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Title: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: relcelestia on May 02, 2012, 07:29:37 AM

i was just looking at my childhood herd.. some could use a lil magic eraser, sunfading, hair conditioning/styling...
some even have the beginnings of cancer so i woul dhave to boil them
 
but im conflicted about weather i should...
 
what do you do?

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Einhornbaby on May 02, 2012, 07:32:29 AM

It depends on the flaw :) Id never reroot any of my childhood ponies (they dont have nasty haircuts, only some frizz ...) but if there was a mark which could easily be removed, Id do it. Some of my ponies do have marks I still remember from back then and how they got them. I dont remove those.

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: TheGreatSpid on May 02, 2012, 07:37:55 AM

It depends for me, if I can fix them up without potentially ruining them, then I go ahead and do it. But major things like re-rooting I pass on.

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: mlp4me on May 02, 2012, 07:40:00 AM

Mine are still pretty clean, I only had one that I had to give a new forlock (but that's how I felt about my SHS...).

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on May 02, 2012, 07:48:44 AM

I've scrubbed the dirt and removed stray marks.  I've sunfaded pen off them.  But I don't think I would ever re-hair!

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Brightglowpony on May 02, 2012, 08:21:22 AM

I've been conflicted whether or not to clean my childhood ponies as well.  lol.  I have cleaned some of them I got during later childhood, but I have never retouched or restyled my first ponies.  They could use a shampoo and a magic eraser, but I remember playing with them for hours and like Sugarminty said, I even remember how some of those marks got there so I don't think I would have the heart to remove them! 

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Sarah-Bee on May 02, 2012, 10:35:06 AM

If I still had mine I think the only thing I'd do would be to clean dirt of them, anything else would have to stay as it was ;)

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Chi on May 02, 2012, 10:38:53 AM

I don't have any childhood ponies left over, but I do have childhood breyer horses that could use some work/repainting/resculpting/reshaping. I don't think I could bring myself to do it, though. I believe the flaws are what make them...them! If I were to somehow find my childhood Sky Skimmer, I do remember she has one eye missing a jewel and a scratch on her symbol from my cat. I would still not fix her because she was just fine for me as a child, so she should stay that way. :)

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Frenzy on May 02, 2012, 10:44:57 AM

I think I am in the same boat as most people on here. I have magic eraser-ed and conditioned their hair, but I have a Bouquet with pen marks that I was eager to sunfade at first, but just can't bring myself to for some reason. I think it may be because I actually have a faint memory of when I sat on the kitchen floor in my old house and drew all over her, though don't ask me why I thought it was a good idea at the time because I can't remember that for the life of me!

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Jadis4742 on May 02, 2012, 10:57:52 AM

Nope, not me -- I love my childhood ponies, dirt, chew marks, electrocuted hair and all!

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This reminds me -- I need to put out a PSA for my childhood ponies! They would have a star or a heart mark on their hooves, maybe with a JEN or JES as well.

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Moondancer1073 on May 02, 2012, 11:03:43 AM

Washing the dirt off, styling their hair and a lil magic eraser is as far as I've gone with mine.  I have no re-rooted any. 

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: LadyStarCatcher on May 02, 2012, 11:13:52 AM

I've cleaned mine and styled their hair but that's all. I have a few well loved as ponies who could use a deflock, but I just can't bring myself to do it.

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: PandoraFox on May 02, 2012, 11:17:00 AM

I actually ended up on this forum because I was looking for a way to clean up my childhood herd.
I need to continue that project actually. >> I get sidetracked easily.

I found my herd a while back, in the attic above our shed, where they'd fallen out of their stable and the mice had run all over and through them. They were terribly dirty due to that, and their hair was an absolute mess. Any marks they may have from childhood play, are firmly buried under a layer of grime. Since they need extensive cleaning and styling anyways, not to mention rust removal at times, I've decided to go all the way and restore them to the best of my ability. Luckily I wasn't one for cutting hair, so that's a non issue.

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: hathorcat on May 02, 2012, 11:26:54 AM

Alas I have none of mine any more...but I think if I did have them they would get a good clean and defrizz but no restoration if symbols or blush or hair needed work...

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Aienhime on May 02, 2012, 11:28:51 AM

It depends. I do wash them and rub surface dirt off and I cleaned some on the inside to get rid of rust, but you won't find me rehairing or repainting childhood ponies :)

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: terpsichore07 on May 02, 2012, 11:47:34 AM

I have some of my ponies and I have been cleaning them.  I will clean them inside and out and replace the washers as they did do tubby time with me.  They never got hair cuts or coloured by me, I took pretty good care even though I did play with them.  So any marks do not hold memories and I try to remove them.  If there is frizzy hair, I do try to fix it as if I knew how to as a child, I would have as I hated if one of my ponies hair frizzed (and only a couple did).  I am not planning on restoring symbols/eyes or any hair loss that may have occurred as that is where the love came in.  Same goes for flocking.  I just cannot leave them dirty or in a state that may make them deteriorate as I tried as much as I could being a young child to take care of my things and now I want them to be able to last, plus I hate dirt.  Lol. 

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Vintergatan on May 02, 2012, 11:57:47 AM

I´ve cleaned mine. Fortunately, they don'T have cancer or tail rust, despite being my fav bath toys :P Some have haircuts and I would not reroot them though.

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Skeen on May 02, 2012, 12:09:15 PM

I wash and style them, but that's it.  I won't rehair (not that any have cut hair anyway) or repaint symbols.  I also don't display my childhood ponies with the rest of them (which means I have to have two of certain ponies, one for display and then my original) but that have to look good on their own.

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Emfen on May 02, 2012, 12:22:29 PM

I did rehair one of mine and rewing it too, coolbreeze looked depressing with her horrid hair. For me giving them donated hair is like putting makeup on. I did give my Sherbert some symbol touch up and donated hair for a plug, I love her to bits and she deserves to look fab!

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: tinrobo on May 02, 2012, 12:24:29 PM

I actually just rerooted a couple of plugs on my childhood baby cuddles today and I have been thinking about this, funny to see a topic about it now!

She had a rusty butt and I'd cut her forelock down to stumps so I wanted to correct those things because otherwise I don't feel I can display her. I got her out of the garage *years* ago and she's just been in a box under my bed ever since - which to me is sadder than fixing the things I did as a child. I know she's still the same pony that I loved as a child, even if she looks a bit different, and I can get more enjoyment out of her now when I see her lined up proudly alongside all my new acquisitions. I think my childhood self would have liked that. :)

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: banditpony on May 02, 2012, 12:38:46 PM

I would clean them. :/ Uh, cuz, it's gross not to. I would also comb out tangles, and even condition the hair, but I would leave the frizz.

Restore? No way. I leave the eye rubs, hair cuts, marks, rubbed flock,  battle wounds ;3

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Buttersketch on May 02, 2012, 01:03:10 PM

Most of them just got a bath, wiped with a magic eraser, maybe some Oxy Clean for the really grubby ones and had their hair styled.


But I've done more with a few. Scoops was my most extensive restoration of a childhood pony and she got the works: cleaned, repainted, new hair. I'm working on Pony Bride and her restoration will be almost as dramatic as Scoops was. I also plan on rehairing Baby Yo-yo, since her hair is just awful.

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: LittleHoneyPie on May 02, 2012, 03:54:42 PM

I know you didn't ask for pics, but... I recently restored my childhood Baby Moondancer, and I'm so proud of her. I cleaned her tail rust and glued her horn together because there was a gash in it. But I would not repaint her eye. I was considering giving her a little sun, too, but I am afraid; if she turned brown or something, it would be devastating.


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Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: hyenacub on May 02, 2012, 05:25:22 PM

Clean, definitely.  Eye rub, yes, because those bug me lol.  Symbol usually not.  Stains, I try to get rid of

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: flowersinherhair on May 02, 2012, 05:28:12 PM

When I was a new collector back in 2000, I was a bit eager to try out some restoration stuff and a couple of my childhood ponies became my guinea pigs... Bridal Beauty got a new tail and Strawberry Scoops got a partial repaint of her symbols. While I don't regret doing that, these days I'd rather leave things be. My childhood ponies have frizz, haircuts and worn-off symbols, but I'm content to not change anything; it sets them apart and makes them uniquely MY childhood ponies. However, I AM all for washing and combing! I want them to look as good as they can, despite their flaws! :)


Oh, and I'm also okay with upkeep on the restorations I did - the paint I used on Strawberry's symbols years ago was low quality and started to get weird, so I scrubbed it off and re-did it recently. Someday I'm going to get Bridal Beauty another new tail, because the one I put in wasn't MLP hair, and it feels different.

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: MoongazerThePony on May 02, 2012, 05:31:05 PM

I clean them, but if I wrote my name or my initials on on of her hooves, they stay.

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: babystarz on May 02, 2012, 05:54:10 PM

Yes! Although, I only have 2 surviving childhood ponies  :P I have Baby Starbow and Baby Tic Tac Toe. Baby Tic Tac Toe is actually in near mint condition still - her only flaw is some rubbing on her tooth paint. The only reason I washed her was to re-style her hair. Baby Starbow is in slightly rougher shape, and I've decided to sunfade her because she never was dirty, she was always a pristine white when I was a kid (can you tell I was really protective of my ponies?) so the slightly creamy color she's fading to isn't from childhood play and I don't feel bad about getting rid of it, because I'm restoring her to the condition she was always in in my memories. However, she does have this little mark on her forehead, it's like a stripe on a horse's forehead. As far as I know she's always had it, at least since I can remember so she either had it MOC or received it shortly thereafter. I won't ever try to take it off because that's what makes her my Baby Starbow ^^ So I guess that makes me a middle of the road sort?

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Elisto on May 02, 2012, 05:55:42 PM

Clean, yes (dirt, rust, stray pen if they had any, condition hair) and I have. Restore, no (repaint, rehair, resculpt). Maybe I'd sunfade, and if I could fix my Princess Brush n Grow's tail mechanism, I would, but that's probably about it. At the same time, though, I know I'd never sell them, so if I changed my mind, and attempted a restoration that didn't turn out so well, all that would mater to me is if I were happy with it.

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: BlackCurtains on May 02, 2012, 05:59:38 PM

I still haven't found mine in storage, but I do know that my childhood Raincurl has a mismatched head and body, her hair is terribly frizzy and since I played with her in the pool she probably has tail rust :lookround: Also, I never remember my Rosedust having pink hair.

If/when I find them, I'm going to fix them :) The only exception would be baby Firefly, who has a big ink stain on the side of her face. I remember that incident well... a pen exploded in my toy cube and it got everywhere. I'd leave that. *sigh* I really need to find them.

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: hlbmlp on May 02, 2012, 06:03:40 PM

ive been working on fixing up mine!  most only have surface dirt, but a few are missing plugs, so im unbalding them!!! I always felt bad for them as a kid.  I have a few very badly defuzzed so softs, but the spots missing fuzz are very memorable and i cant bring myself to deflock as i would with others. 

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: scarletjul on May 02, 2012, 06:22:10 PM

I actually just cleaned mine - all 2 of them (and a g2 Mcdonald's Sundance.)  :)

I have Raincurl and Sundance, whom I scrubbed with Magic eraser, washed and conditioned hair and so forth.  I also attempted to re-curl Raincurl's hair (it went okay.)  But I think this is as far as I would go.  They weren't in bad shape to begin with but even if they were, I wouldn't go into re-rooting or re-scultping on a childhood toy.  Those sort of things are part of the memory for me.  :)

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Cate_Dartfinger on May 02, 2012, 06:36:19 PM

When my girls came out of storage, they all got bathed, inside and out, hair washed and conditioned, and tail washers replaced. The girls that were bald, or had reeeeeeally bad cuts, all are getting rehaired, and the ones with bad symbol rubs/paint loss have gotten some touch ups. i was pretty nervous about starting restorations with my originals, so i practiced on some baity ones to get good at them. I'm mid-rehair on Medley, and shes already gotten her symbols re-glittered. I'll post pictures when shes done, but so far she looks fantastic!

All the good memories I have of playing with these ponies, fixing them up as best I can is the least I can do! (AND it helps satisfy my 'crafty gene')

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: ZennaBug on May 02, 2012, 10:31:40 PM

It depends on the "flaw."  Most of my childhood ponies came from the thrift store (we didn't have enough money when I was growing up for me to get them new), so had flaws when I got them.  To me, those aren't sentimental.  Like my poor childhood AJ who never had a tail!  I gave her one a couple years ago and she just looks so much happier!

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All of them got at least a trip to the spa and I tried to condition their manes back to being nice and shiny (most of them are actually in fabulous shape, I was very gentle with most of my toys when I was a kid).

The only flaws I won't correct are ones that have memories attached.  Like my childhood Little Flitter, Buttercup.  She was my favorite and is the most priceless pony in my collection (to me, at least).  Her hair is totally faded to white, but that's how I remember her (she was another thrift store pony, so she came to me with white hair).  I honestly didn't know she was supposed to have pink hair until I became a collector.  My entire LF army has gorgeous pink hair, but I will never ever repink Buttercup.

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Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Marlin on May 03, 2012, 12:42:23 AM

My childhood gals are so precious to me, that when I bought them out of their box and got the collecting bug they totally got the spa treatment!


I looked after them pretty well though, so they didn't really have any major problems, they were just a bit grubby and needed a clean. I did re-pink my Little Flitter, and of the ponies I kept, my first one, Bowtie, was the only one whose hair had gone frizzy. I tried to straighten it using the 'dip in boiling water and comb out' method, but her hair was so stubborn that in the end I just left what I couldn't improve. I've since bought straighteners to tackle other ponies who come into my collection that might need it, but I've never thought to subject Bowtie to it - I've decided she looks gorgeous as she is - well loved is the best way to describe it, right down my name still written on her hoof  ;)

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Marusu on May 03, 2012, 07:55:29 AM

I recently unboxed all my stored g1 ponies to inspect them and to see what clothes, ribbons and such I still have. I'll probably stick to some simple cleaning and maybe some minor hair styling. I never was one to cut the hair or to do anything rash with my ponies, so they are in a surprisingly decent state, despite being 15-20 years old. Might have something to do with the habit to braid their tails (unless they had pretty curls in it).

Seeing Lemon Drop with her fizzy hair reminds me of the many bath sessions I had with her as a kid, rehairing her would destroy many happy memories.
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Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: StarDapple on May 03, 2012, 09:22:18 AM

I just give them a bath if they need it.  I have a Hippity Hop that was given to me by a friend, and her hair had been trimmed and it has faded to white, but I have no desire to rehair her.  I think her having flaws makes her even more precious to me, because she is instantly recognizable as the one that was a gift.

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Koudoawaia on May 03, 2012, 10:37:49 AM

Mine are a bit beat up looking but I wouldn't want to touch them honestly. I want them to keep their old and well loved appearance.

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: bladed on May 03, 2012, 10:48:46 AM

I think its not necessary. I accidently sunfaded a faded hola stamp on lady flutters hoof from when I was iding all my ponies.
If I ever found my flurry, I'd never put her wing back in properly. Just slide it in like I used to.

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: lunar_scythe on May 03, 2012, 10:57:50 AM

they get surface cleaning and de-rusting, and Mimic got her symbols repainted, but that's it. no repinking, rehairing, or intense cleaning for those girls, they've been through too much already lol!

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: ashes on May 03, 2012, 11:00:46 AM

I've cleaned them, but not restored them.  My childhood Sunbeam could use restoration on her symbol, but I've never done anything like that before, so I'd rather keep her as she is, and then just look for one in better condition for display purposes. 

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Sonata on May 03, 2012, 01:09:19 PM

Well, personally, I always cleaned mine ever since I have them and they all look pretty nice. But I have three G2s with some haircuts (one was accidental, the others I actually meant it), but I won't fix them. I remember why it all happened and I like it that way. I think it all depends on what you want to do, really, and on the flaws themselves.

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Snapdragon on May 03, 2012, 10:33:37 PM

Personally, I hesitate to reroot any of my childhood ponies, because a lot of my memories of them are when they already had the buzzed hair! If my memories are of a buzzed Sweet Pop, well, it just wouldn't look like 'her' if she had a full head of gorgeous hair! (That's why we buy upgrades... XD)

I give all of my childhood ponies as much of a scrub as I can (including replacing rusty tail washers/scrubbing out their insides), but I don't do anything beyond "cosmetic" fixes. Chopped hair, missing parts, etc. - those stay, because they're more a part of the "personality" of that pony, I think. But you should do whatever feels right to you! They're your poneis, and you gotta live with them - so do what YOU want.

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Beldarna on May 04, 2012, 02:03:19 AM

Iv'e cleaned them up, removed some stray spots and so forth but no rehair or touch ups, except for my sisters two babies who both had tailrust. She liked to bath with them. The hair was a mess anyway so off with the rust an new hair on those. But nothing else. They even stand on a shelf of their own, away from the rest of the collection. They're my treasure.

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: OctoberFlash on May 04, 2012, 04:40:20 AM

For me it depends, although I only still own one of my childhood ponies and she was a G3. But she had nasty tinsel and dirt on her nose, so I cleaned it off and detinseled her. But that's just me ^^

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Cate_Dartfinger on May 04, 2012, 05:23:31 PM

uuuugh. I hate the tinsel.  :enraged:

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: tornadoe on May 05, 2012, 02:05:35 AM

for a long time I didn't, b a few years ago I rerooted peppermint crunch with doner hair and she now looks awesome.

In fact when I took her to the ponycon last year someone genuinly thought I had stolen her from someones stall!! yes she looked that good. I have also restored sweet pop and am currently working on lightning, thundercloud and argie butterscotch

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: BrightIdea on May 05, 2012, 02:10:49 AM

I washed some of mine and styled their hair nicer, but those are all things I did when I was a kid anyways.


I am afraid to clean Cherry treats though since she smells so nice.

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Scraleos on May 05, 2012, 05:33:18 AM

I have a Sundance from my childhood I really want to rehair. Her hair was just horrible. I'm trying to find someone to give her a new mane and tail. Give me a PM if your interested :)

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Emfen on May 06, 2012, 06:59:07 AM

I found some pics of my childhood NC Mommy apple delight that I posted on another forum last year. She was in played condition, pending to be considered bait. But I decided to give her a chance and clean her up and restore her(i.e. bleach her severe discolouration). Now she is one of the stars in my herd. :D

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Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Malancaiwen on May 06, 2012, 07:05:35 AM

I rehaired my childhood spanish baby Lemondrop with original MLP hair (adult lemondrop was the donor) ... oh! How I regret it!

I gave a good haircut to my most beloved ponies but I'll never rehair them now! Only surface cleaning was done.

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Emfen on May 06, 2012, 07:13:20 AM

Quote from: Malancaiwen on May 06, 2012, 07:05:35 AM

I gave a good haircut to my most beloved ponies but I'll never rehair them now! Only surface cleaning was done.

I never gave any of mine haircuts, nor did my sister it seems. I can't recall a pony we had that had a haircut. :/
But I did rehair Cool Breeze and restore her wings, sometimes I wonder if I did the right thing or not. She had Frizz-deluxe hair, so it looked like a birds nest.

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Cate_Dartfinger on May 06, 2012, 09:46:26 AM

Emfen, when you bleached your Mommy Apple Delight did you use actual bleach or another method? I have two ponies who have been impossible to get white, and your results were awesome!

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: keylimepony on May 06, 2012, 09:57:31 AM

I'm still waiting to recover most of my childhood herd from my parents house but the last time I looked through them I don't remember any train wrecks. Most will need a good brushing and maybe light surface washing. I know I had a Sun Glider with a tendancy to develop really tangled hair so that may take a lot of brushing and washing.

The only childhood pony I have with me now is Streaky and I was really surprised to see she was supposed to have gorgeous ringlets! I've had her since before I can remember and her mane and tail have always been braided. I guess my mom did that so Streaky's hair wouldn't get messy. I don't know if I will attempt to reset her curls since I've only ever known her with a braided tail and the colors of her mane in individual braids.

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Dyzarktarzk on May 06, 2012, 10:19:18 AM

Only a good bath and condition hair.  It's not in me to rehair my childhood ponies or do something major to them =)

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: Emfen on May 06, 2012, 12:17:37 PM

Quote from: Cate_Dartfinger on May 06, 2012, 09:46:26 AM

Emfen, when you bleached your Mommy Apple Delight did you use actual bleach or another method? I have two ponies who have been impossible to get white, and your results were awesome!

I used an acne cream containing 5% "benzoyl peroxide", it's called Basiron. _{(Further info in the spoiler)}

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Ponies that are pure white get slight yellow from it, but it seems some turns completely white(like my NC mommy). I did try some on my count-a-lot too, she got a light yellow stain on her butt instead of a bright pink mark. It works magic on ponies that are off-white, cream or some yellow ponies(sometimes light pink ones too, but it's risky). Other ponies will get light yellow staining. Also treated ponies are light sensitive, so after sticking my mommy in the window for some weeks I kept her in a shady area. My test subject Kiss Curl faded her saddle sores from neon pink to faint pink in strong sunlight under 2 hrs.
I heard that some collectors that used this method on any other color than white have gotten really bleached results (i.e. light stains).
I did use it on a Licketysplit, but I kept her indoors under normal- dim lamp light. It bleaches them a lot slower but the result is great so far.

Thanks, indeed my results were great. But it seems mom needs another treatment, the got slight pink discolouration still on some places. visitors can't see pics , please register or login

Title: Re: *POLL* Do you clean/restore your childhood ponies?
Post by: relcelestia on May 06, 2012, 02:45:29 PM

wow guys great response!
thanka for all the sweet stories and pics!

i think i should have made another option for the poll
i honestly NEVER thought anyone would rehair or retouch symbols of childhood ponies so maybe i would add that as an option.
the "sometimes" option has so many variations..

i think i may sunfade and clean the hair but thats it. even conditioner would make them smell different and the smell of them is half the sentiment!! :)