
How Condoms Work
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The Unsettling Truth About Condoms
Liquid latex goes in vats and then you've got the formers which are glass or ceramic molds of a penis. And they're on a conveyor belt. Dip it into the bat. Get it, turn it in circle to get a nice even coating. Dry it out and then maybe a second or third dip to make sure it's thick enough. Then it's into the tunnel oven for vulcanization. It has all of those zinc oxide and the sulfur in it to help it vulcanize. So when it's exposed to heat, it becomes stronger. But apparently after vulcanizing, the condoms are taken off of the formers, right? And they are washed
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