Quote from: Queen Eclipsia on October 02, 2012, 08:59:22 AM

Quote from: kissthethunder on October 02, 2012, 08:36:33 AM

On that confetti did you use the Peroxide dip that people have been doing lately? I haven't tried yet but I love the results!

Yup! I posted the method I used above. Basically, just cover the pony in peroxide inside a see-through glass or plastic covered vase/jar (you can cover with plastic wrap and a rubber band if you don't have a lid) and sit it in the sun for as long as it takes to get as white as you'd like. Confetti took about a week....

Only a week? Must have been a sunny window, none of mine take that little amount of time!! Awesome! Do you just use store bought peroxide? Keep the pony completely submerged? I think I'm going to brave this and attempt a colored pony, I haven't seen results for them and I have some very sad baits laying around.

I left her outside out back on my deck. Right on the ledge. I moved her throughout the day so she was in direct sunlight most of the time. Now that we're in the fall, it's been rainy most days and I haven't started on any new ponies.
Yes - I used regular, store-bought Hydrogen Peroxide in the brown bottle. I get a 2-pack of them from Costco for $1.98. I recommend trying to get them in bulk as it takes a lot of peroxide to cover the pony. Sometimes I even do 2 ponies at once.
-This method does a great job of reducing pindot stains, fading my Bowtie's pindot to almost nothing! Unfortunately, her pink hair faded as well, because I really was in a rush and didn't want to take the time to wrap her hair in foil.

How'd you defrizz? I've tried the method where you dip the hair in boiling water, but it never seems to work for me.

I first wash the hair with Dawn dish detergent, then rinse and condition with Suave Apple conditioner, comb through and rinse with cold water....THEN...I use Cetaphil - yes, the hand lotion - and slather it on the realllly wet hair. I turn my regular iron on the low setting and I run it over the hair FIRMLY with the Cetaphil on it...once or twice until it evaporates a *little*...then I use a spray water bottle and more lotion to keep the hair really wet and slimey...then iron again. I usually can tell if the iron is too low, so I raise the heat in increments until it makes a slight "hissing" sound, but doesn't MELT the hair. Once the hair looks smooth, I rinse and wash again, then condition again. If the hair is smooth enough, I'm done and I then wrap it around a leg or foam roller to dry overnight. Longer hair takes a couple of days. The key is to keep the hair SATURATED with water and the hand lotion, run the iron over it enough to evaporate some of the water, but not all and keep wetting and slathering on lotion. You also want enough heat! I used to be really afraid of using the iron, but my curling iron got too hot, and didn't have enough temperature control. I usually start at a low temp and gradually build up the heat until I get that hissing sound...this way I know it's hot enough, I don't have to run it over the hair too many times, which can cause it to dry out, and hair doesn't melt.
One thing I noticed is that WHITE hair tends to melt quicker than darker hair. So, in my experience, the lighter the hair, the lower the temperature of the iron...
Sorry if this is so wordy, it's hard to describe a process that involves a lot of trial and error...


Post Merge: October 02, 2012, 08:34:27 AM

Wow Confetti looks great. How did you get her so white? I have a white pony with similar discolouration xx

I removed her tail and kept her head off. Then I wrapped her hair in aluminum foil, white acrylic painted over her eyes, put her head and body in a glass flower vase filled with enough Hydrogen Peroxide to cover the pony. Then I sat her out in the sun for about a week....removed the paint with rubbing alchohol (doesnt remove eye paint, just the acrylic) and wash and conditioned her hair. Couldn't do much about the symbols fading a bit. The peroxide didn't really remove the glitter, it was the initial scrubbing. I've used this method with a really yellow Glory and Moondancer and they came out bright white with barely any symbol loss....
One thing to note - Confetti has a strip of chartreuse hair that WILL bleed onto her body - you have to make sure you cover the hair well to prevent any bleeding. I use tin foil and then clear scotch tape along the edges of the hairline to secure the foil to her head. Then I paint over the tape where her hair is showing under with the white paint as well. This keeps that section of hair from fading and the tape helps prevent the color transfer.
I got the big brown bottles of peroxide at Costco....

Great job! It looks like you put a lot of time and effort into restoring her - and it shows!

yikes those look rough!
I bet after a trip to the spa they will look like totally different ponies!

LOL! Is it odd that I'm actually pretty psyched about that? I LOVE making these girls over!

So a friend of mine was asking around her job for ponies for me, and someone had them! I got a total of 40 ponies (30 MLP and 10 fakies, plus 1 Mattel Pretty Kitty) for $30! I had no idea what was in the lot, but when I met up with her co-worker, I was SO happy! I got so many that I didn't already have, and a couple of upgrades. They all need cleaning, but none of them have cancer and maybe 2 have slight mold issues. There are a couple of haircuts (Poor Princess Sunbeam) and someone tried to give Big Brother Chief some eyebrows, lol. There were also some small stuffed cats and rabbits in the bag, not sure what these are, or if they are MLP related at all...maybe someone can help identify them? Also, there was a cream colored mesh ribbon in the bag, looks almost like a bridal type thing...anyone have any ideas if this is MLP as well? It has an elastic loop in the back....

Anyway, here are the BEFORE pics! I will re-take pics after I clean them all up. Thanks for letting me share! 

Sweet Suds - someone BRAIDED her tail!
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Sweet Steps Ballerinas Posey Rosey and Silky Slipper
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Princess Sunbeam
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Petite Ponytail Ponies
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Parasol and Moonstone
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Moondancer
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Magic Message Mirror Mirror
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Magic Message Magic Hat
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Lavender Baby Ember
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Baby Jabber and Baby Sniffles
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FF Butterscotch (worst of the lot-she's stcky!)
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FF Bleubell - haircut
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Pretty Pals Baby Hoppy and Creamsicle the Giraffe
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Cocoberry #1
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Cocoberry #2 (hair still bright pink!)
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Big Brother Chief - some smudging on symbol
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Cotton Candy #1
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Cotton Candy #2
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Baby Moondancer, Fifi and Toppy
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Baby Cuddles and Baby Graffiti
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Babies Group Photo
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10th Anniversary/Birthday Pony
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Mattel My Little Pretty Kitty - Frosty Fur (PM if interested in purchasing)
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And for the Fakies: (PM if interested in purchasing any of these)

1984 Lanard Fakie
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Cabbage Patch Sparkle fakie and Pegasus fakie -TRADED
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Flocked Remco Fakie
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1989 Remco Unicorn Fakies
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Cabbage Patch(?) Fakie
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Baby Tara Toys Ponies
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Miscellaneous Bunny and Cat tiny stuffed animals
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Cream-colored ribbon. Is this a MLP accessory?
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Ok, so what happens with the sales thread? Are the classifieds just another way of allowing purchases directly through the Arena?

Hmmm...I sunfaded Mimic's leg white to remove unremoveable pindot (duh)so now she looks like she has a "sock"...I've melted white hair on a G3...accidentally removed Forget-Me-Not's right eye with acetone...and just yesterday I dunked Baby Fifi (dirty, yet minty) into a warm Oxyclean bath, swished her around a couple times, pulled her out and GASP! - SYMBOLS GONE!