Loki @puploki.com · Apr 22 Any rubberists able to help here? This is a brand new top, brought home in its bag not touching anything. The bubbling appeared after being washed with viviclean/vivishine for the first time. I’ve only ever seen this kind of thing when latex touches vinyl but it’s not been anywhere near that.
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Bubble wrap. Silicone. If it spent any time touching certain material it can interact. Bubble wrap especially. I wish someone with chemistry knowledge could explain.
I had this exact thing happen to a rubber suit never had any idea why it happened, took it to the manufacturer they had no idea either… but interesting you mention vivishine
Is it fixable? Should I moan to the maker?
I've had this but it turned out to be in contact with gas mask hose connector or GP5 gas mask eye ring. Rubber is a weird thing.
The only time I’ve had this is when rubber was in contact with silicone. It looked exactly the same. It took a couple of days to ‘relax’ back to being normal again. But it doesn’t take contact with the wrong materials for long to make it happen.
Heat and a pointy object perhaps?
I had a similar experience with a facemask that touched a toy made of silicon. I was really freaked out. But the mask eventually got back to its previous form after being « submerged » in lub for a full night. Maybe applying a lot of lub and wait a bit may fix your suit too 🤔