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Fantastic range
People use an amazing variety of toys to make sex exciting. If you walk into a sex shop you can see lots of them: cock-rings, stimulators, nipple clips, inflatable dummies, massagers, dildos and so on. And although they can be bought from specialist shops, people also adapt all kinds of ordinary household items to sexual purposes.
Insertive sex toys
If you use sex toys for both vaginal and anal insertion, clean them between anus and vagina – otherwise this could lead to bacterial infection. You may want to place a condom over the object when using it, which you should change between insertions.
Use common sense to guide you in not using anything that could break or splinter or otherwise cause damage. Also, be careful not to insert anything that could damage you by breaking, bruising or getting lost inside you!
Some people get sexual pleasure out of things that other people may find painful. For instance they:
Cleaning sex toys
A toy which would get ruined by soaking can be disinfected in a different way:
People use an amazing variety of toys to make sex exciting. If you walk into a sex shop you can see lots of them: cock-rings, stimulators, nipple clips, inflatable dummies, massagers, dildos and so on. And although they can be bought from specialist shops, people also adapt all kinds of ordinary household items to sexual purposes.
Insertive sex toys
If you use sex toys for both vaginal and anal insertion, clean them between anus and vagina – otherwise this could lead to bacterial infection. You may want to place a condom over the object when using it, which you should change between insertions.
Use common sense to guide you in not using anything that could break or splinter or otherwise cause damage. Also, be careful not to insert anything that could damage you by breaking, bruising or getting lost inside you!
Some people get sexual pleasure out of things that other people may find painful. For instance they:
- Drip candle wax on the skin for the sake of the sudden hot sensation. If you do this, obviously only do so with the other person's consent. It is important to be careful to avoid burns by using only low–melting point, unscented white candles, not too close to the skin, and by being sensitive to the pain threshold
- Stick clothes pegs on the nipples or other bits of skin
- Some people also use sex toys as aids to masturbating, either on their own or with other people. These include things like vacuum pumps and penis enlargers and the Acujack. Always follow instructions carefully, and be careful not to rupture blood vessels by over–playing.
Cleaning sex toys
- First check the toy for ageing: for instance, cracks or fissures in rubber are difficult to clean properly. If in doubt, get rid of it and buy a new one
- Wear rubber gloves
- Use a scrubbing brush and cold water first to remove any dried–on bits (hot water would fix organic material to solid surfaces)
- Then wash it in washing up liquid and very hot water
- Then soak it in disinfectant (e.g. household bleach; Milton Fluid) at room temperature for more than an hour, overnight if possible? Then airdry after soaking.
A toy which would get ruined by soaking can be disinfected in a different way:
- Pre–heat the oven to 140 °C, 275 °F, gas mark 1. Then put a small item in for at least 30 minutes. Larger toys may take longer to reach this required temperature
- It may be worth checking your oven's thermostat with an oven thermometer, since not all oven thermostats are accurate!
- Toys which cut or abrade the skin should ideally never be shared.