Shadowlark's Cleaning/Restoration Thread (PIC HEAVY)

[Kazzellin]

Okay, I was going to buy a bottle of rubbing alcohol specifically for use on ponies, and now I have to ask, are you using isopropyl rubbing alcohol, or ethyl rubbing alcohol.

I use isopropyl. Never tried ethyl and not sure if it would have any bad sad effects so I still to isopropyl

Awesome! Thanks!

[shadowlark]

Wozwers!!
That Pinwheel!

Not bad for $7.99, eh? She cleaned up nicely!

Apple Delight Family added to main thread!

[shadowlark]

BBE Baby Cuddles, Glittering Gem, Galaxy and Merry Treat added to the main thread! So happy with how white Merry Treat came out!

[The Little White Horse]

Wow! Lovely ponies!

[hathorcat]

Gosh! Amazing work again They look stunning.

[tealight]

I was wondering how you change the color and got them so clean I will try that.
For the cancer  I'm trying peroxided with sun fade. I read about it somewhere.
where do you get the hair to fix the tail? Thanks lovely herd

[shadowlark]

I was wondering how you change the color and got them so clean I will try that.
For the cancer  I'm trying peroxided with sun fade. I read about it somewhere.
where do you get the hair to fix the tail? Thanks lovely herd

Good luck with the cancer...let me know if it works!  I buy the hair from dollyhair.com

Post Merge: August 03, 2016, 04:18:17 PM

3 Italian Blossoms added to the main post. I'm so in love with the magenta one! What a beautiful colour combo!

[shadowlark]

Melody, Boysenberry Pie, and 3 Brazilian No Symbols (Parasol, Bubbles & Bow Tie) added to the main post! These are my first Brazilians, so my first experience with Brazilian hair. Wow, does it ever get frizzy!

[Shy Violet]

Love the new additions! They all look so beautiful

[Khayman81]

Wow! You do an amazing job on Them. Some, as you say, just need some water and soap. But others are totally different from the start.
Really, good job!

[shadowlark]

Thanks for all the lovely comments! 

Baby Drummer, BBE Baby Ribbon, Pina Colada and Flowerburst added to the main thread!

[aluke]

You have done such amazing work reviving all these ponies. If I didn't know better, I would think they came right off the card.

[LunaMoonCustoms1212]

so when you sunfade, do you paint over the eyes and symbol with just normal paint? Or is there something specific that you do.

[Artemesia's Garden]

Wow you are good with a flat iron! Mine gets too hot, I have to keep turning it off and on.

[shadowlark]

so when you sunfade, do you paint over the eyes and symbol with just normal paint? Or is there something specific that you do.

Yes, I paint over the eyes/symbols with just normal white acrylic paint and then remove it after with rubbing alcohol.  If it's just a small pen mark or something I'm trying to fade, I'll paint around the mark with paint and then cover the rest of the pony in aluminum foil so the only part getting any sun is the pen/marker.

Wow you are good with a flat iron! Mine gets too hot, I have to keep turning it off and on.

Thanks! I just make sure to keep the hair wet. I usually have to re-wet it every 2 or 3 sections cause the hair doesn't seem to hold the moisture very well. So I soak the hair, straighten 2 or 3 sections and then re-wet the hair still waiting to be straightened.