fakie customizing trouble - paint won't stick (got any advice?)

[Galactica]

So I had been trying to turn one of those fakie unicorns into a custom- sculpted some wings and got her all air-brushed
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But I've now run into some difficulty.  When I rehaired her- the paint was damaged around her mane- the white paint pulled up a bit and tore a bit everywhere I added hair. She now has long lusterous locks, but the paint had some rough edges, and when I tried to pull up the buckled paint, it ended up coming off her face completely like a huge skin.

Wondering if there is some kind of oil or something in the pony's plastic that is making the paint have a difficult time sticking to her. Have any of you had this problem? Wonder if sanding would help- or maybe I should have sprayed her with Testors Dulcote before painting?

Honestly I'd ditch her in favor of a G4 bait, but since I've already put an entire mane of rainbow hair into her, I'd like to fix her if I can.  However, it seems a bit stupid to keep putting work into her if her skin is just going to peel off.

Stupid cheap fakie plastic.... any advice? Any experience with this ?

[kaoskat]

Spray her down with your Dullcote and it will give the paint a surface to stick too.

[Galactica]

I'll try that-  now just need to get all of the clumpy bits off her- what a mess!

[hannaliten]

Those wings are epic!

[NoDivision]

Yikes - no fun! Yeah I'd definitely give the dullcote a try. Fingers crossed!