Tropical Breeze

[Crowning_Glory13]

I have a sweet Tropical Breeze and she has a bit of a pink mark on her face:( I have sun faded but its been during the winter as I am new at it and want to go slowly.....but I heard pink pen/highlighter tends to not fade away:( I do not want to fully custom her...no repaint or dye...but she also has no hair....so I am thinking on what I would do about the hair. Should I try and find the match and if you know what that is please tell me:) Or should I go for something new?

So if you have pictures of her with her natural color of hair or different hair or in mint condition please post:)

Add any thoughts or questions. Every time I look at her she seems so sad....I want to have her feel pretty again:)

Here is a picture of her...she is a bit tucked away on the right:)
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[Vintergatan]

as far as I know, pink highlighter marks are one of the easiest things to sunfade. Granted, it does take time and winter is definitely not a good time to attempt it I say restore her ^^

[hathorcat]

It depends what the pink highligher is - I think we misname it a lot because unless an awful lot of little girls back in the 80s were wondering around or had access to pink highlighter pens which they put all over their ponies [except for the most obvious places of lips and eyelids] its not actually pink highlighter pen

I believe the marks can be caused by a couple of things: 1) staining from other plastics (such as saddle sores);  2) chemical breakdown. If you have a white shower or sink - check around the plug hole or the areas which get damp and you will see its super common for plastics when they break down to develop a pinkish staining. In addition its common in products which get oily and by that I mean which are handled as we all secrete oil in our hands - you ll often hear about it in ipod headphones or wii controllers the plastic and the oil are oxidised and a pink stain is left. Personally I wonder if sometimes thats what the pink on our ponies is - chemical breakdown in the pigment or plastic being oxidized.

If its the former and the pink staining is on the surface of the pony then yes sunfading is worth a shot. However, if like age marks its something in the plastic itself then you wont be able to sunfade it out. Either way its worth a shot!

Personally I would re hair her with her original colour - which I think is Firebird - as the bright red with blue is an awesome combination.

Good luck with whichever way you decide to go and I hope you post pictures of her restoration or make over

[Roseprincess1]

Kay here is what TB  looks like with her full hair(almost)..
here are my twins..
the one on the right(with the pink wings) had to have hers trimmed.. it was all gummed together with something (compliments of my older sister.. thank you martha.. )
the one on the left has her full hair..
both of them have concave hand made repro wings compliments of yours truly... if you like I can a) send you the tutorial or b) even make you a pair
any how.. hope this helps

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rp

[Crowning_Glory13]

I will get some better pictures soon...to really see the mark. I have seen rehairs and tempted as they look awesome and the value of the pony has changed...granted i wont give her up until i pass on....but my creative side took hold......

i love those wings yes please send me a tutorial... if i cant figure it out you might have to make them:)

[Roseprincess1]

I will get some better pictures soon...to really see the mark. I have seen rehairs and tempted as they look awesome and the value of the pony has changed...granted i wont give her up until i pass on....but my creative side took hold......

i love those wings yes please send me a tutorial... if i cant figure it out you might have to make them:)

here you are darling!
hope this helps!!
http://www.linniekin.net/mlp/restore/flutter/results.htm

[Crowning_Glory13]

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Here she is. She just looks sooooo sad:( She so need hair at the least:)

[hathorcat]

Thats not "pink highlighter" that looks like pen of some kind. Yay! Thats good because I would certainly try sun fading with her and I am sure it will gradually go given time - just make sure to cover up her eyes and forehead symbol Good luck!

[kittybethy]

I still think she is cute!

[kezrob23]

I think she'd look great with some new hair, and apart from the ink, the rest of her looks fantastic!! But then, what's a bit of ink, I know I have some on me And that wing tutorial is great, roseprincess1 gave me the link the other day, really clear and easy to follow instructions