Dildos- strong rubber smell

[MelnMe]

Hi all!

We've got an enormous rubber dildo, which smells very strong. Is there anything we can disguise it with?

I figure there's quite a volume of rubber there so it's probably still curing; eventually it will smell OK, but for the time being it is extremely pungent (I stuck it in my drawer for a while, and all my Tshirts smell of rubber)!

 

[M's girl]

I have no idea what to do about the smell except keep it in a different place (and maybe a box or something) so the smell does not effect other items in your drawer.

But here's something different for you: I read and heard a lot lately about dildo's and such that have that strong rubber smell and it's supposed to be because of the weakmakers (don't know if there's a more proper English word for it) in them. A while ago they warned us here (NL) about the same stuff/material in toys for children and how this substance could cause cancer, and now they are warning adults too because the same substance is used in adult "toys" of an earlier (sometimes cheaper too) make.... And this substance is what makes the dildo's smell like rubber so much, so....

I'll check if I can find something about this in English...

 

[M's girl]

Toxic Softeners in Plastic Toys to Be Banned in Europe

Trade ministers from across the European Union have agreed on a law to phase out six toxic chemicals used to soften vinyl plastic in children's toys - seven years after researchers found evidence of a link between the chemicals and both liver damage and reproductive failure.

The chemicals are known as phthalates - pronounced thalates.

The unanimous decision of the Competitiveness Council Monday recommends a ban of three phthalates - DEHP, DBP and BBP - that the EU has identified as capable of causing reproductive damage from all products intended for children regardless of age.

The three other phthalates, which are toxic to the liver - DINP, DIDP and DNOP - will only be prohibited in toys and childcare articles for children under three years old and which are intended to be sucked on or chewed.

Green Euro-MPs and environmental groups welcomed the decision, which they described as "better late than never."

Caroline Lucas, MEP for South-East England and a member of the European Parliament's Environment Committee, said, "The competitiveness council has made the right decision, eventually, and protecting the health of babies and children will, at last, be prioritized over the interests of the chemicals industry."

"We applaud the ministers for finally acting to protect children from exposure to phthalates with their decision to phase out these hazardous chemicals from toys sold in Europe," said Nadia Haiama-Neurohr of Greenpeace, which has campaigned for years against the chemicals in toys.

An emergency temporary ban on pthalates adopted in 1999 covered the same six pthalates, but only banned their use in toys intended for children's mouths. Total pthalate production is approximately one million tonnes a year - almost half in the form of DEHP, which is officially classified as toxic to reproduction.

Used as softeners in plastic toys made of polyvinyl chloride, phthalates are known to leach from products that contain them.

Greenpeace cites new research that links a child's risk of developing asthma and allergies to phthlate exposure. The delay in banning them has occurred because of arguments over "acceptable levels" that can be ingested by children, said Haiama-Neurohr.

"It has taken seven years to overcome the lobbying power of the multinational chemicals industry," said Lucas, "and phthalates are just the tip of the iceberg."

The Competitiveness Council reached a political agreement on a draft law restricting the use of the six phthalates. After finalization of the text, the Council will adopt formally its common position at one of its forthcoming meetings and will then send the law to the European Parliament for second reading.

The measures proposed are based on the precautionary principle and so they will be subject to review in the light of new scientific data, the Council said.

The European Commission, in co-operation with the agencies of member states that are responsible for market surveillance and enforcement for toys and childcare articles, and in consultation with producers and importers, will be responsible for monitoring the use of phthalates as plasticizers in toys and childcare articles.

"The challenge now," said Lucas, "is to build on this prohibition to end the use of all phthalates, and harmful chemicals, for which safer alternatives exist. That's the ultimate aim of the long-overdue so-called REACH proposals currently before the commission which will, I hope, give the EU the world's most ethical chemicals policy."

Haiama-Neurohr of Greenpeace agrees. "Today's move supports the principle that it is both possible and desirable to substitute dangerous chemicals with safer alternatives," she said Monday. "This needs to be reflected in the proposed EU chemicals legislation, REACH. Such substitution must in future happen quickly and as a matter of course whenever a chemical is identified as of very high concern."

Dubbed REACH, for Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals, the proposal is a far-reaching method of limiting the exposure of Europeans to the most toxic chemicals.

In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the federal government agency responsible for human exposure to toxics, says that levels of human exposure to phthalates are far below minimum safety levels set by regulatory agencies for these well studied chemicals.

"Research has shown that they do not persist in the environment," the CDC states on its website. "Once inside us, they break down quickly and are excreted. Perhaps most important, in their long history of beneficial services to consumers, no reliable evidence has ever shown that phthalates have ever caused any harm to anyone."

The six banned chemicals are:

DEHP= bis (2-ethythxyl)

DBP= dibutyl phathalate

BBP= benzil butyl phathalate

DINP= di-isononyl phathalate

DIDP= di-isodecyl phathalate

DNOP= dioctyl phathlate​

Do a search on the words I marked bold. Those are the materials that are to be found in sex toys too.

 

[SweetErika]

We just got a new rubber dildo, too, and you're right, the smell is less than appealing.

I'm just letting it air out in an open box under the bed, and it's definitely getting better. The first night after we got it in the mail, we slipped a condom on it for easy cleanup after anal, and I noticed that did contain the odor somewhat during use. The same was true when I've used liquid latex for homemade toys, so I'm guessing it's just part what you go through with this material.

M's girl has a good point about pthalates, but those are only a concern when the toy contains some kind of plastic, IIRC. "Jelly" toys are supposedly highest in pthalates in many cases, and they certainly have a distinctive plastic smell at first. Babeland.com has a great article on pthalates in sex toys.

 

[M's girl]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phthalates


(Hi Erika! )

 

[anne30]

Give your bad smelling toys a half hour warm bath, 2p. water and 1p. white vinegar, then wash with soap and hot water. You can use vinegar on clothes too and almost everything else bad smelling.

 

[Just_4_Giggles]

Wow...

This makes for a great argument in favor of glass dildos...

 

[Blindinthedark]

Hi there
I started a thread like this a while ago, maybe some of that info can help you

Literotica link

Good luck. Ours still smell a bit but are better.

 

[SweetErika]

Cyberskin products are also phthlate free, even though they feel soft like skin.

Some cyberskin products do contain pthalates.

Second, you need to stop advertising your toy website here. Per the Forum Rules (link at bottom of each page), advertising commercial sites in your posts and/or signature is prohibited. It's one thing to be a contributing member and give informative links to commercial sites, but when just about every post from a member points to the same site, it's likely to be reported and viewed as advertising. If you don't want 'PleasureMeNow' censored into '******' on the entire site, you'd be wise to stop promoting it here immediately.

You can probably get away with having it as your homepage in your profile, but then you'll actually have to participate like the rest of us if you want a chance at people looking at it. Business-wise, you're better off putting your resources into advertising elsewhere, where it's not prohibited. More competitive pricing and actually having the lowest prices on many items like you 'guarantee' would likely do a hell of a lot more for business than spamming on Lit.

 

[cele2flowers]

I'm just going to put in a 2nd motion on the silicon toys. No smell (or hardly any), dishwasher safe and closest feeling to the real thing.

 

[rydia57]

Giving the dildo a listerine bath works too, at least on the one I had. I got a new dildo last year, let it lie in some listerine for a week. I dunno if it would take less than a week, but that's how long I put it in. Seems it's a strong enough mouthwash to work on most anything!

 

[Blindinthedark]

Giving the dildo a listerine bath works too, at least on the one I had. I got a new dildo last year, let it lie in some listerine for a week. I dunno if it would take less than a week, but that's how long I put it in. Seems it's a strong enough mouthwash to work on most anything!

Dildo halitosis Now that's funny!

 

[rydia57]

Well that's what it is! And mouthwash is made to kill the strongest odors. Hence... the dildo smell.

 

[Blindinthedark]

Well that's what it is! And mouthwash is made to kill the strongest odors. Hence... the dildo smell.

I'm not making fun of you. I just think it's pretty funny. Nothing like a minty fresh dick I guess

I thought the alchohol in the mouthwash might damage the rubber. I'll give it a shot when we buy a new one if you say it works.

 

[PhilGarlic]

Heat it up?

Does it get worse when heated up with friction?