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Title: Hydrogen Peroxide Turned Sugarberry's Hair Gold!
Post by: geekybones on February 27, 2012, 02:11:37 PM
This is actually a pony belonging to my best friend, but I just had to post this here. She's been soaking a G1 Sugarberry in hydrogen peroxide to attempt to whiten up her body. The pony was kept out of the sun during the soak and was checked everyday. Everything was going fine- I even saw the pony daily in the hydrogen peroxide while there for 9 days- and she'd been in there for about two weeks total when my friend forgot to check her for a few days. She came back to find.... this!

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Both her and I are completely shocked! There'd been no change to her hair or any signs of the color leaking out until this. Her hair hasn't become brittle or dried like bleached hair typically does. The coloring is very consistent with little to no deviations in tone. I've done some work with hydrogen peroxide and whitening ponies before and never seen ANYTHING like this! And even then I wouldn't think Sugarberry's vibrant pink hair would turn so golden yellow if bleached. Anybody ever had this happen to them?

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Post by: ponylady on February 27, 2012, 02:15:19 PM
Wow she's a blond now :biggrin:
 
 
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Post by: Stormy31685 on February 27, 2012, 02:20:37 PM
Too Cool!
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Post by: SuniMoon on February 27, 2012, 02:22:16 PM
:o

It's so ridiculously even, too!
That's so weird, I kinda like it, though, but I have no idea how that happened. O.O
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Post by: Oneleo1 on February 27, 2012, 02:24:01 PM
I'd love to see pics of her with her head on! I bet she is lovely :)
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Post by: Taxel on February 27, 2012, 02:27:13 PM
I need a baity Sugarberry now. xD
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Post by: partypony566 on February 27, 2012, 02:29:12 PM
:o

It's so ridiculously even, too!
That's so weird, I kinda like it, though, but I have no idea how that happened. O.O

I would expect that to happen because peroxide will turn even the darkest hair blonde.... especially pure peroxide... in fact I would have thought her hair would fall to pieces too! :blink:
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Post by: kittybethy on February 27, 2012, 02:34:16 PM
Wow!! Amazing!
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Post by: geekybones on February 27, 2012, 02:56:34 PM
I would expect that to happen because peroxide will turn even the darkest hair blonde.... especially pure peroxide... in fact I would have thought her hair would fall to pieces too! :blink:

See that's the thing, this isn't the kind of peroxide like for hair bleach (though it of course has some bleaching characteristics, which is why it whitens pony bodies!). I've left ponies with dark colored hair (G1 Moondancer for example) in big tubs of hydrogen peroxide for a whole MONTH in the sunlight and had no damage to their hair at all. I've heard accounts of the neon yellow like G1 Surprise leaking out into the hydrogen peroxide, but have never really seen anything about other tones being damaged... So weird!

I'll get her to take a photo of Sugarberry all put together. Her tail was left out of the mix so it is still pink. It'll be an interesting combo!
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Post by: SuniMoon on February 27, 2012, 02:59:47 PM
:o

It's so ridiculously even, too!
That's so weird, I kinda like it, though, but I have no idea how that happened. O.O

I would expect that to happen because peroxide will turn even the darkest hair blonde.... especially pure peroxide... in fact I would have thought her hair would fall to pieces too! :blink:
That's the part I don't understand... If the peroxide was strong enough to turn it blond, I would have thought it would destroy it, too. : o
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Post by: Oneleo1 on February 27, 2012, 03:00:53 PM
I would be interested in seeing a pic of the bottle that the peroxide was in :)
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Post by: cesprins on February 27, 2012, 03:03:00 PM
maybe it had something to do with the "blue" dye part of the pink? Dark hot hair like sugar berry's red-pink has yellow red and blue in it. Maybe the red blue part is more easily damaged.

I know with human hair blue and green pigments are always the quickest to wash out.
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Post by: MintySocks on February 27, 2012, 03:08:56 PM
That is crazy!!
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Post by: Chai on February 27, 2012, 03:16:45 PM
maybe it had something to do with the "blue" dye part of the pink? Dark hot hair like sugar berry's red-pink has yellow red and blue in it. Maybe the red blue part is more easily damaged.

I know with human hair blue and green pigments are always the quickest to wash out.

This. Lol. I have teal hair and it's impossible to keep in. I'm surprised the hair is still intact! So cool. :)
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Post by: toralei on February 27, 2012, 03:19:30 PM

I would expect that to happen because peroxide will turn even the darkest hair blonde.... especially pure peroxide... in fact I would have thought her hair would fall to pieces too! :blink:


True story- I wanted to bleach my hair in order to dye it purple once. I left the bleach in for a grand total of three hours and it didn't change it color up by my roots at all... I'm really lucky that my hair didn't fall out!!


Anyways, on topic. I think it looks kind of cool! I'm sure that you could RIT dye it back to normal if it bothers you, though.
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Post by: sd_dreamcrystal on February 27, 2012, 03:58:00 PM
I've not seen this happen with my baby Moondancer, then again I took her out every few days to wash her XD
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Post by: hathorcat on February 27, 2012, 04:01:34 PM
:o

It's so ridiculously even, too!
That's so weird, I kinda like it, though, but I have no idea how that happened. O.O

I would expect that to happen because peroxide will turn even the darkest hair blonde.... especially pure peroxide... in fact I would have thought her hair would fall to pieces too! :blink:

Yes...that it hasnt broken into pieces is pretty stunning!

A blonde sugarberry...I am sure she ll look gorgeous!
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Post by: geekybones on February 27, 2012, 04:08:18 PM
I come bearing more pictures! Unfortunately my friend has tossed the bottle of hydrogen peroxide since. It was an older bottle of standard over the counter hydrogen peroxide like you'd buy at the drug store for disinfecting cuts, nothing like for bleaching hair. Perhaps the age of the hydrogen peroxide caused this?

Anyway, pictures! Here she is put back together.
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My friend pulled out her Dancing Butterflies to compare. She says that the photograph doesn't it show it quite right, but in the shadows Sugarberry's hair is a more golden tone than Dancing Butterflies. Wish I could see it in person so bad!
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Title: Re: Hydrogen Peroxide Turned Sugarberry's Hair Gold!
Post by: wystearya on February 27, 2012, 04:09:47 PM
Well, I am sorry it happened.  But it does look pretty neat!
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Post by: babystarz on February 27, 2012, 04:10:16 PM
This gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "strawberry blonde"! She looks cool :D
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Post by: geekybones on February 27, 2012, 04:13:53 PM
She just located the bottle!
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2% strength, expired in 2004  :lol:

While a little disappointed because of how much she loves Sugarberry, my friend (and I as well) think it's turned out quite beautiful! Strawberry blonde INDEED!
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Post by: plushroo on February 27, 2012, 04:41:18 PM
Oh my! That is quite the color combo! I like how her hair seems to have gone blonde even though that was not the intended outcome. Wish I had some old peroxide lying around to try on some red hair :D Perhaps it being so old and of little strength had something to do with the color change and not destroying the hair?
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Post by: Chi on February 27, 2012, 05:02:16 PM
I've been wanting to try the peroxide/sun method but now this scares me a little bit. XD

She looks really pretty, though! But at the same time she'd be easy to rehair if needed since Dollyhair has her exact match.

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Post by: geekybones on February 27, 2012, 05:18:52 PM
I've been wanting to try the peroxide/sun method but now this scares me a little bit. XD

She looks really pretty, though! But at the same time she'd be easy to rehair if needed since Dollyhair has her exact match.



I mentioned earlier that I've done some attempts with peroxide/sunfading. I have yet to have any problems with it- of course I use non-expired peroxide! I think you should give it a try, maybe start on a baity pony or one that you plan to rehair or something along those lines if you're that worried. I've had some amazing results with it and this is the first time I've seen anything quite like this!
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Post by: bigmlpfan on February 27, 2012, 05:29:35 PM
Very cool ;)

bigmlpfan xx
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Post by: sweetstuff on February 27, 2012, 06:26:21 PM
hmmm, I kinda like it! I might be tempted to try that.
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Post by: Saber-Toothed Crow on February 27, 2012, 06:30:23 PM
That makes for an interesting colour combo. At least she turned out looking pretty neat!
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Post by: WickedWonderland on February 27, 2012, 06:34:28 PM
How strange! I wonder if it does anything to other colors.
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Post by: Kanthaka on February 27, 2012, 06:35:22 PM
That even color is bizarre!  She looks fabulous, though.
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Post by: JazzMatazz on February 27, 2012, 06:35:35 PM
she's really pretty for a mistake!
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Post by: MercuryStar on February 27, 2012, 06:52:01 PM
So, so tempted to try this!   I have an extra, discoloured Sugarberry, and a bottle of expired (since 2007) hydrogen peroxide.   Not sure I have enough left in the bottle to cover the pony, though.   I also don't have much in the way of sunlight.
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Post by: Kaeldre on February 27, 2012, 07:00:25 PM
I'm going to have to try this now. o:
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Post by: Oneleo1 on February 27, 2012, 07:01:14 PM
I wonder if it's the fact that it is expired peroxide or not...

I am tempted to try it with some that is not expired just to see what happens!
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Post by: BlackCurtains on February 27, 2012, 07:22:13 PM
Why didn't her tail change? You said your friend was trying to whiten her body... did she remove the tail?
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Post by: geekybones on February 27, 2012, 07:50:49 PM
So, so tempted to try this!   I have an extra, discoloured Sugarberry, and a bottle of expired (since 2007) hydrogen peroxide.   Not sure I have enough left in the bottle to cover the pony, though.   I also don't have much in the way of sunlight.

You could always just try enough to submerge the head and tail! Also my friend did not put her in the sunlight, so you don't have to worry about that!

Why didn't her tail change? You said your friend was trying to whiten her body... did she remove the tail?

Yeah she removed the tail for the soak.
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Post by: BlackCurtains on February 27, 2012, 08:06:50 PM

Why didn't her tail change? You said your friend was trying to whiten her body... did she remove the tail?

Yeah she removed the tail for the soak.

Ah, I see! I was going to say, if not, then it's even more strange :lol:
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Post by: Chi on February 27, 2012, 08:38:32 PM
I've been wanting to try the peroxide/sun method but now this scares me a little bit. XD

She looks really pretty, though! But at the same time she'd be easy to rehair if needed since Dollyhair has her exact match.



I mentioned earlier that I've done some attempts with peroxide/sunfading. I have yet to have any problems with it- of course I use non-expired peroxide! I think you should give it a try, maybe start on a baity pony or one that you plan to rehair or something along those lines if you're that worried. I've had some amazing results with it and this is the first time I've seen anything quite like this!
Yeah, I figured it doesn't happen that often. XD
I suppose I'll try it when I move back home. :)
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Post by: Diamond on February 27, 2012, 08:58:40 PM
:o

It's so ridiculously even, too!
That's so weird, I kinda like it, though, but I have no idea how that happened. O.O

I would expect that to happen because peroxide will turn even the darkest hair blonde.... especially pure peroxide... in fact I would have thought her hair would fall to pieces too! :blink:
I have to agree, I am amazed it did not make the hair brittle.  I would be careful to keep her out of the sun though now.  Did her tail go too?
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Post by: HavACrumpet452 on February 27, 2012, 10:20:04 PM
Last tiem I used peroxide on a pony with hair attached, it did turn brittle and fall out. It was a cat pee pony I got in a bag at a thrift store not knowing it smelled like cat pee until I got home and opened the bag. I wouldn't recommend everybody jump up and try to recreate this. Its very pretty though and looks like perhaps Hasbro could have made a two toned pony on purpose.
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Post by: FlyingPonyMonster on February 27, 2012, 10:31:01 PM
Wow!!! That is weird
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Post by: kiwimlp on February 27, 2012, 11:40:04 PM
Awesome.  What a weird result!
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Post by: Clementine on February 28, 2012, 01:31:19 AM
Wow... She looks so pretty with gold hair! :o
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Post by: Mermaid on February 28, 2012, 02:26:51 AM
That is really cool! I thought sunlight ruined hydrogen peroxide?
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Post by: littlexflitter on February 28, 2012, 05:54:24 AM
It's too bad that it changed colour, but at least it changed to a very lovely colour~
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Post by: Skelletonimp on February 28, 2012, 05:57:04 AM
it looks pretty good on her, reminds me of miss painter, but she has red manes and yellow tail
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Post by: rybett on February 28, 2012, 06:19:38 AM
I vote for retailing in gold.  She's so pretty!
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Post by: Wysteria on February 28, 2012, 06:36:11 AM
She does look very pretty now at least:) I am curious though how effective the whitening works? Will it fade cancer spots or clear up marks? I have a couple bodies id love to brighten up for customs if it actually works!

Is there a tutorial for this somewhere?
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Post by: geekybones on February 28, 2012, 12:55:48 PM
She does look very pretty now at least:) I am curious though how effective the whitening works? Will it fade cancer spots or clear up marks? I have a couple bodies id love to brighten up for customs if it actually works!

Is there a tutorial for this somewhere?

I took some time to dig up some links for ya. In my searches I've found a few references to it occasionally damaging red and pink hair! Perhaps my test ponies just got lucky, hehe... But if they're baits who you intend on rehairing it doesn't really matter I suppose.

http://www.mlppreservationproject.com/body.html#Yellowed
http://www.using-hydrogen-peroxide.com/free-cleaning-tips-yellowed-plastic.html Not about ponies specifically, but still useful.
http://www.mlparena.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=210048.html Great pictures of its work on a playset. This is about the same results I got on my ponies.

I wish I had some before and after pictures to share with you all! If I can locate my camera, I will try to get a picture of the pony I first tested it on. I left her head out of the hydrogen peroxide to compare afterwords and it really shows the difference.
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Post by: KaibaGirl007 on February 28, 2012, 01:12:18 PM
Aww, poor Sugarberry, but at least she looks good as a blonde.
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Post by: gabumon on February 28, 2012, 01:12:55 PM
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Strawberry blonde INDEED

LOL.

Maybe I could tame Barnacles wild orange with this!?
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Post by: pranceatron on February 28, 2012, 04:44:36 PM
Makes me wonder if it would work on a Kimber doll (from Jem)...
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Post by: CrystalCrown on February 28, 2012, 05:21:20 PM
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woah! i actually think that looks really cool! but...
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...can i buy her off you? XD
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Post by: reanna-mator on February 28, 2012, 05:25:56 PM
Actually, that's rather pretty. :) Well, now you have a very unique Sugarberry!
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