Piggy Restoration - lashes, sunfading, missing plugs

[tuneful87]

I have an Algodoncete, and to be honest, I'm just not in love with him. I think part of the reason is the hair. It's so brittle and dry and it just looks blah. I've already removed the head and cleaned the rust off the tail. There are also some rust stains beneath his hooves, and he is missing 21 or so plugs at the bottom of his mane. Personally, I would like to just give him a new lease on life with pretty hair so that he looks halfway decent alongside the other piggies (all of whom have gorgeous hair).

I know doing do will devalue him, but I just want him to look his best! And I don't plan on selling.

Have you rehaired any hard to find Nirvanas? And if so, what was the point where you decided to go for it? I'm so unsure what to do with him!

P.S. What's the best kind of glue to seal a Nirvana's head after cleaning tail rust? I don't want to cause any damage.

[Lady Starflower]

Well ultimately it's up to you, if he bugs you so much as is I say go for it. Just be sure to mark the bottom of his feet as a rehair just in case he changes hands at some point.

Personally it'd take a lot for me to rehair a Nirvana (I'm talking buzz cut like that group of Argies that just ended on eBay). But my policy when buying is that they have to have at least half their mane or I won't buy, unless it's a super huge want or super hard to find pony).

Good luck with your decision and if you go for it we wanna see pics

[pinkkittywinks]

I tend not to reseal heads unless the neck seam has split or the head is very loose.

It is up to you if you choose to rehair your pony or not. He is YOUR pony after all Perhaps you could sell him and upgrade? BUT you might have to wait a while for a nice one to come up.

Love pkw xxx

[LadyGuinevere]

For me, I always prefer hair to be original, even if it's not so good. I would be inclined to suggest upgrading as well, but he is your pony so the decision is yours The only thing would be if you still don't bond after the rehair, and then did decide to sell.

[ladygodiva]

I have a 'Snuzzle "piggy. The hair is damaged, but I could improve a bit. I thought about making a rehair, but personally I think it shows much difference between the old and the very new pony hair. Ask him to ladypinkweel, she bought a pony piggy hairless and made a rehair. Ask him where he bought pictures and hair (I guess in dollyhair) and so you can get an idea of how the rehair left.
I translated with google translator and it may be that the translation is not good.

[mlp4me]

The only nirvana's I've re-haired were Argies that had very sparse hair/cuts/missing plugs. My suggestion would be to root in what's missing and see how you feel after that. It's your pony so what you do to him is up to you. I do agree with you overall that ponies should look their best. (So I do a lot of restoring...)

[tuneful87]

Good points, everyone. I think perhaps I could try conditioning the hair a bit. I'm honestly not sure if I ever did. The one thing that also bothers me about this pony is that the head does not sit perfectly flat since I removed it to rid the pony of tail rust. But I'm not sure what sort of glue to use.

[mlp4me]

I have a mexican cotton candy who looks hilarious because her head is popping out. So I understand what you're saying. I never glue heads back on, but that's just my preference. How about some pics so we can see the hair Tuney?

[tuneful87]

I have a mexican cotton candy who looks hilarious because her head is popping out. So I understand what you're saying. I never glue heads back on, but that's just my preference. How about some pics so we can see the hair Tuney?

For you? Anything!

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In reality the hair could be much, much worse. But all my other piggies have soft gorgeous hair so this is the odd one out. I don't think I will reroot but I would like to condition it.

Two other piggy restoration questions:

- Has anyone run into problems sunfading piggies? The Rayito I just acquired has a permanent mark on its nostrils and hooves and I would like to try fading. However, I know Rayito's symbols are prone to wearing/fading so I want to be extra careful. I would of course wrap her in cloth and then tin foil with the exception of the area I'm trying to fade.

- Has anyone successfully restored a piggy's lashes? My Rayito has problems in both eyes. Right eye has cut lashes and left has a few lashes bunched up and hardened so that her eye gets stuck if you lay her down.

[mlp4me]

His hair isn't bad at all! I think conditioner and a flat iron will do wonders. :o)
His head isn't too bad either. I can totally understand why you'd want to glue him back together, that's a gap that should easily stay once glued. A lot of customizers use  a bit of crazy glue.

Have a moment. I got this one from Himmie. I love her weirdness. LOL.
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[tuneful87]

His hair isn't bad at all! I think conditioner and a flat iron will do wonders. :o)
His head isn't too bad either. I can totally understand why you'd want to glue him back together, that's a gap that should easily stay once glued. A lot of customizers use  a bit of crazy glue.

Have a moment. I got this one from Himmie. I love her weirdness. LOL.
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I know, it's not terrible. But compared to the other piggies, his is dreadful!

Crazy glue...I think I have some too.

That poor Cotton Candy...it's like she's in the middle of being guillotined.