MD Meet "Mildew Ponies" Before and After!

[MoongazerThePony]

Though, truthfully, I'm a little put-off when people equate dirty with "baity" or in need of restoration... we all wash our clothes, or at least try to, not cut them up or get rid of them just because they're dirty, I hope!

Can I use this quote in my signature? It's so true!!

[Elisto]

Uh, sure, lol! I hope I didn't offend anyone who was planning on baiting them though!

Also, that symbol-less baby is Ember. She's the only one like that. And yes, you can sunfade non-white ponies. It works really well on yellowing/discoloration (which all of mine do have). I have all my ponies in a window right now, except Bow Tie...I'm afraid she might be too dark to sunfade safely, but I'm going to try it to see what happens when I have space.

Edit: Oh, right, and the borax/washing soda/soap/peroxide I mentioned is actually my home-made laundry detergent!

[lizstaley]

I smartly went to Dream Valley to identify Ember, but it's nice to get confirmation! I was worried that maybe her symbol had rubbed off, but it didn't look like she had ever HAD a symbol, so I thought maybe she came that way. Turned out it was! Hooray! I'm going to have to try sunfading on some of these girls. Should have a few good windows to do it in too, if I look hard enough. Thanks!

[hlbmlp]

SOO pretty!!! cant wait to see the finished ponies!!!    gives me hope for some of the ones i have found recently!

[scarletjul]

Aw, you guys are doing such a great job!  They look amazing all cleaned up. 

BTW, if you don't mind me asking, where did the mildewed ponies come from?  Did someone donate their collection to your meet?  How did they get so grimy?  I'm a little curious.

[PinkRosedust]

Aww, they look fantastic! It's so good to see grimy G1s cleaned up. Even if they can't turn out perfect, they still deserve to be loved as they are! =D

Aw, you guys are doing such a great job!  They look amazing all cleaned up. 

BTW, if you don't mind me asking, where did the mildewed ponies come from?  Did someone donate their collection to your meet?  How did they get so grimy?  I'm a little curious.

I'm curious too!

[Jadis4742]

I think an aquaintance of someone going to the pony meet had found these ponies, and either didn't know or didn't have the time to clean them, so they put them in a paper sack on the freebie table at the MD meet with a really lovely note and said that whomever wanted to put the effort into them could have them for free. It was really nice, I thought. And so much better than trashing them! It's so nice to see dirty ponies find loving homes.

[ZennaBug]

Wow, they are all looking so much better!  I love a good restoration 

[SnorkMaiden]

You guys have done a really good job. Those ponies are looking lovely.

[Elisto]

Yes, the ponies came from FarDreamer's neighbor, who said they had a lot of sentimental value to her, so she wanted them to go to people who would appreciate them (as is or as customs).

[ApertureScience]

You did wonderfully!  They were in desperate need of a good cleaning!

[FarDreamer]

I think an aquaintance of someone going to the pony meet had found these ponies, and either didn't know or didn't have the time to clean them, so they put them in a paper sack on the freebie table at the MD meet with a really lovely note and said that whomever wanted to put the effort into them could have them for free. It was really nice, I thought. And so much better than trashing them! It's so nice to see dirty ponies find loving homes.

It was a lady who goes to my church.  She thinks my pony collection is really cool.  I won't go into the whole story, but they were her sons.  They're having some issues in their relationship and he threw the ponies away.  She rescued them out of the trash.  They have a lot of sentimental value to her because she's a nationally respected horse trainer and the ponies were a way of sharing her passion with her son when he was a kid.  She said that they represented all their Christmas's and birthdays together.  I think they stayed in a not-temperature controlled shed for several years, which would explain a lot of their condition.

I told her that if she cleaned them up she could get some money for them (not all of them were common, I kept any I didn't already have, sorry guys  ).  She said no, that she didn't need money for them, that she just hoped they would be a blessing to someone who didn't have them yet.  She loves it that so many people are taking them as part of their collection.  She just wanted them to be cleaned up and loved, even if it's for customs.

There was no way I was going to have time to clean them all up myself, so giving them away seemed like a good option.

It's funny how things like this can have so much meaning to people.  Did you ever think that cleaning up a pony would make someone happy who you don't even know? 

[hathorcat]

Thats lovely FarDreamer - that after the sad end they were destined for that she rescued them and helped them find new pony homes. I hope she resolves things with her son but in the meantime at least she knows the toys will be loved.

[reanna-mator]

So pretty! I LOVE before and after pictures! It's pleasantly surprising what you can accomplish with some pony TLC!