Friday, 24 June 2005

Before updating you on what is happening in my rubbery breath play world, I have a couple of outstanding items to resolve. I said some time ago that I would report back on what I thought of various lubrications and also electrical stimulation.

Lets do Lubrication first….

Well like most people I started with talcum powder. This I found it OK as it made it easy to get into my suits and is easy to get hold of. It has a nice dry silky feeling once you are in there. It doesn’t stain and is latex friendly. The down sides are that it is difficult to administer just the right amount and you tend to end up with too much of it and it getting everywhere. It is usually scented. It is a very fine dust so can irritate your lungs. Also, I tend to feel the talc as much or more than the actual clinging rubbery feeling that I am after in the first place.

J-Lube – This is the most recent thing I have tried. It has gained a lot of friends recently and got a lot of coverage on the web. It was purpose designed to work well with latex (in the veterinary world) and it’s supporters think it is the best thing in lubrication.

I don’t think it’s that simple. J-Lube certainly has amazing properties. It really is incredibly slippery against rubber. It comes as a powder concentrate that you are supposed to mix with water. And that’s a big problem for me. Being in a rubber suite for long periods, covered in a water based lube is like staying in a hot bath for too long for me. Finger tips go wrinkly first and the usual pink soft skin symptoms just spread slowly around the body.

As an experiment I placed a small amount of dry J-Lube in the suit and it worked like talc while getting in. Once in, it slowly “melts” into any moisture in the suit. It seemed to me that not only did it absorb moisture; it actually seemed to draw it out of my body. Soon I was swimming in there with progressively more and more moisture. Fun 4 sex, but not good if you want to wear you gear all day.

One other thing to consider is that J-Lube is quite difficult to get off your skin or rubber. Basically prolonged washing in the shower is needed. Some recommend salt. I used herbal bath salts, which helped (but did not dare to try on my suit).

In summary – it is a fantastic lubricant. It seems perfect for fisting or a shorter wet and slimy experience in a rubber suit. For longer term rubber enclosure, I would not recommend it due to it’s water base and being very difficult to move around in - it’s just so slimy!

Silicone – This is a group of semi-inorganic polymers, the inorganic part being Silicon. Silicones are usually odourless, non-toxic and the stuff I use is designed for matting rubber plumbing joint. It is relatively cheap, comes in a bottle with a small pourer and I only use the smallest amounts, mostly around the entrance for the feet, knees hands, neck, buttocks and inner groin areas. Just enough lube to get in without straining the suite and enough to prevent chafing. The stuff I use is a little sticky and much thicker than water, so tend stay were you put it. I have been using this stuff for years.

As I wear it, it may spread around my suit a little, but it does not absorb into the rubber or my skin. This property makes it great for wearing for longer periods. It does just the right amount of lubrication and the feeling does not change much over time. As long as you don’t apply too much, the rubber stays feeling like rubber and not of lube.

Silicone is very water repellent, so it doesn’t seem to dilute as the moisture levels in my suit increase. In fact, I have found that it not only protects the rubber from water moisture, it seems to inhibit sweating a little.

Despite what you may have heard, it is easy to wash off and you can get most of it off your rubber clothing with quick wash in warm water. I can report no skin problems or difficulty keeping items clean.

Silicone is therefore my favourite so far. I haven’t really tried many others as I am so happy with cheap Silicone. Specialist ones tend to be expensive and water based. Anyone found a reason to choose something else?

Of coarse the ideal situation is to not need lube. That’s were I will be researching in the future. One development is chlorination or rubber suites. Anyone had good or bad results with chlorination?


Electrical Stimulation

This is something I have been trying over last few months and I am a convert. Basically they are boxes with probes that send a tingly electrical sensation through an area of your body. Typically anal, vaginal or penis.

I have an ElectraStim Em32 with “Electraloops” and “Side Contact Anal Electraprobe”. The Em32 is a fairly new small, budget end device and is fine - but really needs more power and ideally two channels (so you can stimulate both groin and butt). However, it a good start and has variable intensity and a series of different stimulation programmes – which vary the current in different ways.

The Anal Electraprobe is straightforward and fun. It is easy to insert and remove and relatively small. I think I am relatively small in the anus dept. but unlike most plugs, I find it Ok to wear for hours and hours. The sensation on one of the alternating programs was a little like a shaft gently entering and leaving. I did find that the plug tends to burrow it’s way deeper and deeper into my body over time (particularly if I sit down). There is never any difficult removing it, due to it’s clever design, but I found that I am less sensitive the deeper it sits and the Em32 is then not powerful enough to do the job. The best option is to either never sit down while wearing it or periodically, fish it out a little (when all hell tend to break lose as it is usually on full power by then – very nice).

The “Electraloops” are soft rubber loops designed for use on men’s genitals and penis. They work OK, but can be tricky to wear for longer periods if buried in a rubber suite. As with all these devices, an understanding of basic electrical principals is handy. The Electraloops are of high resistance and I have found that you need to arrange for a short end of the loop to plug in to or insufficient power is delivered. Also, electricity tend to take the easiest path, so if your penis is against your body or a moist suit, some or all the power takes the alternative routes, tracking down the lower abdomen or wet suit. More power please!

I look at the Em32 as a proof of concept for me and I am very satisfied that this is a route worth exploring.

ElectraStim do a SensaVox which is slightly larger, more powerful, has two channels and has the ability to vary the effect according to sound (either a mic or from a CD). However, most people on the internet seem to recommend the products of Eros-Tek, the monster ET312 in particular. Eros-Tex machines tend to be powerful and with loads of programs and options. They are not cheap, but one day I think I will get one.
Anyone any experiences they want to share?

Sealed

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

To all that have been waiting – apologies for the delay and lack of update of this blog. My life is deliberately very unpredictable such that I never know how things are going to turn out from one month to the next. Recently, I have never known beyond a few days and sometimes a few hours what opportunities and challenges were coming my way. Great for keeping boredom at bay – but means finding time to write it up is limited.

In summary, since my last post, I have been away from home much of the time and so not been wearing rubber during the working week very often. However, only a part of my time has been spent working and I have had some excellent long sessions of breathless rubber and plastic enclosure...

The hot weather about a month ago did start to make things a little difficult for longer sessions. Things have cooled down significantly lately, which I am very glad of. When the temperature get above the mid 20s C (~ 80F) I find it less and less fun to stay in rubber for more than a few hours. Now it’s back to the low 20s C in the office, I could weep when I finally have to take off my rubber skin!

As for the future… Well typically I am in a time of great uncertainty with a mixture opportunities, some of which may - or may not - happen. My normal freelance work has almost dried up – but hopefully this is temporary. There are rumors of a big chunk of work from an existing client that may be arriving – all of which may be done from my home office – and therefore in rubber… On the other hand I am starting to get more work via my alternative career of photography. I have often wondered if there was any demand for professional quality portraits of people in their fetish outfits – private commissions for their own exclusive use. Well apparently there is, even if it is very niche. I guess people want to be immortalized in their prime or in their best outfits.

I am running out of time, but want to tell you of one of the things that I have been playing with. Once in rubber, I sometimes climb into a PVC hazmat style suit. Coupled to this is battery powered air pump. To make the suit air tight I then gaffer-tape up the entry zip. The “down” side of the tape is that getting out of the suite can be a fairly slow process. The air pump does not deliver a huge volume of air – in fact only just enough…

Part of my fun is the reliance on the small pump and it’s battery power. I have to carefully monitor the time in the suite in order that I don’t suddenly run out of battery. I have already had one dangerous incident where the batteries fell out of their compartment. I found that I was running out of air and the pump was strapped in a rubber back pack. Because the pump runs the suit’s environment at near suffocation levels normally, things started to get out of hand quickly…