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Title: More shed finds (edit:cleanup picks)
Post by: vinzydesigns on February 07, 2012, 12:39:30 PM: I found a bunch of old ponies, covered in grime, in my shed.

I am kinda sad that as a child i wrote on them, and cut thier hair, but, i was a kid.

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4 I cleaned up, 2 of which HAVE to have repaint due to pens.
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Gusty (I think) doesnt stand right but I dont care, I will keep her as a personal collection pony.

These will be washed, rewashed, washed again, and scrubbed, hopefully, I can fix them up. I know I may not be able to save them all, but I plan on trying.

One cleanup pic so far, still have some to go

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Post by: kittybethy on February 07, 2012, 12:44:07 PM: Wow!! Congrats on the discovery!
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Post by: bigmlpfan on February 07, 2012, 12:49:23 PM: Congrats ;)

bigmlpfan xx
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Post by: vinzydesigns on February 07, 2012, 12:52:57 PM: Thanks! I am uber excited about this! I figure they could ALL be restored with careful painting
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Post by: nearlyheadlessnayy on February 07, 2012, 12:58:02 PM: That's such a great find, childhood ponies are the best!
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Post by: SourdoughStomper on February 07, 2012, 02:04:00 PM: Yay! That's so awesome and exciting to find your old collection. :cheer:
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Post by: Sora on February 07, 2012, 02:33:06 PM: Congrats! It's always great to find your old collection :)
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Post by: Juri on February 07, 2012, 02:57:21 PM: Wow! its like finding hidden treasure!! Im sure that they will all clean up just beautifully :D Make sure to update with pics once they are all shiny!
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Post by: emera_lazzaly on February 07, 2012, 05:19:38 PM: Oh wow congratulations! I know, I treated my ponies pretty roughly as a child too lol but boy didn't you have fun at the time! I read in a tutorial that putting boiling water in ponies helps them stand right, I did it on some of mine that wouldn't stand and had dents, and it worked!
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Post by: michelle53 on February 07, 2012, 05:34:46 PM: Woot woot!!! That is so exciting:) Be sure to post before and after pictures.
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Post by: scarletjul on February 07, 2012, 06:46:16 PM: Congrats! It's awesome finding childhood toys. :)
Title: Re: More shed finds (edit:cleanup picks)
Post by: Ianthe99 on February 07, 2012, 07:54:04 PM: Congrats!

You might not have to repaint.. try sunfading first. Take the pony, cover everything but the pen area, and pop it in a sunny window. Use something like tin foil, and wrap the pony, covering symbols, eyes and hair. It can work wonders, it just takes time~
Title: Re: More shed finds (edit:cleanup picks)
Post by: vinzydesigns on February 07, 2012, 07:56:19 PM: Oh cool, I'll try that asap!
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Post by: Diamond on February 07, 2012, 08:10:29 PM: Congrats on your home find, best of luck with your continued cleaning efforts.
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Post by: ZennaBug on February 07, 2012, 11:28:38 PM: Congrats on digging out your old ponies! It looks like they're cleaning up pretty nicely :)

Quote from: Ianthe99 on February 07, 2012, 07:54:04 PM
You might not have to repaint.. try sunfading first. Take the pony, cover everything but the pen area, and pop it in a sunny window. Use something like tin foil, and wrap the pony, covering symbols, eyes and hair. It can work wonders, it just takes time~

That's what I was just about to say! :silly: Sunfading might be able to take care of the pen marks without you having to resort to paint at all!
Title: Re: More shed finds (edit:cleanup picks)
Post by: vinzydesigns on February 07, 2012, 11:29:54 PM: I sure hope so! I have a firefly COVERED in them. Quite a few DO need new hair
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Post by: kiwimlp on February 08, 2012, 01:30:44 AM: It looks like they have cleaned up really well. How cool that you still had them! :D
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Post by: Tiella on February 08, 2012, 04:42:19 AM: That must have brought back some terrific childhood memories, grats!
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Post by: toralei on February 08, 2012, 08:16:49 AM: Great work with cleanup so far!
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Post by: sweetstuff on February 09, 2012, 09:46:01 AM: that's great to find your childhood ponies again. I'm sure they'll be happy to be cleaned up. You're so lucky to have Baby Cupcake as a kid -and is that Lil Tot too? Wow
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Post by: Gingerbread on February 09, 2012, 10:32:49 AM: That's so cool! Congrats! I would love to have my childhood ponies back, you are so lucky!

I agree with the suggestions to sunfade. It does work wonders! I would also suggest putting a marker pen or round-handled wooden spoon between Gustys' legs, leave her like that for a few days and it should sort out her wonkiness!
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Post by: Tiggums6 on February 10, 2012, 01:32:42 AM: Oooo I spy a lil Cupcake! She's relatively htf.... You were lucky you got her as a child :)
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Post by: PonyMonsters on February 10, 2012, 04:34:13 AM: Congratulations on finding your childhood herd! :)
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Post by: Sternenstaub on February 10, 2012, 08:04:33 AM: Cool find!
It's always great when you find your old childhood ponies.

You ficed them very nice so far. :)
Title: Re: More shed finds (edit:cleanup picks)
Post by: r4fw on February 11, 2012, 07:56:53 AM: Congrats on finding your childhood ponies! I hope they'll all clean up nicely for you! :cheer: