Show me your restorations!!

[Artemesia's Garden]

I have heard that you can use rubbing alcohol, but heres some more information:

Paint and Sunfading tutorial: http://mlparena.com/index.php/topic,288994.0.html

Mlppreservationproject:  http://www.mlppreservationproject.com/body.html#SunFading

Cool, thank you! Will try it on the bottom of a hoof first

[Chakatai]

So... here's my poor Main Sail before:

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And here she is now:

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She's done some quite intense sunbathing over the past months... There's still a scissor/knife mark over her boats (you can see it in the after-photo if you squint) and her other eye is worn, but I'm not sure if I'm going to fix either of these things. She also had a giant, smudged and dark ink mark with initials on her other side, but my old memory card broke with the photos of it still inside, and as it had already faded when that happened, I just... didn't bother to take another picture. The seller also didn't show that one particular blemish. Oh well! She's a lot better now!

[Annie]

I absolutely LOVE looking at restorations. It's amazing how ponies that seemed doomed can be restored to their former glory! 

I always forget to take photos of my restorations but I have these old photos of a Sunburst that had scribbles of ballpoint pen pretty deep in his plastic in his ears that I manage to fade away completely:

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[Kikwifluff]

So... here's my poor Main Sail before:

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And here she is now:

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She's done some quite intense sunbathing over the past months... There's still a scissor/knife mark over her boats (you can see it in the after-photo if you squint) and her other eye is worn, but I'm not sure if I'm going to fix either of these things. She also had a giant, smudged and dark ink mark with initials on her other side, but my old memory card broke with the photos of it still inside, and as it had already faded when that happened, I just... didn't bother to take another picture. The seller also didn't show that one particular blemish. Oh well! She's a lot better now!

 Wow!! She's gorgeous

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These look amazing!

[NightGliderSA]

I love this thread! 

Here is my contribution:
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Munchy is lying on the floor because she arrived covered in cat wee. True.

First pony I have ever received that has had an immediate Spa Day. Inside she was full of some brown slimy stuff:

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And here she is now:
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That is a donor tail she is wearing there from a poor Cherries Jubilee that had been chomped up by a dog. Cherries is still with me, but now she is a Spring pony called Cherry Blossom and is sporting a whole new Look. My first attempt at customisation, which I might one day be brave enough to show in the correct forum.

[orangepeachmango]

@nightgliderSA - im MORTIFIED to see the condition that munchy came to you in! she looks MUCH happier now, im so glad you were able to clean her out!

and speaking of nightglider, my restoration i posted about just the other day is worth showing agian.
its amazing what a bath and detergent can do. i keep taking her off my shelf and just petting her...
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from flea market nasty to beautiful~
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aboslutely no other marks or flaws.

[NightGliderSA]

@nightgliderSA - im MORTIFIED to see the condition that munchy came to you in! she looks MUCH happier now, im so glad you were able to clean her out!

and speaking of nightglider, my restoration i posted about just the other day is worth showing agian.
its amazing what a bath and detergent can do. i keep taking her off my shelf and just petting her...
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from flea market nasty to beautiful~
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aboslutely no other marks or flaws.

Definitely worth showing again - stunning pony that! I am not biased at all of course 

[ChipsteRJ]

Seller photos... I got her for real cheap $15:
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My photo:

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After:
Meadowsweet was hopeless- I still need to upgrade her
Lucky Leaf was a hard lesson to learn- I didn't protect the symbol thus fading it significantly

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[Haruna]

I love seeing everyone's pictures! With advice from some members here, I've been able to start restoring this Baby Sugarberry. It was so sad to see such a rare pony in that condition. I've removed the ink from around her eyes through sunfading, and whitened her body in the process. It took weeks! Next up: her left eye. I'm not great at eye paint, so we'll see how that unfolds.

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Poor Baby Sugarberry. She looks like someone punched her in the eyes. She cleaned up nice.

[ColdRuru]

Some of those are REALLY impressive, good work you all!!

[Leave a Whisper]

I love this thread! 

Here is my contribution:
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Munchy is lying on the floor because she arrived covered in cat wee. True.

First pony I have ever received that has had an immediate Spa Day. Inside she was full of some brown slimy stuff:

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And here she is now:
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That is a donor tail she is wearing there from a poor Cherries Jubilee that had been chomped up by a dog. Cherries is still with me, but now she is a Spring pony called Cherry Blossom and is sporting a whole new Look. My first attempt at customisation, which I might one day be brave enough to show in the correct forum.

Why did she arrive in cat wee?

[NightGliderSA]

I love this thread! 

Here is my contribution:
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Munchy is lying on the floor because she arrived covered in cat wee. True.

First pony I have ever received that has had an immediate Spa Day. Inside she was full of some brown slimy stuff:

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And here she is now:
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That is a donor tail she is wearing there from a poor Cherries Jubilee that had been chomped up by a dog. Cherries is still with me, but now she is a Spring pony called Cherry Blossom and is sporting a whole new Look. My first attempt at customisation, which I might one day be brave enough to show in the correct forum.

Why did she arrive in cat wee?

No, I really have no idea. She was just covered in old, sticky, disgusting cat wee when I unwrapped the parcel. Also Wigwam, who I bought from the same seller. There is no mistaking that smell. 

[Leave a Whisper]

I love this thread! 

Here is my contribution:
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Munchy is lying on the floor because she arrived covered in cat wee. True.

First pony I have ever received that has had an immediate Spa Day. Inside she was full of some brown slimy stuff:

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visitors can't see pics , please register or login


And here she is now:
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That is a donor tail she is wearing there from a poor Cherries Jubilee that had been chomped up by a dog. Cherries is still with me, but now she is a Spring pony called Cherry Blossom and is sporting a whole new Look. My first attempt at customisation, which I might one day be brave enough to show in the correct forum.

Why did she arrive in cat wee?

No, I really have no idea. She was just covered in old, sticky, disgusting cat wee when I unwrapped the parcel. Also Wigwam, who I bought from the same seller. There is no mistaking that smell. 

That's disgusting!