MD Meet "Mildew Ponies" Before and After!

[Elisto]

Let's see pictures of the free "mildew ponies"!

I'll start with the ones I took, which were ones I picked out at the start of the meet, plus I took the leftovers no one wanted at the end of the meet:

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First, a quick rinse with hot water, then a bath with washing soda, borax, and peroxide and some quick scrubbing:

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Still kind of gross, so after a second bath with the same stuff and more scrubbing:

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Their tails are still drying after having major rust removed, so they're not in the picture.
Most still need sunfading, but they're so much better! I actually don't have a few of these, and I think Lickety Split is even going to be an upgrade for me, since my current one has white hair!

How have the others cleaned up?

[Jadis4742]

Great job, Elisto!

[teresat]

That's amazing. Great job!

[Sternenstaub]

Great job!!

[RedheadedBeauty]

Those are so amazing results!

[Buddafly]

my 3 have been washed and scrubbed, but nothing else yet since they're twinkle eyes - and the eyes are still perfect.  I got some good tips for cleaning them safely, I just haven't gotten that far yet.

[Elisto]

Yeah, I saw the finish on the Twinkle Eyes still looked really nice!

Normally, I don't wash ponies like I did here. I usually clean each pony individually with a toothbrush and soap or toothpaste, and don't soak them, especially if they're TE or have glitter or anything else that can be damaged. Easier to make sure they stay intact I think, but here, they were so dirty and there were so many, this just made more sense, even though I really do enjoy cleaning ponies.

[ShannonInPonyland]

It always amazes me when people restore ponies, especially the ones that most people wouldn't even bother with.
They all look fabulous. Congrats on the bunch!
I wish I was better at restoring ponies.

[hyenacub]

Wow, what a difference!  Congrats!

[FarDreamer]

Those are looking great!  I'll make sure Donna (that's the lady who gave them to me to pass on) gets to see the before and afters.  She'll be so happy!   

[Buddafly]

here are mine so far

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[celticowgirl88]

They are looking great! They sure were gross before :/

[kamakazee82]

oh gosh! such a dramatic change! it's amazing what a little scrubbing can do! lol i took home a few ponies from my old manager, cleaned them up and brought them back for her to see, and she swore up and down they weren't the same ponies she gave me, til i turned em over for her to see her initials on their feet, still bled into the plastic and everything lol i gave em back to her since i had them all already and really just wanted to surprise her with nice once again minty ponies lol

i love seeing tales of resotres, so many people would have just pitched them all

that glory looks magnificent! mine is balding and has virtually no symbol left lol just super amazing job! and you know about using toothpaste to get the rust off the tails right? i'm sure you do, but it's magic if you didn't know! lol (and the ponies smell wonderful afterwards lol)

[hathorcat]

What a fantastic improvement! Wow...

[Elisto]

Buddafly, those TE are looking nice!

Personally, I don't feel like I can call these "restores" since I feel like that makes it sound like I put way more effort into this than I actually did! I haven't gotten to any "fixing" yet! (Although some are in the window now waiting for sun)