The Ultimate Guide: How to Care for Your Silicone Adult Toys

Your Essential Care Guide

With proper care and maintenance, your platinum-cured silicone pleasure product can last for many years. Love Smiths products are made from high-quality, body-safe silicone designed for durability, comfort, and repeated use.

Even strong silicone still needs the right care. Cleaning, drying, and storing your toy correctly helps protect the material, reduce hygiene risks, and preserve the texture and finish over time.

General Care for All Silicone Toys

🫧 Clean Before First Use

Before using your new toy, wash it with warm water and mild, unscented soap. This helps remove dust, packaging residue, or handling marks from the production and packing process.

💧 Use Only Water-Based Lubricant

Always use a good-quality water-based lubricant with silicone toys. Avoid silicone-based and oil-based lubricants, as they may damage the surface of silicone products over time.

🚿 Clean After Every Use

After each use, rinse the toy thoroughly with warm water and mild soap. Pay close attention to curves, ridges, textures, bases, and any small details where residue may remain.

Rinse until no soap remains. Soap residue can irritate the body and may also affect the feel of the silicone.

🔥 Deep Cleaning

For occasional deeper cleaning, many solid platinum-cured silicone toys can be boiled for 3–5 minutes. Make sure the toy does not touch the bottom of the pan directly for too long, as excessive heat contact may affect the surface.

You may also use a properly diluted bleach solution for occasional disinfection, then rinse extremely thoroughly with clean water. Do not store or use the toy until all cleaning solution has been completely removed.

🌬️ Dry Completely Before Storing

Let the toy air dry fully or pat it dry with a clean, lint-free towel. Storing a toy while it is damp can trap moisture and may lead to odour, residue build-up, or hygiene problems.

🎒 Store Safely

Store your toy in its own pouch, box, or clean container. Keep it away from dust, direct sunlight, sharp objects, rough surfaces, and other silicone toys.

Silicone toys should not be stored touching each other for long periods, as surface contact may affect the finish of the material.

⚠️ Protect the Silicone

Silicone is strong, flexible, and body-safe, but it is not indestructible. Avoid teeth, nails, sharp jewellery, rough surfaces, excessive pulling, crushing pressure, or bending the toy in an unnatural way.

Extra Care for Penetrable Toys and Masturbators

Penetrable toys and masturbators need extra care because their inner canals, entry points, and soft internal structures may stretch or tear if handled roughly.

📏 Check Size Compatibility

Each penetrable toy has a recommended opening size, internal canal size, or maximum stretch limit. Check these details before use. If the toy feels too tight, do not force insertion.

Forcing a toy beyond its intended stretch can damage the internal structure, cause tearing, and reduce the product’s lifespan.

👐 Handle Entry Points Gently

Avoid pinching, pulling, or stretching the opening with nails. Use enough water-based lubricant and guide insertion slowly. Do not turn a penetrable toy inside out unless the product is specifically designed for that type of cleaning.

🚿 Clean the Internal Canal Carefully

After use, run warm water directly through the internal canal. Clean inside gently with your fingers and mild, unscented soap until the water runs clear.

Avoid harsh brushes, sharp cleaning tools, or anything abrasive inside the toy. These can damage the silicone or create small tears where residue may collect.

🌬️ Dry the Interior Thoroughly

Let the toy air dry with the opening facing downward so water can drain out. Make sure the inside is completely dry before storage.

If moisture remains inside a penetrable toy, it may cause odour, mildew, or hygiene issues.

When to Stop Using a Toy

Stop using your toy if you notice deep tears, cracks, sticky areas, unusual odour that does not disappear after cleaning, visible mould, or any change in texture that makes the product feel unsafe.

If a toy becomes damaged, do not continue using it internally. Damaged areas may trap bacteria or cause discomfort during use.

Liability Notice

The information in this care guide is provided in good faith and based on our best knowledge of platinum-cured silicone product care. It is intended as general guidance only.

Love Smiths cannot be held liable for injury, loss, or damage resulting from the use, misuse, incorrect cleaning, incorrect storage, or mishandling of a product. Although we aim to provide clear and accurate guidance, we cannot guarantee that every detail will be complete or universally applicable to every situation.