Hey all, just letting everyone know that if people want to find phthalate based inflatables, that they still can be found if one knows where to look.
I recently was looking for some inflatable thongs on the bay. There was an auction selling 36" yellow inflatable corona flip flops, and judging by the pictures, the PVC looked like it was the old shiny phthalate kind of plastic. Unfortunately by the time I got to it, 19 were already sold, with only 1 left, making the $50 shipping to Australia unjustifiable.
Somewhat annoyed at the situation I decided to do an experiment; it was a case of that it's not gonna hurt trying. I signed up to Alibaba, and then filled out a REQ (a quotation request for manufacturers). As 36" beach balls are my main fetish, I decided to go with that, stipulating in the brief that the plastic used needs to be phthalate based. Along side other particulars like 0.15 thickness, glossy PVC, and the desired colours, I sent my REQ off, and well.... crossed my fingers.
Within two days, two quotes were received to my absolute amazement, both manufacturers stating that they still use phthalates in their plastics. I know when i used Alibaba a long time ago, one has to send $100 to the manufacturer for getting a sample made. However, as I've just cleaned out another online store that had some phthalate based beach balls left over I'm alright for a wile.
However, if someone wants to take up my leads from Alibaba, they are more then welcome. I'm NOT posting them here at the moment, just incase it may come across as spammy, but my ultimate point is, please DO NOT dispare, as there is still that good old PHTHALATE heaven out there.
I think more broadly though, is there some kind of way where leads and resources could be shared? Maybe already if somebody has "reliable" leads, a group of looners can chip in together to get a number of units of the desired inflatable made.
For example; for some reason, thin shiny inflatable flip flops are very hard to come by, and only seem to show up as promotional merchandise on ebay from time to time at exhaubadent prices.
The more common inflatable thongs over the internet seem to be made of the thicker / frostier PVC which is a real turn off, material is almost like canvas. I would like to get some 72 inch inflatable flip flops made, preferably yellow with the black rope, like the one pictured above, but I'm open for suggestions, different colours.
Thoughts?
I recently was looking for some inflatable thongs on the bay. There was an auction selling 36" yellow inflatable corona flip flops, and judging by the pictures, the PVC looked like it was the old shiny phthalate kind of plastic. Unfortunately by the time I got to it, 19 were already sold, with only 1 left, making the $50 shipping to Australia unjustifiable.
Somewhat annoyed at the situation I decided to do an experiment; it was a case of that it's not gonna hurt trying. I signed up to Alibaba, and then filled out a REQ (a quotation request for manufacturers). As 36" beach balls are my main fetish, I decided to go with that, stipulating in the brief that the plastic used needs to be phthalate based. Along side other particulars like 0.15 thickness, glossy PVC, and the desired colours, I sent my REQ off, and well.... crossed my fingers.
Within two days, two quotes were received to my absolute amazement, both manufacturers stating that they still use phthalates in their plastics. I know when i used Alibaba a long time ago, one has to send $100 to the manufacturer for getting a sample made. However, as I've just cleaned out another online store that had some phthalate based beach balls left over I'm alright for a wile.
However, if someone wants to take up my leads from Alibaba, they are more then welcome. I'm NOT posting them here at the moment, just incase it may come across as spammy, but my ultimate point is, please DO NOT dispare, as there is still that good old PHTHALATE heaven out there.
I think more broadly though, is there some kind of way where leads and resources could be shared? Maybe already if somebody has "reliable" leads, a group of looners can chip in together to get a number of units of the desired inflatable made.
For example; for some reason, thin shiny inflatable flip flops are very hard to come by, and only seem to show up as promotional merchandise on ebay from time to time at exhaubadent prices.
The more common inflatable thongs over the internet seem to be made of the thicker / frostier PVC which is a real turn off, material is almost like canvas. I would like to get some 72 inch inflatable flip flops made, preferably yellow with the black rope, like the one pictured above, but I'm open for suggestions, different colours.
Thoughts?
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