Quote from: Chelsea7 on August 25, 2015, 10:58:43 AM

Does her hair type not show up on Dollyhair under the color listings?

Surprising not but using this site https://sites.google.com/site/mlphaircolorguide/ (which I only realized I had bookmarked a few hours ago) I could find the exact hair colour I would need. Which turned out to be Sour Grapes.

Quote from: Chelsea7 on August 25, 2015, 10:58:43 AM

I think for tinsel there are a couple of sites listed on the MLP Preservation Project page. Have you tried
Donna Bella Hair? I think there is a good variety of tinsel types on that site.

No, because this was the first time dealing with a pony that had tinsel in their hair. I have re-rooted and customized quite a few ponies but never a tinsel pony.
The site looks like it has what I'm looking for.

Thank you for your help!

Glad to help~
Make sure to post pictures when she's finished, I'd love to see how she comes out! ^^

Does anyone else have any advice for hair plugs? Or any restoration tips for that matter? I am a beginner and I am looking for pro tips on how to do the best job~

She looks so beautiful! I never thought how the flocking would make rehairing a So Soft kind of annoying. I wonder if there's some sort of tool you can use to get the hot glue inside the head without it smearing around too much? Some kind of cap for a glue gun? Perhaps if you were quick and precise about it you could use something long and thin to take the glue from the dispenser and smear it in a line along the inside?

Whatever you decide to go with, congrats on a beautiful restoration!

Thank you so much!
And yes, it was a glue gun. A cap would be a good idea; just so that I would be able to reach further inside the head to be able to reach the bases of the plugs. I'll have to look into it.
I am thinking maybe a Popsicle stick would be a good option for smearing the glue inside over the plugs, provided I move fast enough before the glue gets a chance to dry.

Thank you for the advice!

G1 Peachy

Last month I was in a grubby flea market at home when I saw this absolutely filthy Peachy sitting in a bin with a bunch of other dirty toys. I bought her and took her home, where I washed her (intensely) and conditioned her dull hair. Interestingly she was missing her tail and only a few parts of her forelock and mane. The rest of her mane remained intact, which led me to wonder why her hair was cut in certain places and ignored in others. Anywho, I bought Tea Rose from Dollyhair and gave it a shot. I only used the Dollyhair to fill in the plugs and make a tail, so some of the newer hair is a bit brighter than the old. Here is what I got!

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So-Soft Paradise *Summer 2015
So recently I completed my first restoration of an MLP doll. She's an 80's So Soft Paradise, and was in pretty lousy condition when I purchased her. Her coloration had dulled to a beige instead of her normal white, and someone had cut the top part of her mane and forelock off. The hair may have also been trimmed in other places, and it was pretty faded and formless. After much restyling of her hair, I decided I wanted to just try my luck at restoring her and so I did.
 
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I then proceeded to place her in a hydrogen peroxide bath for about 3+ weeks. I also removed her hair. I barely lost any flocking, and this was the result! She isn't completely brilliant white, but is a lot less yellow than previously.
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I ordered some Firebird from Dollyhair, and I used a curved sewing needle to rehair her. This is the final result.
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Voila! Let me know what you guys think. I also need some advice; I wasn't really able to secure the new plugs in her mane all that well, and I was wondering, does anyone know a good way to do it? I tried hot glue but it started making a mess so now I figure as long as I am incredibly careful with her hair I will be able to avoid losing hair. In the future, however, I am hoping to avoid this and actually have some way of keeping the plugs from falling out. Please let me know if anyone has any tips!

Welcome to the Arena

G2's are awesome!!! Hopefully you will share some pics with us of your childhood collection.  So nice that you have them still.

I'm also an Otter nut!!! So totally jelly you get to work with animals

Thanks! I'll make sure to post their pics ^^
I lucked out enough that they haven't been damaged by wear or time.

And otters are adorable~