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Creativity => Customs => Topic started by: Alatariel-Silimaure on June 10, 2013, 04:33:22 PM

Title: Sticky brown pony plastic?
Post by: Alatariel-Silimaure on June 10, 2013, 04:33:22 PM

I have a masquerade that has turned a sort of sickly yellow brown and it has a sticky residue, like the plastic itself is sticky and the inside is sticky.... anything I can do? I'm planning on customizing her but I want to get rid of this stickiness

Title: Re: Sticky brown pony plastic?
Post by: Eluluu on June 10, 2013, 04:44:13 PM

sounds like plasticizer. she might be getting hard-body-syndrome. if so I don't think theres a way to kill the sticky til shes done. not sure tho.

Title: Re: Sticky brown pony plastic?
Post by: Alatariel-Silimaure on June 10, 2013, 04:49:26 PM

will customizing her now end up ruining the custom? that's what I"m most worried about... she's gonna get an FBR

Title: Re: Sticky brown pony plastic?
Post by: Eluluu on June 10, 2013, 04:55:23 PM

personally, I wouldn't til shes done leaking and turns hard as a rock. id worry about the paint crackling or flakeing. but im not sure really. im just good at SOUNDING like I know what im talking about. =P

and theres always a chance that its not the plasticizer after all, so id wait and see if some other peeps chime in with their 2 cents  =]

Title: Re: Sticky brown pony plastic?
Post by: Alatariel-Silimaure on June 10, 2013, 05:23:21 PM

*nods* I have another masquerade I can use if worse comes to worse on her... I want this custom done before the minnesota pony meet in august XD

Title: Re: Sticky brown pony plastic?
Post by: Jinxxy on June 10, 2013, 05:26:00 PM

A good boil couldn't hurt!
I do that with sticky ponies.. and it seems to work about half the time!

Title: Re: Sticky brown pony plastic?
Post by: Alatariel-Silimaure on June 10, 2013, 05:27:12 PM

i'll give that a shot :3 I threw her in a vinegar bath hoping that would help, doesn't seem to be though

Title: Re: Sticky brown pony plastic?
Post by: kaoskat on June 10, 2013, 07:30:29 PM

Acetone will pull off the sticky but whether it will keep it off I'm not certain.

Title: Re: Sticky brown pony plastic?
Post by: Alatariel-Silimaure on June 11, 2013, 06:33:57 AM

Mmm... I think to be safe I will use my other masquerade bait... And ill try to get the sticky off this one and give her a quick fbr and let her sit to see what happens

Title: Re: Sticky brown pony plastic?
Post by: WaePonies on June 11, 2013, 03:30:32 PM

maybe try sealing her ? might lock the sticky away?
xoox

Title: Re: Sticky brown pony plastic?
Post by: Alatariel-Silimaure on June 11, 2013, 03:52:44 PM

thought about doing that too

Title: Re: Sticky brown pony plastic?
Post by: Pythia on June 11, 2013, 05:30:37 PM

I definitely wouldn't use it for a custom, the plasticizer will keep leaking our for who knows how long, even if you get rid of the initial sticky.

Title: Re: Sticky brown pony plastic?
Post by: Alatariel-Silimaure on June 11, 2013, 06:17:47 PM

sad :( I suppose I'll just keep it in my box for now

Title: Re: Sticky brown pony plastic?
Post by: gemini_pony on June 11, 2013, 10:07:16 PM

I have heard that you can keep them out in open air. After getting the initial sticky off use a baby wipe every so often to clean them off the leaking will eventually stop.