Her owner loved her VERY much! And played outside alot. I'm doing this restoration for her original owner, who is now an adult collector and a member of this page.
I'm tickled it turned out so well, she's going to be overjoyed when she receives her pony back all clean and new!

This one didn't even need elbow grease! She wanted so badly to be clean again, most of the flocking fell right off after a quick boil in Oxyclean. Then a quick treatment with the special chemical I use took off the last of the glue bits. Had her done in less than an hour!

Curses! Chemistry strikes again! LOL
Thanks for the info, you guys rock.

Ok collectors and dedicated pony followers, need your help on this mystery!
First off, tell me about "fading pink hair"...my assumption is that it takes sunlight and exposure for it to lose color. A Posey or Wind Whistler still on the hang card should have perfect hair color right?
I recently unearthed a G1 Curly Locks from my childhood collection...I got her very soon before the big move that put all my ponies in storage, carefully wrapped up individually and placed in a heavy cardboard box, for 25 years. She looks essentially brand new, but her hair has a white stripe, with zero evidence that there ever WAS any pink.
All the pics show her as the first stripe of the mane being that fading pink color - but is it possible that some ponies had white instead? How could a pony whose entire life has been spent in a box pretty much, have lost the color so perfectly and completely? Is there a chemical process at work that I don't know about? Her "pink" stripe is thoroughly and totally white, exactly the same as the bottom mane stripe...and it's perfectly white right down thru the roots. What the heck is going on here? Are factory mistakes in hair colors a known thing in the MLP realm?

I have few ponies for trade, all of them were my childhood toys so there are some flaws, but most are in pretty excellent condition. I was never mean to my ponies! I have:
Sparkler
Peppermint Crunch
Bluebell
Cotton Candy
Chrysanthemum birth flower pony
Surprise (bait)
Fifi from Perm Shoppe (bait, very faded symbols)

Send me your email address for PayPal and let me know what shipping cost will be. Here's an example of my deflock skills, Buttons was super ragged and filthy, and came out so bright and perfectly clean!
I'm about to start on Skippety Doo today. It's hella cold and pouring rain here, I've got a whole weekend of nasty weather to work on pony makeovers, let the games begin...
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Ok guys, I'm totally beat but I simply MUST brag. This was my first attempt at a restoration of this scope...and I love it!

These two ponies were my very most favorites as a child, and I just rediscovered them stashed away in storage along with about 30 others. Thier flocking had big bald patches from being ridden by GI Joes, sticky chocolate stains, chopped hair, and overall just thrashed...but so very loved! Can't tell ya how many bubble baths they shared with my filthy 8yr old farm kid self...their innards were just...eeeeewww!!....

So after alot of study and practice on various restoration techniques, I started on a full makeover of this pair - and literally just finished tonight!
In both cases the hair couldn't be saved, and, both had a single color mane n tail. I really love lots of beautiful color, so since this is a major custom overhaul, why not go nuts and give them an awesome palette in the hair? Sounds great, I'm down! Check it out...

Please excuse the ugly background and poor lighting of my work table...thier hair was finally dry and it's pitch dark out (plus my shoulders seriously ache and my hands feel like raw hamburger after 2 days of rehairing). I haven't had a chance to do any curling or styling yet either... photoshoot to come later on a sunny day!

I really enjoyed this experience and have several more bait So Softs who will be getting the same treatment. It's extremely satisfying to see a gnarly pony shed her layers of gross and be reborn as a shining beauty! If you've been wanting a particular deflocked pony for your collection just ask, she might be waiting in my project box This is an art form just like painting, I love the challenge of blending hair colors literally strand by strand to match my vision - and believe me, the pony herself tells me what colors she wants to wear in her new form!!
Challenge question: how many colors did I use on each of these two ponies? (Totally not fair  I know, cuz the lighting sucks, I'll post new ones in sunlight I promise!)

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Ok let's see if this works...pic of another of my deflocks, Buttons.

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