Silicone feeling up other silicone

While I'm nowhere near Metis, I've never had a problem in years of storing silicone toys touching. The simple explanation: Jelly-type toys are a cocktail of various chemicals that need to stay mixed together in order to work, whereas silicone toys are a non-reactive polymer that is cured in place, usually by a catalyst, and gets its elastic properties from a similar phenomenon (cross-linking) as vulcanized rubber (but the base is much more inert than the latex used for rubber).

In short, there's almost nothing to react with other toys out there. As I understand it, the silicone lube problem is a result of the silicone in some lubricants finding bonding sites with the silicone in toys, but this should be extremely unlikely with the solid silicones used in toys. If there would be any problems, it would likely show up with a soft silicone such as the one used in O2 or VixSkin toys (which seem to have the biggest problems with silicone lubes bonding to them) bonding with each other, but even this is highly unlikely. less

I have been going by the adage; "there is silicone and there is silicone".
Initially I stored all my Tantus toys together w/o a problem. I read so many silicone "warnings" that now with my Vixskin toys, I store each toy in an individual zip lock bag, including Tantus toys. Great visibility and no lint.
Guess I just don't want to take a chance with expensive toys. Has anyone experimented?
With my old jelly toys I ruined a few by them adhering to each other. less

This is the first I've ever heard of silicone needing to be separated from silicone... we certainly have never done it. In production we have bins (in plastic bins) of unpackaged product lying side by side. So in my 11 years and millions of products, we've never had any issue.

The only reason to bag silicone products are for organization, dust/cleanliness, travel or so they don't touch fragile materials that will break down.

Really I'm stumped at why Nexus tells you to bag your products- but I'm not sure where the Nexus line is made nor what type grade of material they use.

Hope that was helpful and thanks to EdenFantasys for twittering to me to come give my 2 cents.

Again my biggest peev is that what is labeled silicone isn't always. Ask what is Cybersilicone(tm), in fact there is so much product out there labeled silicone that has no business being called such that it's scary. I used to think it had trace elements of silicone but I know now it's pure mislabeling.

Regarding denting- the only issue we've ever had was with O2 being so soft it will show indentations from wire racks (which we use to dry all of our other products once we've washed them prior to packaging). I assume Vixskin is the same way. Other products that "dent" are probably not a real silicone- or they don't have the catylist mixed at a proper ratio. less

I also keep my silicone in separate clear zip baggies. I've never let them touch. I paid for all but two of the them without a discount so I'm not about to take a chance they will get messed up.
On the Vixen products... I think it was on the Goodfella box that it said not to store it "separately" from other toys. I'm not sure because I don't have that box any more. less

This is the first I've ever heard of silicone needing to be separated from silicone... we certainly have never done it. In production we have bins (in plastic bins) of unpackaged product lying side by side. So in my 11 years and millions of products, we've never had any issue.

The only reason to bag silicone products are for organization, dust/cleanliness, travel or so they don't touch fragile materials that will break down.

Really I'm stumped at why Nexus tells you to bag your products- but I'm not sure where the Nexus line is made nor what type grade of material they use.

Hope that was helpful and thanks to EdenFantasys for twittering to me to come give my 2 cents.

Again my biggest peev is that what is labeled silicone isn't always. Ask what is Cybersilicone(tm), in fact there is so much product out there labeled silicone that has no business being called such that it's scary. I used to think it had trace elements of silicone but I know now it's pure mislabeling.

Regarding denting- the only issue we've ever had was with O2 being so soft it will show indentations from wire racks (which we use to dry all of our other products once we've washed them prior to packaging). I assume Vixskin is the same way. Other products that "dent" are probably not a real silicone- or they don't have the catylist mixed at a proper ratio. less

Thank GODS.

I am tossing out all the satin pouches I bought. Cuz I'm TIRED of not being able to feast my eyes on my pretty colored toys in their pretty pink toy bags.

I want rainbows and I want to see the toys so I remember I have them and actually use them, instead of seeing bag upon bag upon bag in my bags.

Um.

Sorry.

Wee babble there.

Thank you, Metis! less

This is the first I've ever heard of silicone needing to be separated from silicone... we certainly have never done it. In production we have bins (in plastic bins) of unpackaged product lying side by side. So in my 11 years and millions of products, we've never had any issue.

The only reason to bag silicone products are for organization, dust/cleanliness, travel or so they don't touch fragile materials that will break down.

Really I'm stumped at why Nexus tells you to bag your products- but I'm not sure where the Nexus line is made nor what type grade of material they use.

Hope that was helpful and thanks to EdenFantasys for twittering to me to come give my 2 cents.

Again my biggest peev is that what is labeled silicone isn't always. Ask what is Cybersilicone(tm), in fact there is so much product out there labeled silicone that has no business being called such that it's scary. I used to think it had trace elements of silicone but I know now it's pure mislabeling.

Regarding denting- the only issue we've ever had was with O2 being so soft it will show indentations from wire racks (which we use to dry all of our other products once we've washed them prior to packaging). I assume Vixskin is the same way. Other products that "dent" are probably not a real silicone- or they don't have the catylist mixed at a proper ratio. less

This is the first I've ever heard of silicone needing to be separated from silicone... we certainly have never done it. In production we have bins (in plastic bins) of unpackaged product lying side by side. So in my 11 years and millions of products, we've never had any issue.

The only reason to bag silicone products are for organization, dust/cleanliness, travel or so they don't touch fragile materials that will break down.

Really I'm stumped at why Nexus tells you to bag your products- but I'm not sure where the Nexus line is made nor what type grade of material they use.

Hope that was helpful and thanks to EdenFantasys for twittering to me to come give my 2 cents.

Again my biggest peev is that what is labeled silicone isn't always. Ask what is Cybersilicone(tm), in fact there is so much product out there labeled silicone that has no business being called such that it's scary. I used to think it had trace elements of silicone but I know now it's pure mislabeling.

Regarding denting- the only issue we've ever had was with O2 being so soft it will show indentations from wire racks (which we use to dry all of our other products once we've washed them prior to packaging). I assume Vixskin is the same way. Other products that "dent" are probably not a real silicone- or they don't have the catylist mixed at a proper ratio. less

Well I guess that explains why we never had problems with them in the travel bag then. Tantus rocks!

I just bought the O2 last week though, so I have to ask... how do you suggest storing that so it doesn't get the dents? It's too big for a Ziploc bag. And are the dents permanent if it gets them? less

That's how I've been looking at it, too. You and Red pretty much convinced me of it a few months back and I"ve been storing all my silicone together, no problems, since then.

The only issue I've had has actually been the lining of a bag bleeding and staining some toys, but no issue with silicone on silicone.

I really like being able to see all my toys, to not have to feel around to see which toy is in which drawstring pouch...

Not to mention the pouches often leave more lint behind than I get if they're just stored in an appropriate bag/box/etc.

But I see so many reviews saying not to let stuff touch...

I wonder if anyone has ever actually had any bad reactions with silicone or if it's just an unfounded assumption. less