Cleaning your adult pleasure products before and after each use is recommended for overall health and safety. Do not use them immediately after unboxing. It is always prudent to wash your sex toys before using it. It may not be the sexiest part of using them, but it is definitely necessary.
Depending on the type of adult sex toys, these products are directly coming into contact with the skin of the genitals — all sensitive-skin areas that are susceptible to infections — and many adult sex toys are actually inserted into the body, opening up the potential for introducing unwanted substances.
Bacteria, dirt, and even the microscopic organisms responsible for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can all collect on the surface of a sex toy, so cleaning sex toys regularly is absolutely necessary. Although some adult toy manufacturers will sanitize the sex toys before packing and seal with a “Hygienic/Safety Seal” or vacuum-sealed bag, it is still advisable to wash with a anti-bacterial toy wash/spray.
And once you know how to do it correctly, it's actually pretty easy.
Toy Cleaning and Care Guide:
|
Material |
Porosity |
How to clean |
Where to store |
|
ABS plastic |
Nonporous |
Cold or Warm water and soap or sex toy cleaner |
In a lint-free fabric bag |
|
Crystal, Stone, Wood |
Non-porous |
Cold or Warm water and mild soap or sex toy cleaner |
Lint-free fabric bag or padded container |
|
Glass, Borosilicate, Pyrex, silicone, stainless steel |
Nonporous |
Motorized: Cold or Warm water and soap or sex toy cleaner |
Glass and Pyrex: lint-free fabric bag or padded container |
|
Jelly rubber, elastomer, latex, TPE, TPR |
Porous |
Room temperature or cold water and mild soap or sex toy cleaner.
Clean delicately with sex toy cleaner and warm or cold water. Air dry completely and use renewing powder to keep them from getting sticky, especially in humid weather. |
Individually and separately in a lint-free breathable fabric bag or non-plastic container. Put in some silica gel to keep moisture away. |
|
Leather |
Porous |
Spot clean with a damp, soapy cloth |
Store in a cool, dry place and avoid storing in plastic. Put in silica gel to keep moisture away. |
|
PVC and vinyl |
Porous |
Cold or Warm water with mild soap or sex toy cleaner. |
Lint-free breathable fabric bag. Put in silica gel to keep moisture away. |
|
Nylon |
Nonporous |
Machine or handwash with mild soap |
Any clean container or drawer |
Note: Due to the high humidity in Singapore, it is advisable for users to always to air/ventilate till completely dry, then apply renewing powder generously and evenly over the porous (TPR, TPE, CyberSkin, Fleshlight, PVC, blend of TPR/Liquid Silicone, etc.) toys; thereafter to store in breathable toy bag / box.
