How to clean your sex toys
A Guide For Cleaning Your Sex Toys Like A Squeaky Clean
Let's be honest here, we all love our pleasure products. But just as pleasure product usage is important, so is maintaining its hygiene. Rinse and clean up gets rid of the bacteria that can accumulate which may help prolong how long you stay with your favorite toys. Also, your sexual health is not compromised. So, let's get into the details of how to clean sex toys!
Why Clean Your Toys?
First why should one bother to clean these toys at all instead of enjoying them without worrying how to maintain these. Cleaning your sex toys is essential due to the following reasons:
- Inhibiting any form of bacterial growth
- Preventing infections
- Keeping the condition of your toys in check
- Ensuring safe every time during engagement and pleasurable after every engagement
Know Your Materials
Different materials have different cleaning methods. Here's a brief overview.
- Solid (Silicone, Glass, Metal)
- So easy to clean and disinfect
- More aggressive techniques can be applied
- Soft (Rubber, TPR, Cyberskin)
- Difficult to clean entirely
- Must be replaced more often
Cleaning Methods
For Nonporous Toys:
- Soap and warm water to clean: easy for most toys
- Rubbing alcohol – you can wipe or soak
For Porous Toys:
- Soap and warm water to clean: okay for only the toy itself, you wouldn't do so many 'movements' on normal water and soap
- Consider using with a condom for extra protection
For Motorized Toys:
- To clean use a damp cotton cloth with soap or toy cleaner Use soap or detergent.
- Unless waterproof never put the unit in water. Submersible Features do not apply.
Pro tips
- Always wash including at the start and at the end.
- Allow toys to be completely dry and keep them in a safe place.
- Keep in a clean dry place (also helpful are the little packages in which things come!).
- For toys that are shared, either use condoms or disinfect before another partner.
- Be extra cautious about cleaning anal toys.
The Lazy (But Effective) Option
Buy a decent and reasonably priced sex toy cleaner spray and keep it with you- it can be used in most cases where cleaning of a sex toy is needed. Just spray wipe it and there you go!