Original Author journeymanforum

Since one of the major pervasive wand myths is that you shouldn't use violet wands on broken skin (unhealed or temporary piercings) or internally, you'll probably be asked many questions or even get a bit of argument when you describe internal techniques or demonstrate playing with needles and piercings.

Internal play of course, carries more risk than playing externally.
Playing with broken skin, of course, carries more risk than playing with unbroken skin.

However, the differences between risk factors are not that great. Internal play and playing with broken skin are NOT inherently unsafe, any more than playing with a wand at all, is unsafe. {To be absolutely safe, don't play with electricity at all.}

But violet wand current is the safest electrical play current to play with, due to its extremely low amperage (less than 1 milliamp.) Other internal play electrical devices such as Folsom and PES have far higher output currents, and yet, even with their currents and amperage higher than a violet wand, they are safe to play with internally. Thus violet wands with their much lower currents, are even safer to play with internally than the higher current devices such as Rhimba, Folsom, PES, or Eros-tek.

The actual electrical current of violet wands is not an issue for internal play, since it is far lower than internal-designed toys such as e-stim described above. E-stim currents provided by those devices must be high enough to cause involuntary contractions to muscles in order to induce orgasm.

Additional risks in these advanced techniques are not because of violet wand output current. Where the additional risks come in are found in the advanced techniques documents: for internal play, breaking glass and unintentional burning are the additional risks. For playing with needles and piercings, unintentional burning is more of a risk than when playing with unbroken skin.

Since breaking glass is one of the additional risks in playing with wands internally, it is helpful to explain the difference in glass electrodes made specifically for internal play. While Eclectic Electric representatives have been known to drop their Dom electrodes on concrete floors to demonstrate their strength, you probably don't want to risk your own toys that way. Instead, you can describe two things that contribute to the strength of the glass used in modern internal violet wand electrodes.

Annealed glass versus tempered glass.

Annealed glass is what we know as regular glass, which when manufactured is allowed to cool slowly in an annealing chamber. All old violet ray electrodes are made of annealed glass. Annealed glass is fine for regular violet wand play, but should be considered too fragile for internal play.

Conversely, Fully Heat Tempered glass is up to four times as strong as annealed glass and resists breaking. Glass that is cooled regularly is under tension, thus its ability to fracture easily. The basic principle employed in the tempering process is to create an initial condition of surface and edge compression to overcome this natural tension in glass. This condition is achieved by first heating the glass, then cooling the surfaces rapidly. This leaves the center glass thickness relatively hot compared to the surfaces. As the center thickness then cools, it forces the surfaces and edges into compression. Wind pressure, missile impact, thermal stresses or other applied loads must first overcome this compression before there is any possibility of fracture. Each modern internal violet wand electrode has this tightly compacted molecular compression which protects the glass electrode from breaking.

The second factor contributing to safer internal play is the grade and type of glass used. Glass can be formed of different base materials; silica, borosilicate, quartz, soda lime, lead (lead crystal) etc. Depending upon the material used the glass made from the materials has different properties. Some glass base materials will allow for more expansion, some allow for more strength. Under normal circumstances, a glass made from quartz would allow infrared and ultraviolet to pass through, and one common application for quartz glass is in laser manufacturing. However, a modern internal violet wand electrode should use a quartz combination, so that a) the quartz contributes to the electrode strength b) the quartz allows the net charge to pass through but c) any ultraviolet and infrared wavelengths do NOT pass through. A blended glass such as this will reduce the risk of unintentional burns.

These two factors: fully tempered glass for strength, and a scientific blended glass to reduce the possibility of unintentional burns, has allowed for the advanced technique of internal violet wand play at almost no additional risk over regular play.

Just a note, there is usually another misperception about internal violet wand play. The common misperception is that it can not be felt when a violet wand electrode is used internally. People usually base this misperception on the knowing that when they are in firm contact with a body contact probe or electrode, they can not feel the charge.

Two things make it possible to experience a violet wand internal electrode.

1) Internal orifices are not in firm contact, they have folds and structural variations (think of holding a violet wand body contact pad LOOSELY in your hand....) thus arcing can be felt.

2) The tissues involved are much more sensitive than skin of the hand.

For this last reason this note is posted also. If someone tries out a violet wand electrode on their hand, they may be unhappy with its output. Internal violet wand electrodes are not designed to be used on the hand, but on much more sensitive tissues.

Tags: Wand | Secrets | Glass

Hits: 96 | Read more...