Cleaning the Toys

How do you clean your toys after using them? I have just used soap and water and store them in plastic bag. Any other thoughts?

Hi @lars58, I use dish soap or some liquid laundry detergent, sometimes may add a little bleach to water for some extra cleaning. I will frequently squirt some hand sanitizer into a towel and use it to clean the toys (or toy containers) as well. I store them in a cloth-type bag or plastic container or box.

I use soap and water then either a little bleach, vinegar or alcohol, depending on the toy. If they have been stored a while, I'll take them out and clean them with a little rubbing alcohol and let them dry before storing them again. Always best to have them at hand and ready for use as the need arises.

Many toys can easily be cleaned in the dishwasher. Dishwasher detergent is very effective in removing just about anything. I'm very happy cleaning dildos, speculums and the like. Tubing is different. You have to manually clean the lumen. Electric toys also must be cleaned by hand. Rope can also be cleaned in the washing machine. I posted on that a long time ago when we got a Miele front loader-no agitator to worry about rope getting tangled on.

Just do it when the kids aren't home.

I normally finish in the shower anyways so I just wash the toys in the shower with a bar of soap and make sure they are dry before I put them away.

DAWN dish washing soap work well for me...alcohol is usually out and toys get wiped down with it also. I've never thought about using the dish washer...thanks for the tip!

Plain hand soap and hot water is fine, IMO. After all, what do you use to clean all those fluids and other stuff off your hands and other body parts? If it works for them, why not for the toys? I wouldn't put anything soft like silicone in the dishwasher... Even some of the arder plastic ones may get "etched" and become rougher from some dishwasher detergents. I wouldn't recommend it.

Dishwasher and Dr Bronners- been doing that since first dishwasher in - early 80's?

What about alcohol? 😃

I usually use plain hand soap and hot water to clean my toys. Repeating this cleaning procedure 2-3 times and your toy will be fine.

I use soap and water on the 'front' door toys and soap, water and then alcohol on the 'back' door toys. 😃

Dawn and warm water in the shower after each session. I use several oil based lubes including Vaseline and Crisco which tends to cause a 'film' on some toys so.....

Twice a month insertable toys and nozzles go in the dishwasher top rack. Cycle on 'normal', sani-rinse off. I stop the process shortly after the 'rinse cycle' starts and everything comes out to dry in the open. Suggest avoiding the 'dry' cycle.

lmac

Regular soap and water...several times. Then pour alcohol, I prefer Jack Daniels, into a glass..............then I drink it.

My SO found a soap just for rubber toys. It was a bit pricey and it may just be dish soap in a fancy little container but she wanted it and feels good about using it so I got it for her.

I've seen a toy cleaner at some websites, but warm water and soap will do the work

I always slip a condom or latex glove on my toys then a quick wipe with a baby wipe when finished just to make sure , quick 'n' clean

How do yall clean vibs? I been scared to really do anything to it bc it said to use the toy cleaning stuff

Saintsgirl said:-

How do yall clean vibs? I been scared to really do anything to it bc it said to use the toy cleaning stuff

'Toy cleaning stuff' is just something that the toy retailer wants you to spend good money on.

A little unscented soap on a washcloth, wipe it. Rinse out the washcloth with clean water and wipe again. Paper towel to dry.

It's only going to be used on you - isn't it? And not anally as well as vaginally? So you, and your toy, are good to go!

Plain soap and water. Do not use antibacterial soap as it contains alcohol and will break down the materials in the toys. Do not use alcohol by itself either. Slipping a condom over anything that you are going to put in the back door will make sure there is never a contamination. Also do not share toys and you will be safe. some toys can be put in the dishwasher or you can boil them for a short time (like you would a baby bottle).

I have always used manufacturers toy cleaning solution.

Soap and water then store wrapped in cloth or paper bag. I have found that unless toys are totally dry the plastic bag will sometimes bind to the toy.

I use Hot water and Dove antibacterial soap, then wrap them in a towel..

I always wash mine with antibacterial soap and water, especially if one is brand new. You never know whose hands were on it before it left the manufacturing company. Then I coat them with cornstarch.

I have found that coating the silicone toys with cornstarch keeps them from collecting lint and fuzz on them between playtimes. I bought a large container of the cornstarch at Sam's and put some into a pair of old, unused salt and pepper shakers. I keep one in the bathroom where I wash them up and then coat them with the cornstarch before putting them away. When I am ready to use them again, the cornstarch wipes off easily with a clean, damp cloth. They stay lint and fuzz free, or will slide easier in and out of plastic bags for clean storage. This was a trick that I learned from California Exotics, a company that makes lots of silicone sex toys. They said that this is the best way to keep silicone dry and from collecting foreign material on the outside between use and cleanings. Just shake it on, spread it around, and then put it away. Ready for next time.

It depends on what type of toys. For dildos and strap-ons I will put a condom on to keep them clean. Condoms will perform the same function as for a real penis except it keeps the sex juices out instead of in. For other toys I will use whatever works, usually antibacterial soap and water.

There are all sorts of toy cleaners, anti-bacterial and so forth, I know can find a few at thesafealternative.com. You can also bleach them with a 10% bleach ratio or simply put them on the upper rack of your dishwasher.

I just use soap and warm water. Simple but effective.

In Germany there is a very effective cleaning stuff brand, "Sagrotan". The liquid foaming soap from this brand and warm water is really effective for cleaning.

Depends on what they're made of. Most toys can go into the dishwasher. All metal toys, like specula and such, I clean in the ultrasonic cleaner I use for cleaning clocks. (The cleaning solution is a mixture of Dawn detergent, Murphy's Oil Soap, Blueprint Ammonia (26%) and acetone) Trust me, NOTHING survives that shit, including skin or your lungs! I wear a fresh air mask, nitrile gloves and eye protection when using the ultrasonic cleaner. After running them through that, I rinse them with water, and drive the water off with pure alcohol. It takes about ten minutes, and is comparable to putting them through a laboratory autoclave, without the heat. Plastic surgical tubing, like on suction devices can go into the ultrasonic solution, cyanoacrylate plastics can go through the ultrasonic cleaner. Silicone products usually go in the dishwasher. rubber surgical tubing has to be cleaned by hand.

Soap and hot water before and after .

Nothing more nothing less.

Xx

Rubbing alcohol