Doll restoration

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Dolls needing split repair Today I got a bunch of dolls repaired using hard plastic epoxy. When a hard material doll has a split or is...

My sister is the reason I have ventured into the world of dolls. She collects and rescues dolls. Her speciality is hard plastic and vinyl dolls from the 1950's and 1960's; although she adopts...

Blogging makes me weirder. My friend told me her son drew all over her childhood baby doll with a pen, and my first response was to excitedly ask "Could I borrow the doll?" I did have a legitimate reason for asking- we're testing a permanent ink remover for review and I had not yet tried it on a doll. So wee Elizabeth came to visit (I can't say young Elizabeth as she's almost as old as I am). The young artist in residence had tattooed her with a giveaway ballpoint pen. He didn't just doodle…

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I found these 2 lovelies at a thrift store for $1.99 each! They are American Girl Doll Bitty Baby twins As you can see both...

A very nice girl in Canada sent me these rather tragic My Child dolls. Both were very stained, with gerying faces and hands. The dark-haird one even had some food substance all over her face, neck and chest. I decided I needed to save these poor gals, post haste! I stripped them down and prepped a cocktail of detergent and fels naptha paste, which I applied with a toothbrush to all the messy spots. You might recall this post where I show my new method of spot-cleaning my stuffed animals…

Oh no! Your doll has a stain! A word about prevention… Unsightly and upsetting stains can be caused by shoes, tights, fabrics, eve...