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Sunfading works just as well with colored ponies as it does with white ones. It will eventually fade the color particularly if they are pink or purple, but I've found G1s to be handle being sunfaded for longer periods than G3s or G4s of similar colors. If they are yellowed, sunfading can make them appear brighter.Some examples:SpoilerPaintingtime sunfaded for a few weeks to a month:visitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginThe Love Melody from the before pic is next to my near mint one in the after pic to show how her color did fade, but you can also see how discolored she was to start with. I'm not sure how long she was faded, but it was at least several months. (Her hearts are why I don't recommend relying on paint to cover symbols - I painted over them with white paint but only the very centers remained unfaded when I removed it.)visitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginPeppermint Crunch took quite awhile too. The one that was faded is on the right in the comparison photo showing that her yellowing was improved while not fading her excessively.visitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or login
Ooh, Love Melody actually looks pretty nice with that blueish color. (...but now I'm a little worried about the G1s I just started fading with the white paint method)
I have never tried to sun fade because I worry about the impact on the plastic longterm and whether it would increase breakdown. Is there any knowledge about that?
Quote from: Taffeta on March 17, 2018, 11:43:52 PMI have never tried to sun fade because I worry about the impact on the plastic longterm and whether it would increase breakdown. Is there any knowledge about that?You mean "age spots"? I thought someone had proved that it was a sort of fungus.
Seriously though, where is everyone getting this info that age spots come from fungus? Every time someone mentions age spots, people say that someone has proven they are always caused by fungus but that isn't the case. I'm really confused as it was common knowledge that they aren't? Is it because of the preservation project? I vaguely remember that site for age spots quoting a book and saying that fungus always causes these things and breakdown has nothing to do with it? Is that why?
I was under the impression that there were two types of similar-looking spots, ones that are caused by mold, and ones that are simply the plastic breaking down.
Tailrustedtealeaf, peroxide only works on age spots caused by mold, and they only go away if the mold hasn't stained. Peroxide isn't a foolproof method, and since a lot of age spots aren't caused by mold, it won't work a lot of the time. Not to say it doesn't work through, I've used it a few times and it lessened the age spot, but there was still some staining And like you said, we are still a bit iffy. We don't know exactly how or what the mold does, or how the plastic does its thing and causes spots. At least we know that mold spots usually have a ring around them and a dark spot in the center, but not always.