseases, especially if you share your sex toys. So what materials need to be cleaned more than others? And how do you clean them properly so you stay safe?
Well, first of all a term used to describe the material is porous. Porous means the amount of tiny holes, or pores, the material has. These pores make the material softer and more flexible in most cases. The more porous the sex toys, the more tiny pores they have, and the better they needs to be cleaned.
Examples of very porous sex toys would be Cyberskin and jelly. Sex toy cleaner is recommended for these materials, as it is a powerful anti-bacterial cleanser that will not dry out the material. If you use an anti-bacterial soap and water, the soap has harsh properties that will dry out the material over time, leaving it flaky and eventually it will get harder and cracked. Simply spray on the sex toy cleaner on your sex toys and rub it around really well. Let it air dry completely before storing.
Rubber and silicone sex toys are a little less porous than the first two materials, so they do not need to be cleaned with sex toy cleaner. You can just use anti-bacterial soap and water and scrub it well. Rinse the soap off completely and pat dry. Allow your sex toys to air dry completely before storing. You can use sex toy cleaner for these sex toys if you want, as it is specially designed for sex toys. Sex toy cleaner would be the safest option for all sex toys.
As for plastic sex toys, anti-bacterial soap and water will be sufficient for these toys. Dry off your plastic sex toys well and store as usual. Plastic sex toys often will have batteries in them, so if they are not waterproof to begin with, then make sure you are careful when washing them, as the batteries should not get wet.
Glass sex toys are not porous at all, so they can simply be rinsed or boiled, or soap and water, or sex toy cleaner, or whatever you want! That is what makes glass the only safe sex toy to share. Bacteria has a hard time setting in on these sex toys, so as long as you wash in between uses, you can share glass sex toys most often safely.
As for lingerie, make sure to read the tag and wash accordingly.
Make sure you always dry your sex toys completely before you store them, as water could leave ugly water spots on glass, or dry out other materials such as Cyberskin. Cyberskin sex toys need talc powder or renew powder to keep the material soft and supple if you are going to store them for a long period of time.
Sex toys are really easy to clean, which makes them fun and fast to use! As long as you keep all of your sex toys clean and bacteria free, then you should stay safe and clean, and keep up your erotic sex toy play! Cleaning does not only keep you safe, it also will help keep the life of your sex toys going longer, keeping you happy for longer! Enjoy your sex toys safer and longer!
