Colon tubes in mineral oil

A fair number of years ago before the vast array of E toys many soaked their colon tubes in mineral oil for a few days. The advantage was they would swell up as much as three times the diameter and become exceedingly soft. The down side was they would eventually deteriorate after about 6 months. Anyone else use this technique? (The good ol' days)

#1, why would you want to use anything that ruins your equipment? And #2, if you do that you might be exposing yourself to chemicals and toxins being released by the deteriorating equipment.

Greetings everyone

I've had the same two colon tubes for 14+ years - 38 fr - 36" long - closed end with double eyelets on each side - Red. I've always used liquid vitamin E. A great lube and the products still look and work like new. Typically they get used weekly.

BJ

Many years ago, before the internet as we knew it, colon tubes were made from rubber but were fairly stiff, not like soft latex rubber.

Believe it or not, one solution was to soak it in diesel fuel and the rubber would soften. I've never tried it. I suppose after the rubber softened one could wash it with detergent, but don't know how to get the diesel smell out. the hoseman

For rubber tubes mineral oil is dangerous.

Some guides speak soften tubes with boiling water.

Less dangerous