I can't believe I'm asking this... need advice on stage semen.

Wet stuff water based lubricant and cornstarch - Wet stuff is stringy... Haven't tried it but I'm thinkng that once it dries you only have to brush off the corn starch. costumes may not have to be washed after everyperformance.

I can't believe I'm attempting to answer this.
 
Wet stuff water based lubricant and cornstarch - Wet stuff is stringy... Haven't tried it but I'm thinkng that once it dries you only have to brush off the corn starch. costumes may not have to be washed after everyperformance.

I can't believe I'm attempting to answer this.
I can't either... he's already done with the show :lol:
 
Would you believe I googled "stage semen" and this was the only hit I got? Yes, I suppose you would.

Glycerine and cornstarch? Cool. I'm going to find this very useful. For what? you ask. Sorry. I really really really don't want to tell you, and you really really really really don't want to know. I do promise that no human degradation will be involved, or at least none that isn't earnestly desired.

I do feel a nitpicky need to point that vegetable glycerin is chemically identical to the kind made from animal products. The only reason ever to specify vegetable glycerine is if you have issues with (straining to avoid a double entendre) using animal products.
 
Welcome to the Booth @redface! You have picked an interesting topic for your first post! Actually it doesn't really surprise me that we were the only hit for this topic. We discuss a lot of weird things here, although this is definitely one of the more unique ones.

For everyone else, note this is a three year old topic. So, the original situation has been dealt with, but as always, feel free to join in if you have something new to add, or find yourself needing to solve a similar problem.
 
If you don’t need buckets worth Corn Huskers Lotion is very convincing.
 
Wow, yeah, we have interesting jobs, don't we?

In the interest of helping those that might come across this post in the future (see what I did there?), there are several commercially available lubricants that would work. A buddy in the adult film industry tells me that Spunk brand (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GHMU8LQ/?tag=controlbooth-20) is commonly used for uh, special effects.

They do have the advantage of being marketed for human use, and won't spoil at room temperature, so there's an advantage over DIY recipes. They can get expensive however.

Side note, I once sold a Mythbusters show runner 16 bottles of J-Lube, a veterinary obstetrical lubricant. Each bottle of powder makes 6-8 gallons. I was never sure which episode that wound up on. And you thought justifying your expense card statements at work was hard!
 
First message @LGB - did you sign up just to post that (totally worth it)?

Yes, admittedly. I enjoyed reading this post and thought this is the only way I could contribute: Helping others to have this older but important post get some staying power.

A bit premature to discharge my thoughts here, maybe? Coming to this forum from a search engine, I didn't mean to spam it, but a bit of a climax when I thought it really needed to be sticky.

Fallacious, at best, as I am not even in the business of stage and theatre stuff, though I have a good friend who is an expert in the area.

On a different note: What do you use to clean up the actors/actresses - facial tissues? I always wondered why it was called a "facial", but I think I know now.
 
Side note, I once sold a Mythbusters show runner 16 bottles of J-Lube, a veterinary obstetrical lubricant. Each bottle of powder makes 6-8 gallons. I was never sure which episode that wound up on. And you thought justifying your expense card statements at work was hard!

That would be "slipping on banana peels".. They made a "skating rink" covered in banana peels to see how slippery it was racing from cone to cone, then they did the same thing after covering the course in J-Lube (distributed by water guns of course!) as the comparison.. It was comical! They used it in another later episode too but I can't recall what it was for.
 

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