To restore or not to restore? That is the question

[NovelNerd]

I buy a lot of restoration project ponies since I find them fun. I cannot do all the like painting and other neat things, but I do like cleaning, sunfading and rehairing when necessary. I have a pretty flawed herd, but they please me.

I have a pair of them that have been sunfading a while and while staring at them the other day I felt a slight tinge of guilt. I'm half debating taking them out of the window and letting them keep their strange marks I'm fading. After all poor girls earned the battle scars from years of crazy children or who knows?  Ever have slight restoration remorse? Did you end up leaving them be? I might let these girls go on as they are instead of finishing them up.

[PurpleCheeseStick]

I have a BBE Lofty that I'm wondering whether or not I should customize... I managed to get most of the rust out of her eyes, but I'm still not sure, her body's turned to a nice creamish color (which I suppose some sunfading would help) however there are pink stains in her neck from the nail polish I cleaned off that was no doubt on there for more than ten years. Dunno how or IF I can get that out. 

[hathorcat]

Hmmmm....when it comes to removing marks no I haven't ever had any kind of remorse but then again I don't like to fix a pony up with eye or symbol touch-ups - "natural" restoration only lol if you know what I mean!

However, I have changed out a couple of original tails in the past for dollyhair replacements and I regret that on both ponies...looking back I would have preferred I had tried harder to remove all the remnants of rust and defrizzed better.

[PurpleCheeseStick]

However, I have changed out a couple of original tails in the past for dollyhair replacements and I regret that on both ponies...looking back I would have preferred I had tried harder to remove all the remnants of rust and defrizzed better.

Why, what happened? D:

[HavACrumpet452]

depends on the pony but most every one can be restored

[hathorcat]

However, I have changed out a couple of original tails in the past for dollyhair replacements and I regret that on both ponies...looking back I would have preferred I had tried harder to remove all the remnants of rust and defrizzed better.

Why, what happened? D:

Nothing I just wish I had kept the pony's hair original rather than replaced it with new hair and automatically devalue her a little. It was a lesson learned and I wouldn't do it again.

[Sugar]

Hey Maddie (and everypony!)

I'm having a bit of this feeling.  There are a few ponies I have with either initials or a name on the bottom of their hooves; I don't want to sunfade those away, 'cause all I can think of is in Toy Story 2, when Woody had Andy's name painted over.   I'm too sensitive for my own good, I think...

I also have a Sparkler with an issue (some little person with a marker drew her, um, some anatomic adjustments, shall we say?) but I'm more of a mind to keep it 'cause it's so funny.   Haven't yet made up my mind, but I've got until next summer when the sun gets more propitious to sunfading (it's carpy weather here now, all cold and rainy and blah).

[mlp4me]

No restore remorse. Might as well make them look their best!

[NovelNerd]

depends on the pony but most every one can be restored

Mmm not to confuse people. I wasn't asking if they could be restored just if they should.


Cat: I'm sorry to hear that. I've replaced some hair, but I have no regrets.

Purple: Isn't baby Lofty's body sort of a yellowy color anyway? I think it is. I'm sure sunfading would help it's sure doing wonders for my pen marked girls.

[PurpleCheeseStick]

Purple: Isn't baby Lofty's body sort of a yellowy color anyway? I think it is. I'm sure sunfading would help it's sure doing wonders for my pen marked girls.

Some of the pictures I've seen of her online make it hard to tell D: either way, that darn nail polish won't be coming off until probably next summer  lskdjfkldsjfksdlf /flails angrily at children who had her before me

Also, Cat, I'm sorry to hear that. :c I think I'll only rehair ponies if absolutely necessary (mainly cause I'm lazy but also cause I learned something from you, that that decreases their value) In cases like my Rosedust though, it's pretty unavoidable... /stares at her buzz cut 

[hathorcat]

Lol yes a buzz cut gives you little choice but new hair!

But honestly if you ever encounter just a plug or 2 in a mane which needs replaced or a pony has a need for a new tail, I personally now try and pick up a bait pony and use their tail to replace the mane plugs or replace the tail.

And yes Baby Lofty is a creamy yellow in colour

[Ivy]

I've never had remorse over restoring a pony - but there are a couple of ponies in my herd that I'll never restore - isn't that funny. My Childhood Firefly for example - missing her tail - battered and bruised but she displays proudly with the rest of my herd.
But those are my memories that are stored with her. However, any lost or wayward pony that comes to me through other channels - well my memories aren't attached to them and I want to make them feel like a star again! So yes I do my best to fix them up!

[lunar_scythe]

*grins* I look for 'well loved' ponies more than mint; I think those are the most precious ones!  They get cleaned up and their hair gets conditioned and de-frizzed, but that's it, no heavy restoration.

I don't mean the ones where the owner didn't care about it and wrote all over it, but the ones who were loved and played with over the years and show it.  They are sunfaded, slightly dingy, dry hair, usually have marker on a foot(their owner didn't want to chance loosing them!), and at one time, they were someone's favorite toy that went everywhere with them.

[Lady.Arachnia]

I love to pick up "baity" ponies and then care fully wash them and pamper them with conditioner and straigthner and try to de-spot them as much as possible.
But i have not try to sunfade...and i find a faint spot on a pony no big deal.
The are vintage and played with so it gave them some more caracter i think.
I even spray a little perfume on their hairs before i put them in the cabinet....*blush*
Yes i'm carefull with that...i spray it from a distance and only on the tip of the tail. I begun to do this with ponies i found who where very moldy and how i wash and de-stink them after a while they get that smell a little bit back...