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Vibrator... melting?
05/14/2012
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Absolutely, positively not. Silicone is inert, and will not melt.
Originally posted by
~Jennifer~
Silicone is bad about this too. The easy way to avoid this problem from happening is to store these toys in a bag of some sort...you can get an actual toy storage bag, a wine bag, or even just a plastic ziploc bag. The bag will keep it from rubbing
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Silicone is bad about this too. The easy way to avoid this problem from happening is to store these toys in a bag of some sort...you can get an actual toy storage bag, a wine bag, or even just a plastic ziploc bag. The bag will keep it from rubbing against other toys and keep it safer. You also want to make sure it is laying flat in the drawer and not on top of other toys. Just a couple extra steps when you put these toys away will make sure that they last and you don't have these issues again!
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TPR/TPE/Jelly toys can melt onto it, but you can probably get those off with some more-or-less nasty solvent and have a useable toy again.
Some silicone lubes can fuse onto some silicone toys, producing a gummy surface. This needs to be either lived with or scraped off if it happens, one reason why there's a general caution against using silicone lubes on silicone toys.
I've had silicone toys for years (9-ish), keep them tossed together in a box with glass, metal, wood, etc. No problems at all.
05/14/2012
If it can melt just like that ... should we now start thinking of keeping a little fridge in our bedroom for these type of toys ? Geeeee ...
06/02/2012
well, bummer - had no idea toys could spontaneously melt! glad I accidently came across this info.
07/23/2012
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LOL LOL LOL - LOVE your response!
Originally posted by
WICKA
If it can melt just like that ... should we now start thinking of keeping a little fridge in our bedroom for these type of toys ? Geeeee ...
07/23/2012
It isn't spontanous or anything. It's just a chemical reaction of jelly/jelly/tpr.
It's an easy solution. Keep your jelly/tpr toys in individual bags.
It's an easy solution. Keep your jelly/tpr toys in individual bags.
07/23/2012
NEVER let your toys touch eachother! It can and will ruin them
07/23/2012
Pure silicone can touch other pure silicone, and all will be fine. Same with glass, metal, and wood. Any combination of those can touch each other without melting.
Normal hard plastic will only melt in high temperatures -- much higher than they will likely experience in your sock drawer -- or if exposed directly to fire, electricity, or I suppose some kind of acid. Plastic resting against plastic doesn't cause a chemical reaction -- look at the plastic utensils in your silverware drawer, for example.
However, materials like jelly, PVC, TPE, TPR, and silicone composites are full of chemicals which exist for the sole purpose of making the materials involved soft and pliable and bonded to one another. When they touch, the chemicals try to extend that bond to other toys, because chemical composites can't tell the difference. They'll also try to bond with the silicone in pure silicone toys, "melting" those as well. Fire and heat are not needed for this process. It's all chemistry.
Keeping each toy in a separator bag of its own will protect your toys from each other, and will also keep lint off of them. Personally, I keep my TPR toys each in an individual bag AND in a container separate from my silicone. I own no jelly. My silicone toys still have separator bags, just so I can avoid cleaning them all every time I use one. Silicone really likes lint.
Hope that helps.
Normal hard plastic will only melt in high temperatures -- much higher than they will likely experience in your sock drawer -- or if exposed directly to fire, electricity, or I suppose some kind of acid. Plastic resting against plastic doesn't cause a chemical reaction -- look at the plastic utensils in your silverware drawer, for example.
However, materials like jelly, PVC, TPE, TPR, and silicone composites are full of chemicals which exist for the sole purpose of making the materials involved soft and pliable and bonded to one another. When they touch, the chemicals try to extend that bond to other toys, because chemical composites can't tell the difference. They'll also try to bond with the silicone in pure silicone toys, "melting" those as well. Fire and heat are not needed for this process. It's all chemistry.
Keeping each toy in a separator bag of its own will protect your toys from each other, and will also keep lint off of them. Personally, I keep my TPR toys each in an individual bag AND in a container separate from my silicone. I own no jelly. My silicone toys still have separator bags, just so I can avoid cleaning them all every time I use one. Silicone really likes lint.
Hope that helps.
07/23/2012
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I keep mine in a locked drawer with other toys & never had them melt but if there is that possibility I'm gonna move it! Mr foo foo is my favorite & would really hate to see him turn into a mass of gel. Sad way to go, I would think.
Originally posted by
aphroditelady
I just did some research and I think it's because the rabbit was touching another toy. ): Oh well. I just purchased it again.
08/12/2012
So much info in this thread! I'm looking forward to purchasing this rabbit and it's good to know more about how to care for it.
08/23/2012
Probably a chemical reaction. D:
10/31/2012
oh, wow!!!
11/01/2012
This is why you shouldn't buy toys made of gross materials like jelly If they'll melt in a drawer, they'll also release gross chemicals into your body when you use them. I've had chemical burns from jelly toys before and will never use one again.
11/02/2012
What bummer, good to know about TPe that it doesn't do well with hot temps
11/02/2012
wow lol
12/14/2012
WOW...I had never heard of this happening, thank you for the information.
12/18/2012
I always keep mine in the plastic packaging they come in. No problems.
03/14/2013
This happened to me before, Big mistake putting them too close to another toy.
04/02/2013
Whoa, scary!
04/02/2013
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oh my...im sorry.
Originally posted by
aphroditelady
I left the toy in my drawer (I usually keep it under my bed) and somehow the rabbit ears, part of the shaft and other places had seemingly had melted. I'm still in shock over how this could have happened. I went to go use it, and thick melted gel
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I left the toy in my drawer (I usually keep it under my bed) and somehow the rabbit ears, part of the shaft and other places had seemingly had melted. I'm still in shock over how this could have happened. I went to go use it, and thick melted gel was on my hands. I'm so disappointed.
Could this be because of heat? Other toys around it? Anything? I really want to buy another one, but I'm scared it'll happen again. It was my favorite toy. less
Could this be because of heat? Other toys around it? Anything? I really want to buy another one, but I'm scared it'll happen again. It was my favorite toy. less
04/02/2013
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