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From what I have seen its only specific colors that brown/sunburn. IIRC there is a thread on the MLP TP about it.I might try making some legwarmers. Thank you!
Quote from: cowboyopossum on February 21, 2024, 10:58:49 AMFrom what I have seen its only specific colors that brown/sunburn. IIRC there is a thread on the MLP TP about it.I might try making some legwarmers. Thank you!That's true, I'm glad you found that thread. My memory was getting a bit misty. Some Starshines go brown and some can be sunfaded I've found. People say it must depend on different batches of plastic. But I've found over the years that the ones that don't go brown immediately will still show signs of plastic breakdown like yellowing, stickiness, brown spots over time and it seems likely that sun exposure does speed up the process. On a happier note I found that often ponies look worse when I first get them out of storage but after a few days in the open air they look better.
Quote from: Artemesia's Garden on February 21, 2024, 11:28:16 PMQuote from: cowboyopossum on February 21, 2024, 10:58:49 AMFrom what I have seen its only specific colors that brown/sunburn. IIRC there is a thread on the MLP TP about it.I might try making some legwarmers. Thank you!That's true, I'm glad you found that thread. My memory was getting a bit misty. Some Starshines go brown and some can be sunfaded I've found. People say it must depend on different batches of plastic. But I've found over the years that the ones that don't go brown immediately will still show signs of plastic breakdown like yellowing, stickiness, brown spots over time and it seems likely that sun exposure does speed up the process. On a happier note I found that often ponies look worse when I first get them out of storage but after a few days in the open air they look better.Right now I have a Majesty out fading. I haven't noticed any burning yet. Same for Bowtie...Candy Cane is currently at the spa drying her curlers, I will take photos when I get home. I chose green plaid for her legwarmers to match her eyes. Thank you for the insight!
Quote from: Artemesia's Garden on February 21, 2024, 11:28:16 PMQuote from: cowboyopossum on February 21, 2024, 10:58:49 AMFrom what I have seen its only specific colors that brown/sunburn. IIRC there is a thread on the MLP TP about it.I might try making some legwarmers. Thank you!That's true, I'm glad you found that thread. My memory was getting a bit misty. Some Starshines go brown and some can be sunfaded I've found. People say it must depend on different batches of plastic. But I've found over the years that the ones that don't go brown immediately will still show signs of plastic breakdown like yellowing, stickiness, brown spots over time and it seems likely that sun exposure does speed up the process. On a happier note I found that often ponies look worse when I first get them out of storage but after a few days in the open air they look better.Right now I have a Majesty out fading. I haven't noticed any burning yet. Same for Bowtie...Candy Cane is currently at the spa drying her curlers, I will take photos when I get home. I chose green plaid for her legwarmers to match her eyes. Thank you for the insight!Post Merge: February 22, 2024, 02:15:55 PMAnd here she is, fresh out the salon! I love the way her curls turned out. They really look like candy canes!She is so vibrant as well, she was quite dingy when I got her.The legwarmers are ribbon, so they are quite stiff. I might see if I can do anything about that...Anyway, she looks a million times happier!visitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or login
She does look fantastic, well done! Her hair is gorgeous, I try to do mine like that.More notes on sunfading...Once plastic breakdown starts it can be stabilised by cleaning and storing in better conditions but not reversed and it's likely that sunfading makes it worse in the long run. UV light breaks down stains and marks but also breaks down the plastic polymers and the effects of this take longer to show. Managing any collection is a strange mindset because you can't fight entropy. There is a lot of stuff on museum conservation of plastics now that you might find interesting.Most Majesty that I've ever handled showed yellowing of the head and/or plastic breakdown that starts before the body. So she often has a typical head/body mismatch. Certain plastic issues seem to be typical for certain characters unfortunately, and there's not always much you can do long term. Some I've given up collecting because it's always the same. The saddest one for me to give up so far is Masquerade. Otherwise, for me it's a case of finding the best ones in the first place and then keeping them in the best possible conditions (stable temperature and humidity, good air circulation out of the sun permanently). I have at least 3 good Majestys that I monitor, but you can often see a slight batch difference from the start which spells trouble. I tried painting heads to restore the colour but the result is never that good to my eye. I've tried asking others whether they have good results with painting over plastic that is already breaking down, I think the answer is no. A full body repaint is also tricky if you have glitter to find a match for as well, I've not tried it. I've had Bowtie in shy pose respond well to sunfading. Blues often look great again for a year or so after sunfading because it fades out the yellow, but it always comes back in my experience.Best of luck with it!
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