A Question on Lubricants...

[Tom Collins]

Does anyone know anything about what lubricants, other than Vaseline, were available durring the 60s?

 

[oggbashan]

Petroleum Jelly - but it rotted the condoms.

Olive oil - Extra Virgin, of course.

Og

 

[Tom Collins]

Petroleum Jelly - but it rotted the condoms.
Olive oil - Extra Virgin, of course.

Og

Vaseline is a name brand for petroleum jelly.
I'm hoping that I wont have to resort to food based lubs, but I might.

 

[carsonshepherd]

Crisco - old school.

 

[R. Richard]

Does anyone know anything about what lubricants, other than Vaseline, were available during the 60s?

I have read of people using butter [may have actually been margerine.]

 

[Tom Collins]

As I said, I'm hoping I wont have to resort to food based ones.
What about KY? Was it available to the general public back then?

 

[carsonshepherd]

Wikipedia, baby

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KY_Jelly

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

What about KY? Was it available to the general public back then?

I just posted that in abs, lol. It was invented in 1917, but not available over the counter until 1980.

 

[Tom Collins]

Never mind the KY, Crim just looked it up and you couldn't get it over the counter until 1980.
Anyone got anything else?

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

I found this at Wikipedia, but it doesn't say if it was sold over the counter or not.


"These are descended from a cellulose and water combination, originally labeled as 'Surgilube', released in the 1950s."

 

[Tom Collins]

It's starting to look like I might have to stick to Vaseline, or use something food based. *sigh*

 

[oggbashan]

K-Y Jelly was easily available on prescription and it didn't take much imagination to convince a doctor that you needed it for 'genital itching...' It was available by dubious mail order from abroad rather like Viagra is today.

Olive oil has been used since Greek and Roman times.

Petroleum Jelly/Vaseline was easily available.

The most usual lubricant required in the 1960s for vaginal dryness was...









extended foreplay.

Og (who was there)

Edited for PS. Marie Stopes books, around since the 1920s, gave a whole list of recommended lubricants. They were mainly food based because that was what was available to women particularly in countries with restrictive laws.

 

[Tom Collins]

K-Y Jelly was easily available on prescription and it didn't take much imagination to convince a doctor that you needed it for 'genital itching...' It was available by dubious mail order from abroad rather like Viagra is today.

Olive oil has been used since Greek and Roman times.

Petroleum Jelly/Vaseline was easily available.

The most usual lubricant required in the 1960s for vaginal dryness was...









extended foreplay.

Og (who was there)

Edited for PS. Marie Stopes books, around since the 1920s, gave a whole list of recommended lubricants. They were mainly food based because that was what was available to women particularly in countries with restrictive laws.

LOL...extended foreplay isn't as effective when it's two men.

Do you know this...Worldwide, more than 50 million tonnes of lubricants are consumed annually...lots of horny people out there.

 

[oggbashan]

If you had been more specific...

Liquid soap. It stung if insufficiently diluted but was effective.

Og

 

[Tom Collins]

If you had been more specific...

Liquid soap. It stung if insufficiently diluted but was effective.

Og

Yikes! I knew a guy who got a horrible rash from using soap with his wife. She did too.

 

[Stella_Omega]

It's starting to look like I might have to stick to Vaseline, or use something food based. *sigh*

It was Vaseline, primarily. Then there's Crisco, butter, baby oil- which doesn't work real well- Salad oils of whatever variety. No one talked about Olive oil back then, we weren't quite so heart-concious Honey was an exotic choice.
Food products were what was available!


Back when I was a fashion model, , in about '78, I had a rockabilly quiff for a photo. The hairdresser used KY jelly- I just cracked up. He said-"haven't you used this before?" I said- "well, yeah, but not on my head!"
After that, it was KY Jelly in all of the hairdresser's kits, untill someone started re-inventing hairgel. I never quite understood it.

 

[carsonshepherd]

LOL...extended foreplay isn't as effective when it's two men.

Do you know this...Worldwide, more than 50 million tonnes of lubricants are consumed annually...lots of horny people out there.

Vaseline is greasy but nice and slick. It has to beat Crisco *shudder*

 

[Tom Collins]

Vaseline is greasy but nice and slick. It has to beat Crisco *shudder*

Yeah. I'm afraid I'd keep hearing chicken frying.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Vaseline is greasy but nice and slick. It has to beat Crisco *shudder*

Pat Califia recommends Crisco over everything else, for heavy play- like anal fisting- In scenes like these, the frying sound is completely drowned out by the screams and moans of over-the-top pleasure

 

[zeb1094]

10 w 40 I know it's good for the car engine, don't know about sex.

Of course there was always cooking oil.

You might try a good medical journal from back then for some cutting edge lubs of the day.

 

[Tom Collins]

Pat Califia recommends Crisco over everything else, for heavy play- like anal fisting- In scenes like these, the frying sound is completely drowned out by the screams and moans of over-the-top pleasure

OH MY GOD! You are so increadably nasty! Meet me under the mistletoe?

 

[Stella_Omega]

OH MY GOD! You are so increadably nasty! Meet me under the mistletoe?

... I keep getting kicked off-line...
Damnit, you asked the question, all I did was answer!
What kind of story are you writing, anyway? A little more vanilla than that, obviously...

 

[Tom Collins]

... I keep getting kicked off-line...
Damnit, you asked the question, all I did was answer!
What kind of story are you writing, anyway? A little more vanilla than that, obviously...

A photographer and a teacher in 1960's Frisco. I think it might be obvious from an earlier post of mine that it's a couple guys.

 

[Stella_Omega]

A photographer and a teacher in 1960's Frisco. I think it might be obvious from an earlier post of mine that it's a couple guys.

Oh yes, but there are flavours, you know

 

[Tom Collins]

Oh yes, but there are flavours, you know

Ok, since you already know at this point, Stella, this is for the edification of anyone else who might be interested. A young painter/photographer(early 20s) and an older public school teacher(mid 40s) hook up because of the artist's work. A story has a life of it's own, so I can't be more specific than that......besides if I told it all here, who would read it? lol