Toy washing - Does soap type matter?

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I think it would depend on a material. If you have a material prone to oxidation (PVC, TPE, TPR, rubber, latex), you may want to use something that does not leave a residue (such as a moisturizer).

Would it be safe to use a dish detergent soap like Dawn? Or would that be too harsh?

Dawn without bleach would be ok for the toy, but can leave residues that you would not want in your body, so I wouldn't recommend for any toys destined for internal use.

Never heard anything like that, but I can see how that might happen. Probably not from just one or 2 washes though. I use dawn dish soap always. It cleans and kills germs well and leaves them all looking extremely shiny! I clean all glass materials including my huge decorative glass vases and other glass decorations with dawn. Nothing makes it so shiny and beautiful.

I make my own hand soap from watered down Bath and Body Works body wash. I put a couple of squirts of the body wash into a foaming soap dispenser and the rest water.

I wash everything from silicone, to TPR, to the accessories for my Wahl, which are made of PVC. Of course, the glass toys are fine with it also.

I don't really have any degradable toys, so I use non-antibacterial, non-bleach Dawn, and rinse it off very very thoroughly. It's been fine for my silicone and my glass (and my WTP, actually, too).

I use all silicone toys, and usually clean them with dish soap. It seems to do a very good job of stripping lubes (even oil lubes), and also usually pulls off scents.

I avoid antibacterial soaps for cleaning toys. They don't do much as far as keeping you safer and have definite downsides - they encourage resistant bacteria and on a porous toy they can be carried into the body. Most antibacterials are things you do not want in your body.

I noticed that nothing cleans glass dildos as fast and thoroughly as dish-washing liquid - no repetitions needed. I rinse them well so it doesn't cause any issues. For the rest I use a standard bar of hand soap.

All my toys are silicone, and I just clean them with a mild, unscented Castille soap and hot water.

So I’m just wondering if anyone knows if the brand pink zebra Antibacterial hand soap is OK to use to clean your toys