Did anyone else get lexan paddles at home?

This is sort of inspired by an earlier thread here on bruising. Mom switched to a lexan paddle because of bruising issues when I started having to change for gym in school, after I kind of negotiated about it and had read online it was better about marks. There was a lot of back and forth because she felt some marks were a good thing/kinda deserved/a reminder for a while after a spanking, but after she read some of what I sent her that it would still be painful and stuff we agreed on schooldays/nights to use lexan if I got spanked and otherwise she would keep using her brush.

The fact I found out about it online and other stuff I have read makes me feel this is a very very zoomer thing, but maybe it happened with earlier gens too? So two questions: did anyone else get lexan at home? And if so how did it start and what gen are you?

GenZ here, same story! Complained about marks for sports, told mom about lexan. We didn’t fight about it though, she agreed if it still produced the same results she was okay with it. Made me pick one out online and buy it with my own money though, and gave me a trial spanking with it when it came before agreeing to switch.

Imho lexan stings soooo bad, it hurts just as much as a spoon or brush!

I'm a boomer and so Lexan was after my childhood. But in the 1980s I found Lexan. I had been using wooden paddles but switched to Lexan. Mainly to avoid marks also. But my girls after they were adults, told me the Lexan had a worse sting than wood. and if they really messed up I still used the strap (and that did mark)

I’ve never gotten spanked with a lexan paddle but I’ve always been very curious about them. I’ve heard some people say they are among some of the most painful paddles. Is that true? Did they hurt more than you two were getting hit with before? @emmaspankedgirl @Becky_Q

Also, I have to say there is something cute about the idea of ya’ll negotiating with your moms about what to use on your own bottoms. My mom would have interpreted that as disrespect/me attempting to lessen or get out of my punishment, but the reasoning why you approached them makes total sense. My mom very much believed the marks were part of the punishment so I just had to figure out ways to cover up in those kinds of situations.

If y'all have read some of my other replies you know I'm OLD, born in the beginning of the 1950s. Lexan paddles weren't a thing back then. As for marks and bruises on our behinds, when I was in school it was so common that nobody much worried about it. If any of our classmates had a red butt, or bruises, we just understood, and were glad it wasn't US for a change. Teachers would never report it because it was understood that kids needed firm discipline to grow up right, and fully approved of spanking, even paddling us themselves whenever we misbehaved.

Can someone explain to me what a Lexan paddle is? I never heard of one, but this posting has me curious.

A Lexan paddle is made with a particular plastic, polycarbonate, often clear, which has exceptional strength. From the net: "Developed in the 1960s by General Electric, LEXAN™ has since become synonymous with high-impact resistance and clarity. Its adaptability makes it a preferred material in a plethora of applications ranging from bulletproof windows to compact discs." If it is more than 1" thick it is considered bullet proof.

I've read Lexan is twice the density of wood so a quarter inch Lexan paddle would be similar to a half inch wood one except the Lexan is smoother than well sanded wood which makes a skin paddle contact difference that makes a smack with Lexan far more burn and sting than the same smack from a wood paddle, even a varnished one, would.

I'm guessing the fact a lighter whack produces even better results than a harsher one with a wood paddle accounts for why a good Lexan spanking leaves less bruising than a good wood paddle spanking.

I hope others will correct anything I've got wrong.

@LindaB I think I might have to go shopping now. I love implements that are more stingy or have a burning sensation. 🤭

I've never had Lexan applied to me but have used one plenty. I bought a nice Lexan paddle about five years ago and quickly came to appreciate its light weight and extreme stinginess, while at the same time leaving only a red bottom...no bruising. A unique implement.

As to what's Lexan.....its a polycarbonate, and a right royal bitch to work with (to make aforesaid paddle) unless you have proper tools. You're best to just look it up in a search engine.

Does anyone know how much of a difference there is between acrylic and lexan? I was just looking for lexan paddles on Etsy and most of what is coming up is acrylic, not lexan. I found a page that described them as being similar but I just don’t know enough about the materials and it didn’t go into much detail.

Alternatively, if anyone has a link to a good, reasonably priced lexan I would appreciate if you could share it. I’m very interested in getting one. I used to buy from cane-iac but they’re not really an option anymore.

@PutMeInTheCorner Lexan is much stronger than acryllic and less likely to crack on impact. Overall strength - and sting or thud - would depend on the thickness and force of application.

https://mastercontrolstoyshop.com/collections/lexan-paddles?srsltid=AfmBOopp5Rh2W-cbQbbwGey3a8y8pkUGNNZHThmQkyGfphsitSpz3wXK

@Rigel thank you!!

@LindaB Thank you!

My experience with lexan was from the fire service. Not easy to deal with as windows. And this is the first time I have heard about it or seen images in the spanking realm.

I’m a boomer and was never spanked with a lexan paddle.

But later on in life as I was exploring different paddles I found a lexan cutting board that looked like a good candidate to be used as a paddle. It had a good handle and a large rectangular paddle surface, it was light and 1/4” thick and it delivered powerful sting and burn and turned my bare bottom bright red and not the usual white bullseye and skin tear that a wooden paddle produces