SILICONE 101
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BASE COMPATIBILITY
Toy (dildo in those examples) base styles compatibility:
Toy (dildo in those examples) base styles compatibility:
Flat base toy. Compatible with suction cup addition only if the toy base is wide enough. Check the size of the cup you're interested in. Not suitable for anal play.
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Flat base toy with vac-u-lock hole. Compatible with vac-u-lock suction cups, handles, sex machines and whatever item featuring the vac-u-lock system.
Suitable also for anal play if attached to something. |
Harness base toy, flat. Compatible with a strap on harness (goes into O rings and similar pieces) and with additional suction cups. Toys suitable for anal play.
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Harness base toy, with vac-u-lock hole. Compatible with additional suction cups, harness or the vac-u-lock system. Toys suitable for anal play.
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Inbuilt suction cup base toy. Compatible with flat surfaces. Toys suitable for anal play if the cup is not too flimsy.
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Vac-u-loc compatible toys shoudn't be pushed or pulled straight off. this will stress the rubber or silicone material of your toy. You must twist it to remove (think about about a screw).
Video showing how to cut a DIY vac-u-loc style hole in your silicone toy.
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Video text transcription:
DIY Tips A way to add a hole to your silicone toy 3 ½ inches long (9cm) 1mm thick maximum 1/2 inch Outside Diameter (1.25cm) The notches must be square. NOT rounded. A Dremel tool with cutting disc was used to cut the 8 notches in the tip to depth pf 1mm each. |
Remove inside and outside burs with a fine grit sand paper, the sides need to be smooth and clean as shown.
With a good grip, find the center and begin drilling into the base.
Use a low speed throughout the process. Stop drilling about 1 inch (2.5cm) deep or, when it starts to drag.
Remove the drill and lubricate the hole with some dish soap. Soaping before drilling makes the pipe slip and can make the hole off-center.
Continue to drill at low speed until the pipe is fully inserted. Pay attention to centering when drilling. You can slow or stop as needed, just keep the pipe inside the toy.
Remove the core which may be still attached. Tweezers may be helpful if it tears when removing.
When a hole is made with this technique, you can reduce damage to the silicone material, but it will void any warranty on the toy. Do so at your own risk and when no other option is available.
With a good grip, find the center and begin drilling into the base.
Use a low speed throughout the process. Stop drilling about 1 inch (2.5cm) deep or, when it starts to drag.
Remove the drill and lubricate the hole with some dish soap. Soaping before drilling makes the pipe slip and can make the hole off-center.
Continue to drill at low speed until the pipe is fully inserted. Pay attention to centering when drilling. You can slow or stop as needed, just keep the pipe inside the toy.
Remove the core which may be still attached. Tweezers may be helpful if it tears when removing.
When a hole is made with this technique, you can reduce damage to the silicone material, but it will void any warranty on the toy. Do so at your own risk and when no other option is available.
SILICONE
Toys have existed all through history, silicone toys tho were made by Gosnell Duncan - a disabled black man - in his own basement, after getting in touch with the chemists General Electric. He began by making a model out of clay, then a rubber mold after that. The silicone dildos were produced under the brand name Paramount Therapeutic Products. It's not all big factories: nowadays silicone toys are still made in a similar ways (or sometimes using 3D modelling programs and printing for the first model to mold) by independent queer and/or disabled folks in their houses and studios.
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