Pink marks on G1 Ponies

[BabyTaffeta]

Hello everyone

I got a beautiful Sweet Clover recently but she has a few pink marks on her body that didn’t come off after normal cleaning.
I read on a restauration page that these pink marks could be highlighter or also fungus! So, how is it possible to tell apart?
And any tips of getting rid of them? I don’t want to sun fade her because of her fading pink hair.

[BlackCurtains]

It's actually bacteria. It needs moisture though, so if she's dry and not rusty with no other signs of water damage, it's probably just highlighter.

I think the only way to get rid of it is to sun fade. You can cover her hair with aluminum foil to protect it, put the shiny side towards the hair, dull side out.

[Leave a Whisper]

Sounds like regrind

[BlackCurtains]

Oh, I forgot about regrind. That's a whole 'nother thing and you can't get rid of it.

Are the pink marks lines? Or are they spots?

[lovesbabysquirmy]

plastic deterioration... they are 35+ year old toys

[BabyTaffeta]

Thank you everyone for the suggestions and tips!

She doesn’t show any signs of rust or mold and she doesn’t smell like mold or anything like that.

I would love to show photos but I still can’t figure out how 

They are spots and ligns, very uneven and on the tips of her hooves and ears. She came from a lot where some of the ponies had also spots and others didn’t. And there was a Sugarberry with the bright red hair in the lot so I first thought it was maybe from her?

Oh and I know these spots can be on pink ponies. I have neon spots on Galaxy and Lady Flutter but these look different. Sweet Clover‘s aren’t round like the spots on the other two.

[cowboyopossum]

That sounds like regrind to me, or the result of a child with a marker.
I use Imgur to upload my photos and copy the links, then you use the [img/]http://[/img] tool to create the images.

[BlackCurtains]

The marks on Galaxy and Lady Flutter definitely sound like regrind. Sweet Clovers sounds like discoloration, if they are mainly by her hooves and ears. Have you opened her up?

[BabyTaffeta]

That sounds like regrind to me, or the result of a child with a marker.
I use Imgur to upload my photos and copy the links, then you use the [img/]http://[/img] tool to create the images.

Galaxy‘s and Lady Flutter‘s are regrind I think. But Sweet Clover‘s is definitely different.
I will try that website and try to upload a photo tomorrow

Post Merge: Yesterday at 12:05:28 PM

The marks on Galaxy and Lady Flutter definitely sound like regrind. Sweet Clovers sounds like discoloration, if they are mainly by her hooves and ears. Have you opened her up?

Yes, these two have regrind I think. But Sweet Clover‘s looks different.
No, I haven’t open her up…wanted to avoid this as she didn’t smell moldy.
I will try to upload a photo tomorrow

[goddessofpeep]

Pink marks can be due to any one of the following:
Regrind(only on certain ponies - mostly intense pink or orange ponies)
Stains from saddles/bridles left on a pony for an extended period of time
Stains from other accessories(shoes, possibly certain pieces of ponywear, etc) also left on too long
Actual marker, highlighter, or pen marks
Pony make up(The Perfume Palace and some ponies came with pink lipstick/nail polish, and it’s not uncommon for it to be left on to stain)
Stains from miscellaneous items/products due to play and/or storage
Mold/bacteria(in some ponies - only pink or pink adjacent ponies get pink discolorations)

Marks that have straight edges to them are usually stains from some source. Pink marks on ponies that are not remotely pink or pink-adjacent(salmon, orange, etc) are stains. Obviously anything that is writing or a recognizable shape is probably drawn on and a stain. Mold is usually a dark brown dot in the center of a circle of discoloration.  Often the dot and/or the circle are raised slightly.  Regrind is usually random splotches of varying sizes and shapes. It can be as small as a tiny single splotch up to the entire pony’s body.

Regrind is unfixable and probably will spread. Mold is the same, though there may be some possible ways to stop the spread, or at least slow it down. Some ponies may get regrind so badly, they just completely turn that color. The rest may be treatable with careful sunfading.

[BlackCurtains]

It could also be rust on the inside. If rust is bad enough it leaves stains on the outside of a pony too.