To deflock or not to deflock

[Baby Sugarberry]

Surprise is another one I wouldn't bother deflocking since she already has a NSS version.    But anyway, when I deflocked I usually used acetone.  You don't dip the pony in it, you put some on a cotton ball or whatever and gradually scrub away the flocking.  IIRC I used a bucket of hot water, too.  Acetone the pony for a bit, dunk it in the hot water to get rid of loose flocking.

I am not someone who de-flocks but isn't acetone dangerous for eyes and symbols?

Acetone will dissolve paint, yes.

[LadyMoondancer]

Acetone does dissolve paint . . . but the first time I used that method I was deflocking a ratty SS to use as a custom base and I actually stripped off all the flocking without damaging the blush or symbols.  I had to scrub with additional acetone to remove the symbols.

Nevertheless I was more cautious with later deflocks (because I wanted to keep them as 'themselves') and on those I did the acetone around the symbol, then scraped off the fur over the symbol using just hot water and scrubbing.