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Pony Talk => MLP Nirvana => Topic started by: nhal039 on April 26, 2018, 09:21:30 PM
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My piggy is getting rusty eyes aghh. Does anyone restore them here :) I would rather send her head to some to fix, I have popped of her was an the eyes look complicated
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I have been thinking about this.
I haven't repaired rusted piggy eyes myself, I had only replaced a pupil and fixed broken eyes in place.
I wonder if this might be useful?
http://www.mlppreservationproject.com/symbols.html#BeddyByeEyes
I do know some people clean up BBE babies using WD40, blasting it is so it flushes the rust out.
Love pkw xxx
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Thanks pkw :) I have been eyeing the wd40 in the cupboard but haven't mustered up the courage to do it and see what happens yet. I will update if I do end up doing it. The eyes haven't yellowed yet but rust is certainly starting to show, the inside of her head however is completely clean
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It'll be inside the eye socket then :( The blinky mechanism in a BBE has some metal parts, I am thinking it will be similar to the piggy ponies eye.
I understand why you are nervous, I would be as well.
Love pkw xxx
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Don't know about restoring the eyes, but I can confirm piggies eyes are thin metallic balls with the visible plastic part inside it, kind of like in a shell, (should I show pictures or?) so you probably would need to remove the whole eye to clean it. :/ I have no idea can you just pop them back in, but I doubt it.
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Thanks I had her head popped off so had seen how the eye socket worked, I was surprised to see the plastic backing. I did get the wd40 out and gave it a whirl. No rust came out but at least everything is well lubricated :p I am please to report so far there is no damage from the wd40 I tried it out over a month ago
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I see! Great that it worked out well, I honestly didn't even notice how old the thread was.
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Thanks I had her head popped off so had seen how the eye socket worked, I was surprised to see the plastic backing. I did get the wd40 out and gave it a whirl. No rust came out but at least everything is well lubricated :p I am please to report so far there is no damage from the wd40 I tried it out over a month ago
The BBE eyes are the same :) it’s a plastic socket and the “eyeball” sits in it :) I’m glad you tried the WD40, she will be able to blink nicely now.
Love pkw xxx
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Impressed! I am too scared to touch anything when it comes to piggies lol.
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I can attest to WD40. I believe I applied/scrubbed it with a q-tip, and it got all the rust off.