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Toy Maintenance and Preservation
ID: 070403014
Toy Maintenance and Preservation
Basic Hygiene for Toys in Your Arsenal
Education Center | Course ID: 070403014
Publication Details
Author: Finn Vortex
Published: 15 July 2025
Updated: 15 July 2025
Duration: 15 Minutes
Executive Summary
An overview of hygienic care for sex toys that ensures toy longevity and personal safety, including insights for removing lubrication and residual odors based on a toy's makeup/composition. Advice from vendors and enthusiasts on cleaning options for toys. Etiquette standards for cleaning toys.
Preservation
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Inventory Management
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Repair
Once a toy has been damaged, there are very few options to restore the toy to its original state. Most manufacturers and vendors suggest discarding damaged toys rather than attempting repair.
Compositional Considerations
Options for repair are based on the composition of a toy:
- Glass | Chipped or broken glass can damage the mucosal lining of the fist chute. Weakend glass will likely break again. Discard! No Repair Options Available.
- Metal | Dinged metal, deeply scratched metal, and rusted metal can irritate the fist chute and even, in rare cases, harbor harmful microbes that can alter the flora of your intestine. Discard! No Repair Options Available.
- Soft Plastics and Rubbers | Discolored, damaged, and off-gassing plastics and rubbers have limited repair options.
- Stains and funky odors indicate bacterial and fungal colonization. Once pores are infiltrated, sterilization is impossible.
- Industrial or mechanical odors indicate off-gassing which leaches compounds that burn mucosal membranes or melt other toys.
- Tears, nicks, pocking, and melted areas decrease integrity and expose the hole to microbes or toxic chemicals. Repair usually degrades stable molecular properties of the toy.
- Hard Plastics | Surface damages can irritate the mucosal lining of the fist chute. Discard! No Options Available.
- Discoloration indicates microbial colonization or material degradation.
- Silicone | Tears, nicks, and active melting create weak points for additional damage and can harbor microorganisms. Repair activities are only partially successful.
Figure 4.1: Fatal Injuries to Toys
Damages to glass, metal, stone, or ABS (hard) plastics can create rough edges that can tear or damage the lining of fist chute.
Figure 4.2: Non-existant Toy Repair Facilities
Dildo hospitals and toy repair shops do not exist, leaving repair to amatuer owners.
Repair Options
With few exceptions, repair is primarily limited to platinum grade silicone toys. Three options include adhesive bonding, wound debridement, and amputation.
Adhesive Bonding
Just as skin lacerations can be glued together, minor cuts, tears, and knicks can be fixed with silicone specific glue to prevent further damage.
Figure 4.2: Bad Dragon's Adhesive
Dragon Glue can be used to fix minor tears and knicks.
Pros
- Prevents tears from growing.
Cons
- Works only with platinum grade silicone.
- Limited success stories with few vendor endorsements.
Wound Debridement
Toys exposed to plasticizers will start melting. Small wounds on silicone toys can be scraped and repeatedly treated with acetone until erosion stops.
Figure 4.3: Debrided Wound
The gooey area of a damaged toy can be scraped and cleaned with acetone. A scar area results.
Pros
- Stops internal spread of plasticizers.
Cons
- Works only with platinum grade silicone.
- Limited to smaller wounds on larger girth toys.
Amputation
If a damaged area is too big for adhesive bonding or wound debridement, that area can be completely removed in a process of amputation.
Figure 4.4: Castrated Toy
Full amputation of infected or damaged areas decreases spread of condition to the entire toy.
Pros
- Works with most materials*.
- Prevents complete loss of expensive toys.
Cons
- Modifies toy shape and strength.
- Must amputate with precision to prevent scarring prone to additional damage.
*Excludes glass and psuedo-skin.
Take caution when inserting toys that has been repaired. The texture, shape, or integrity may have been inadvertently affected which could result in the toy breaking apart with heavy ass play.
Disposal
Toys are discarded for varios reasons:
- Age | As toys age, the begin to degrade, especially plastic and rubber toys. Severely degraded toys may create an industrial odor, known as off-gassing, or they may burn when in contact with mucosal membranes of the ass, mouth, or throat.
- Physical Damage | Tears and rips or other type of damage that compromises the surface of the toy.
- Microbial Contamination | Infiltration of mold or bacteria that causes discoloration of the toy's surface.
Disposal most often means placement in a landfill as recycling options are limited. Toys that have been out-grown can be gifted to others or resold on toy exchanges.
VOCABULARY
Off-gas
- Verb To emit or release gases, often as a result of chemical breakdown.
QUICK REFERENCE
Figure 5.1 [ A - F ]: Reasons for Discarding Toys
[ A ] Rips, micro tears, indentations, or pocking in the toys external surface. [ B ] Discoloration due to microbial contamination. [ C ] Tearing or sheearing into large pieces. [ D ] Off-gassing toxic chemicals or melting due to plasticizers. [ E ] Electronic malfunction. [ F ] Insufficient size because of hole advancement.
Discard Methods
Limited information is available online regarding the ethical disposal of sex toys. The ideal solution is to stock your arsenal with toys that will last for your entire lifetime.
If a toy must be discarded there may be several options* based on the toy's composition:
Silicone
Options: Recycle, General Landfill
Issues:
- Contaminant | Sex toys may be considered as a recycling contaminant among silicone items.
- Contaminant | Non-silicone toys are often mislabelled as silicone to improve sales.
- Cost | Local recyclers must ship to plants that recycle at a high cost.
- Availability | Silicone is not accepted in free, municipal recycling programs.
Platinum-grade and pure silicone is intert and does not leach chemicals into the environment.
Vibrator
Options: Recycle, General Landfill
Issues:
- Availability | Electronic goods must often be taken to a specific recycling center.
Electronic components contain hazardous elements such as lead and arsenic that can leach into the environment. Other components of the toy may also be toxic to the environment.
Metal (Stainless Steel or Aluminium)
Options: Recycle, General Landfill
Issues:
- Availability | Free, municipal recycling programs may not accept sex toys in pickup bins.
Stainless steel and most metal is intert and does not leach chemicals into the environment.
Glass
Options: General Landfill
Issues:
- Contaminant | Borosilicate glass is considered as a recycling contaminant among glass items. Most ass players do not realize that glass dildos are borosilicate.
Borosilicate glass (Pyrex) is intert and does not leach chemicals into the environment.
TPR/TPE (Including Simulated or Psuedo Skin Products)
Options: General Landfill
Issues:
- Contaminant | Most facilities cannot distinguish TPR/TPE from other rubber, latex, and pvc toys; therefore, it is usually considered a contaminant.
- Contaminant | TPR/TPE may be coupled with other, non-environmentally friendly toxic chemicals.
- Availability | Specialized recycling centers may accept TPR/TPE toys.
- Availability | Free, municipal recycling programs do not accept sex toys in pickup bins.
TPR/TPE do not have a specified composition or list of ingredients; therefore, there is no way of knowing what a particular TPE product contains. It may be toxic to the environment upon degradation.
PVC (Including Vinyl and Jelly Rubber)
Options: General Landfill
Issues:
- Contaminant | Most facilities cannot distinguish and sort differing types of PVC; therefore, it is considered a contaminant.
- Contaminant | PVC may be coupled with other, non-environmentally friendly chemicals.
- Toxicity | PVC is not environmentally friendly.
- Availability | Free, municipal recycling programs do not accept sex toys in pickup bins.
Like TPR/TPE, PVC does not have a specified composition or list of ingredients; therefore, there is no way of knowing what type of PVC a toy product contains.
Latex/Rubber
Options: General Landfill
Issues:
- Contaminant | Most facilities cannot distinguish and sort differing types and qualities of latex/rubber; therefore, in municipal programs, it is considered a contaminant.
- Contaminant | Latex/Rubber may be coupled with other, non-environmentally friendly chemicals.
- Availability | Free, municipal recycling programs do not accept sex toys in pickup bins.
Like TPR/TPE and PVC, there are many varieties of latex/rubber; therefore, it is difficult to know what toy product contains. Natural latex biodegrades, but most toys are not natural latex.
Less common toys made from wood or ABS plastic should be sent to a landfill.
Content Development
The following material is under consideration in the development of this topic:
Objectives
Upon completing this course, the student will be able to:
- Catalog and track toy locations.
- Identify appropriate lubes for your toys.
- Debunk myths and misinformation regarding toy maintenance.
- Recite one etiquette protocol and one standard practice related to...
Note: Objectives should follow instructional design standards and be easily measurable with little ambiguity.
Supplemental Content
Blog Articles
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F2 Promotional Materials
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Outline (Proposed)
- Basic and Intensive Cleaning
- Leveks of Decontamination
- Washing
- Sanitization
- Disinfection
- Sterilization
- Odor Removal
- All Toys
- Silicone Toys
- Cleaning Myths and Misconceptions
- Cleaning Guidance (Flowchart Assessment)
- Best Practices and Expert Advice
- Vendor Guidelines
- Summary of Vendor Guidelines
- Advice and Tips from the Pros
- Protocols
- Procedures
F2 Resources
These individuals have indicated they continue fisting with this condition:
- Hex Code
- Hex Code - Condition
Brain Dump - Staging Area
Maintenance Boxes
Certain toys will deteriorate naturally with time—leaving disposal as the only option. Some toys may be infiltrated with microorganisms including fungi and bacteria which will cause discoloration and odors. Some toys may emit chemicals that react with other toys which may result in melting or disfiguration.
Invest in long lasting sex toys. Silicone can be recycled, but I don't know where. Glass toys cannot be recycled. PVC, Jellies, TPR/TPE are trash. Vibrators can be recycled.