Nowadays, the demand for stress-relief daily goods keeps growing. Squishy toys are deeply loved by people of all ages for their soft texture and calming effect. Many handmade creators and toy manufacturers wonder which raw material can create such cloud-like tender touch for squishies. The answer is food-grade two-part platinum-catalyzed liquid silicone, the most widely accepted eco-friendly substrate for soft stress-relief toys currently.
This special liquid silicone is a two-component silicone elastomer cured by platinum catalyst. After blending Part A and Part B in proper proportion, it will cure into flexible and soft elastic silicone. Compared with ordinary cheap silicone materials, its advantages lie in safety and convenient operation.
In terms of safety, it meets food-contact standards completely. The material is odorless without harmful substances precipitating out, safe for long-term skin contact. It owns outstanding high-temperature resistance and stable chemical properties. Finished squishies will not turn yellow, harden or crack after long-time storage, with long service life, satisfying people’s safety requirements for portable stress toys.
For handmade and mass production, the silicone features ultra-low viscosity and powerful self-defoaming ability. Bubbles generated during stirring will disappear automatically, no vacuum pump or professional defoaming equipment is required. Even beginners can pour the mixed silicone into molds directly for curing. Demolding is smooth without sticking, effectively reducing defective products and production costs.
The material brings premium touching experience: cured silicone supports over 30 times compression ratio, delivering fluffy airy feeling while pressing. It features moderate rebound speed with smooth resistance-free recovery. Repeated squeezing won’t cause permanent deformation, perfectly fitting the decompression function of squishy toys.
With comprehensive excellent physical properties, food-grade platinum liquid silicone is widely used in DIY handmade crafts and mass production of commercial squishy toys. As consumers pay more attention to material safety and tactile experience, this eco-friendly, easy-to-process silicone will remain the mainstream raw material for soft stress-relief toys, promoting the high-quality development of handmade creation and toy industry continuously.