Rubber corsets and rubber care

Rubber. Even if we don't wear it, we can still drool over it. Rubber's moved on from basic black and red, found in sex shops. A well-made rubber item (made from supatex) can bring out femininity and beauty, and make a person think of other worlds, not dingy toilets with bad lighting.

Pressure Corsets has a beautiful site and it sells beautiful clothes. Prices range up to over a thousand pounds for their more manga numbers, although the designer Siba Kladic is in demand, having designed for Versace and spacehead trip-hopper Tricky. Even if you can't afford these corsets - and who can? you can have some rubber-care tips for free!

Caring for rubber

Latex Rubber is a natural product and when treated with care and respect rubber clothing will have a long life.

Washing rubber

Latex Rubber Garments should be washed in warm clean water with no soap or detergents. Carefully wipe off excess water with a soft towel and lay flat or hang to dry. Lightly dust with talc before putting away.

DO NOT place in a dryer and definitely DO NOT iron or dry clean Latex Rubber garments.

Polishing rubber

The natural gloss of Supatex Latex Rubber can be enhanced by light polishing using a silicone based polish.

Important facts about rubber care

There are some important facts about Latex Rubber that owners should know about so they can take care of them properly. Since rubber garments cost, you want them to last for years!

1) It is easier to put a tight latex garment on if the inside is first lightly dusted with talc. Remove ALL jewelry and be aware of your fingernails: fingernails are the major cause of tearing latex rubber.

2) Oils, greases and solvents destroy latex rubber, so DO NOT use any oil based lubricants or creams.

3) The glossy surface of Latex Rubber can be permanently scratched if you attempt to polish it hard with a dry cloth, so take care that your polish does not dry out when polishing.

4) Latex Rubber can discolor, and eventually perish, if exposed to heat, sunlight and light with high Ultra Violet (UV) content. We recommend that, when not being worn, latex rubber garments should be kept, lightly talced, in a black plastic bag in a dry, dark closet. DO NOT store in damp conditions and DO NOT leave on or near heaters.

5) Keep away from naked flame and fires, latex rubber burns very fast.

6) Latex Rubber permanently stains brown in contact with copper, brass or bronze. Light colors can even stain brown when handled after handling copper coins, so take care to keep dirty, sweaty fingers away from your goth corsets and other pretty-pretty latex rubber garments.

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