Cleaning the Toys

I find silicone plugs most comfortable for long term use (have one in most of the time), but in time they get horribly stinking. After all, they're put in smelly places... The odors do not permeate the silicone, but they stick to it. A bit like limescale on bath tubes or green color on your tea cup at work... and can be as though to remove, too..

I've tried all sorts of things to get the stink off my plugs: degreaser, limescale removers, window cleaner, dishwasher, boiling (yes, platinum silicone can endure pretty much everything unscratched), but none of these washed off the stink completely, some just change it (boiling, dishwasher) or make it even worse (degreaser).

Fortunately, you won't need fancy chemicals, you already have in your home everything you'll need .

Here's my "destinking" procedure:

- wash the plug with soap and water, dry it

- smear a few drops of oil (coconut, vegetable, sunflower, olive, whichever) all over the plug. No need to overdo it to avoid oil dripping, just smear it properly and evenly all over the plug. Put the plug on a paper towel (some oil may drip off the plug) and leave it standing for about an hour. After that scrub it thoroughly with a paper towel or cotton pads (the ones that girls use for makeup removal). You'll be amazed at what comes off (didn't I wash it before?).

- wash it again with soap to remove the oil, dry it

- scrub it thoroughly with alcohol (ethanol at 70% or more) and rinse, or

- instead of alcohol you may use some kitchen salt in your palm with a sip of vinegar and scrub the plug with that. Vinegar is a really effective smell remover. Or

- lemon juice is even better.

- rinse and dry the plug after, of course.

Now you should have a plug that is pretty much smell free. If it still smells, you can repeat the procedure, or do a part of it twice (i.e. oiling and scrubbing until there is no coloring on the towel).

If you find some other product or procedure (or modification of the above) that works even better, please do share. If you use steel or glass toys, I guess you are just amused by the chores we do to stuff our butts with silicone.

Things I didn't try (don't have at hand or seem impractical to me) are:

- commercial sex toy cleaners

- bleaching

- baby cleaning towels (I heard these are quite effective, but I would need a good excuse why I have them around).

I did not try the procedure above on toys made of jelly, TPR, PVC, superskin, silagel or the likes. You may ruin your toys applying it on them. Anyhow, none of these are really suitable for longer wearing, so you should get yourself a proper silicone toy.

Happy plugging to everyone!

I use plain soap and water+anti germ stuff from Lovers Package where most of my toys cum from.

Hey afternine have you ever had some nice clean Enema Fun??? Start with old Doc Bronners lavender soap and on the rinses shake 3 drops of Peppermint Essential Oil in ur red bag for a sweet smelling starfish. It oughta be sweet enuf to French. mine always is.

@3006: Of course I love enema fun! Your recipe sounds good! The bad news is I usually don't have the time and the place only for me to indulge in such things. For everyday plug wearing doing an enema every time is a bit of overkill. Of course I do wash my rectum with a anal douche prior plug insertion, but after it's been in my butt all day sometimes it comes out with a bit of "gold" on it... So there comes my need for the "destinking" procedure...

Soap and water works for me. I stopped using antibacterial soap because I've heard that it's really ineffective for killing the harmful bacteria it's advertised to get rid of.

We just use soap and water

I scrub them with soap and water followed by rubbing alcohol just in case.

I purchased a disinfectant called Cidex, it was at a medical auction. It's a cold sterilizer for surgical instruments.

I just use soap and water. Never really thought about the alcohol in the antibacterial soaps breaking down the material. Seems most soaps are antibacterial. Learn something new everyday.

I rinse my colon tubes and nozzles to get them clean, but I do not worry particularly about germs because the only germs on them will have come from me. Nobody else uses my equipment. If I were sharing it, I probably would use some sort of germ-killing stuff.

hankb

When it comes to cleaning mine i usually try for a toy cleaner called Come Clean

However after it being a topic at one of the Toy parties i went to I found this info which i thought was useful because i always thought some soap and water was fine. Wow was i mistaken in some cases LOL

Rubber/jelly: These are porous and can trap a lot of bacteria, so a thorough wash with soap and water or rubber-specific toy cleaner is a must.

Silicone: Silicone isn't porous so a gentle soap and water wash will do.

Glass, Pyrex, or stainless steel: Basically the same as silicone. Pyrex can also go in the dishwasher (as long as it's not battery or electrically operated, of course).

Cyberskin, Neoskin, and other skin-like materials: Depending on material, these can be porous so a thorough wash and dry is the way to go. Divine Caroline also suggests a light coating of cornstarch to keep these toys maintained.

Soap and water works just fine as long as you're not sharing the toy with someone. If that's the case, significantly more attention needs to be paid to the cleaning process.

I have been using soap and water for years. I'm now considering using rubbing alcohol in addition to that just to be safe. I have toy cleaner that just sits there. I just feel more comfortable with a thorough cleaning of soap and water.

When reality finally started kicking in as a teen, I would always wash my toys with soap and water, very hot water, and then later on I started using alcohol as an add protection. Now, I use a combination of both and as an added guarantee against germs, I will soak my most used toys in bleach water about twice a week.

I looked at some sex toy cleaner at Adult Mart and found that its active ingredient is benzalkonium chloride. That is the same stuff in most sanitary wipes. Soap, water, and elbow grease usually do it for me, but if I want a sanitizing effect I'll use a wet wipe that contains benzalkonium chloride. We usually have some around. They are also quick and handy if a cleaning is necessary in the heat of the moment.

Soap and water, also alcohol. Silicone toys can also be boiled.

By the way, is there a way to get the slight smell of sh*t out of silicone anal toys?

Pecan that's a good point. I was never able to remove the smell or discoloration with mine. The visual is not very attractive. The beige is definitely off putting.

Pecan, check out my destinking procedure at http://www.zity.biz/index.php?mx=forum;ox=display;msg=566817

I wash thoroughly with soap and water. I do not use antibacterial soap. Most of it has triclosan (all of it?) which is carcinogenic. I don't want it on my hands, and don't want to take a chance on it getting absorbed by a toy which would be placed next to mucus membranes. There are some toy cleaners with benzalkonium chloride. I'm not sure about it and don't need to take the chance with the extra chemical.

I use a foaming antibacterial sex toy cleaner and warm or hot water, depending on the material. For my Fleshlight, I rinse it with cold water first, then apply Fleshwash cleaner and hot water.

Soap and water here too since i play in the shower, makes it easy to rinse well.

One learns so much around here! Soap and water after every use, dishwasher depending on how much use, (falling on the floor, cat finding them, you know, the usual).

Even though I'm clean, for anal play I just like to use a condom.

There is one toy nobody but me has posted about cleaning, and I posted about it a couple of times several years ago.

http://www.zity.biz/index.php?mx=forum;ox=display;topic=25994

It's time to do it again.

ROPES!

Nobody talks about ropes, and if you tie your sub up really tight and get the rope in all the proper places, like when you make a harness to restrain them well and/or to cause the necessary irritation so they learn their place, ropes get feces on them, also sweat, saliva, urine, vaginal secretions, sometimes blood and semen. You MUST clean your ropes.

Put them in the washing machine. Run an extra rinse cycle or two to get all the detergent out. I like TIDE. A front loader is better than a top loader with an agitator because the rope can get wound up and tangled on an agitator. Front loaders rule when washing rope. You can dry ropes in the dryer or you can string it across your house until it dries. Usually stringing it across the house works fine after the washer spin and wring cycle.

I clean my Fleshlight in hot water thoroughly then follow with rubbing alcohol. I do not rinse off the alcohol. Works great. No smell left behind. Please note I am not an expert and I am the sole user of my toy.

I stick to silicone, glass and metal... Oh and some medical pvc items. For these I use either a utensil desinfectant (triacid-n) or dilluted bleach every few weeks. In between the washes, prior and after use bactericide soap ( containing quaternary ammonium salts) and warm water. The soap is available in supermarkets and is pretty cheap, while triacid isn't, but medical supply stores have it, and 1/2liters lasts me 6 months or more.

Toy cleaners contain quaternary ammonium salts (the better ones) or a milder disinfectant, however they cost much more than a soap bottle from the supermarket.

I would not advise using these solutions on jelly or latex. I used them on glass and silicone with no ill effects I'm aware of... Buy ymmv, I am not a doctor or specialist in sterilization.

I always wear a condom with my doll's and just clean with soap and water.

Soap and water for me followed by Lysol wet wipes. I think the active ingredient there is benzalkonium chloride.

So, I have a significant collection of toys. Which I some times even don't clean up because I live alone and I'm lazy. But of course everything gets hidden when people come over. However I do have some friends saying they notice some rubbery smell when they enter my apartment. I know my own sense of smell is not as perfect as most people, plus you just dont notice when you are already in the room.

Of course maybe I should try to ventilate better to get rid of these suspicious odors, but I was wondering if anyone here has other tips.

How do I keep my toys from stinking up the place?

Soap and water. I've seen the dishwater mentioned here and should point that manufacturers advise you not to put toys in the dishwasher. Temperatures in a dishwasher can get quite high and the harsh environment does no do rubber any good at all.

Hot soapy water followed by hot water rinse. Then I apply a toy sanitizer spray to each one which gives them a fresh smell as well!

Soap and hot water before and after . Sometimes Baby Wipes.