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Title: How to restore a Dream Beauty?
Post by: Kikwifluff on January 09, 2017, 11:49:54 AM
Hi everypony!
I recently bought Fairflyer, and she's in very poor shape.  :( I bought her in hopes of restoring her :heart:

How could I remove the yellowing off of her body? And which hair colors do you think match her? I need to buy her some hair, and I'd like it to be a close match  ^.^

Here's some detailed photos of her flaws, under the spoiler:

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Thanks!!
Title: Re: How to restore a Dream Beauty?
Post by: Leave a Whisper on January 09, 2017, 12:07:03 PM
http://www.mlppreservationproject.com/misc.html#DreamBeauties
Title: Re: How to restore a Dream Beauty?
Post by: LunaMoonCustoms1212 on January 09, 2017, 12:11:02 PM
if you are looking for a website to buy hair, Dollyhair.com has a lot of options.
Title: Re: How to restore a Dream Beauty?
Post by: reanna-mator on January 09, 2017, 02:16:50 PM
What have you tried on the yellow marks? Are they something actually stuck to the pony, or is it actually a yellowing of the plastic?
Title: Re: How to restore a Dream Beauty?
Post by: WingsOfMasquerade on January 09, 2017, 02:22:39 PM
Good for restoring!
Leave a Whisper finds the main tutorial, but it's more for re-hairing and broken ones--so it'll work for fixing her hair which I think is

Dollyhair Wysteria
Dollyhair...looking like Gusty's color? Sea Nymph
If I am correct, the colors will be exact-match because DH generally is if you choose correctly.

To get rid of the yellowing you can:
Use the BACK (non sharp side) of an xacto to gently rasp them away
Use fine grit sand paper to sand them away

The yellowing is generally caused by too much sun light. It actually transforms the 'skin' top layer to that nasty yellowish color. The only way to rid of it is to sand off or scrape off her skin. This discoloration is actually pretty thin though in most cases so it shouldn't take much / won't dent her to do it.

Feet scuffs: At Michaels or other craft store look over the little bottles of acrylic paints by stuff like Apple Barrel, Martha Stewart, Craftsmart & those sorts which have zillions of pre mixed colors. Bring Beauty with you too...you can likely pick a bottle for a dollar that's reeeeely close match so you don't have to deal with mixing. Then, just brush a couple coats over the scratch areas.

GL with your restoration (and when you do, surely post pics or something here!) I love DBs!
Title: Re: How to restore a Dream Beauty?
Post by: Kikwifluff on January 09, 2017, 02:34:28 PM
What have you tried on the yellow marks? Are they something actually stuck to the pony, or is it actually a yellowing of the plastic?

It's the yellowing of the plastic  :huh:

Post Merge: January 09, 2017, 04:05:02 PM

Good for restoring!
Leave a Whisper finds the main tutorial, but it's more for re-hairing and broken ones--so it'll work for fixing her hair which I think is

Dollyhair Wysteria
Dollyhair...looking like Gusty's color? Sea Nymph
If I am correct, the colors will be exact-match because DH generally is if you choose correctly.

To get rid of the yellowing you can:
Use the BACK (non sharp side) of an xacto to gently rasp them away
Use fine grit sand paper to sand them away

The yellowing is generally caused by too much sun light. It actually transforms the 'skin' top layer to that nasty yellowish color. The only way to rid of it is to sand off or scrape off her skin. This discoloration is actually pretty thin though in most cases so it shouldn't take much / won't dent her to do it.

Feet scuffs: At Michaels or other craft store look over the little bottles of acrylic paints by stuff like Apple Barrel, Martha Stewart, Craftsmart & those sorts which have zillions of pre mixed colors. Bring Beauty with you too...you can likely pick a bottle for a dollar that's reeeeely close match so you don't have to deal with mixing. Then, just brush a couple coats over the scratch areas.

GL with your restoration (and when you do, surely post pics or something here!) I love DBs!

I found some fine grit sandpaper laying around, and this is how she turned out!

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She's already looking better, thank you for the advice! I'll post updates as I restore her. I'm also hoping to go to Michael's soon, maybe tonight, to pick up paint.
Title: Re: How to restore a Dream Beauty?
Post by: Leave a Whisper on January 10, 2017, 07:34:18 PM
Thanks for that tip WingsofMasquerade! I wonder if it will work on some of my white model horses! Maybe even my boyfriends clone and storm trooper collection.
Title: Re: How to restore a Dream Beauty?
Post by: FarDreamer on January 12, 2017, 09:23:24 PM

I found some fine grit sandpaper laying around, and this is how she turned out!

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She's already looking better, thank you for the advice! I'll post updates as I restore her. I'm also hoping to go to Michael's soon, maybe tonight, to pick up paint.

That turned out really nice?  Do you mind if I use the photo and info on my website?
Title: Re: How to restore a Dream Beauty?
Post by: LadyMoondancer on January 12, 2017, 10:01:18 PM
It's not Gusty's color, it's more of a seafoam green.
Title: Re: How to restore a Dream Beauty?
Post by: Kikwifluff on January 13, 2017, 06:22:46 AM

I found some fine grit sandpaper laying around, and this is how she turned out!

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She's already looking better, thank you for the advice! I'll post updates as I restore her. I'm also hoping to go to Michael's soon, maybe tonight, to pick up paint.

That turned out really nice?  Do you mind if I use the photo and info on my website?

I don't mind! So yes, you may :)
Title: Re: How to restore a Dream Beauty?
Post by: STLGusty on January 13, 2017, 12:39:08 PM
Do you know what grit of sand paper you used?  Was it 220, 320, etc?

Thanks! :)
Title: Re: How to restore a Dream Beauty?
Post by: Kikwifluff on January 13, 2017, 01:31:55 PM
Do you know what grit of sand paper you used?  Was it 220, 320, etc?

Thanks! :)

It was 220 :)
Title: Re: How to restore a Dream Beauty?
Post by: Kikwifluff on January 15, 2017, 02:23:33 PM
Finally got to Michael's today! :)

For anyone who is curious on which paint I bought:

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The Martha Stewart paint is called Meyer Lemon.
I mixed the two, and I think it was a really close match for her hooves!
I just painted over the scuffs, and it took a few layers to get the color right. 

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Now I just need to order her hair!

Title: Re: How to restore a Dream Beauty?
Post by: Foxtale on January 15, 2017, 03:20:03 PM
Wow the sandpaper worked so well on the Dream Beauty. I know I have a few like that lying around. Using 220 sandpaper is a good idea that I wouldn't have thought about.

She is coming along really well.  :D
Title: Re: How to restore a Dream Beauty?
Post by: princessluna11706 on January 19, 2017, 09:11:55 PM
That paint looks PERFECT!  I have a childhood Fairflyer that I'm considering repainting her hooves as well.  What will you use to seal it?
Title: Re: How to restore a Dream Beauty?
Post by: Kikwifluff on January 20, 2017, 04:04:14 AM
That paint looks PERFECT!  I have a childhood Fairflyer that I'm considering repainting her hooves as well.  What will you use to seal it?

I'm not sure yet  :blush: anyone have suggestions?
And thank you! :)
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