Using Comedone Extractor on Ingrained Dirt/Pindot

[babystarz]

Has anyone tried this? I just used it on my Munchy who had seriously bad ingrained dirt mixed with a couple pores that were filled with rusty stuff. After trying to sunfade both with and without peroxide (which did help some, once it got in the pores), scrubbing with nails after boiling, then fine-grain sandpaper, then an even finer nail buffer, I thought - hmm. These are pores. They're just like human pores, but they are made of plastic. I wonder if a comedone extractor could get this yucky stuff out?

Well, it worked! I will caution though, that after trying three types of extractor, it became clear to me that a wide, broad head should be used. The smaller heads would cause damage if pressed too hard into the pony plastic. This is what it looked like, I used the bigger head on the right: http://i01.i.aliimg.com/photo/v0/100033961/Comedone_Extractor.jpg

For those unfamiliar with how these are used, the head is placed over a blocked pore and pressed downward to expel sebum/dead skin/oil from all kinds of blemishes on human skin. And as I suspected, the same process works for dirt lodged in pony pores too The only problem is that the pores may be permanently widened from holding onto the dirt for so long.

Comedone extractors are sold at pretty much every beauty supply store there is; I think I got mine at Ulta. It was less than $10.

I will keep experimenting with this method to see if it works on smaller pores too, I just wanted to report my initial success with it in case anyone else is dealing with this problem and looking for a new method.

[saply]

Omg. GENIUS.

[Oneleo1]

I had not thought of that...interesting results!

[teresat]

I was just staring at one the other day wondering if it work on *me* and I would never have thought to use on a pony.

Great thinking!

[sd_dreamcrystal]

Hmm interesting

[StarDragon]

That's a creative idea! I could never have thought of that. I'm interested in knowing the process. Did you run the pony under hot water first, or just press down hard on the plastic?

[babystarz]

That's a creative idea! I could never have thought of that. I'm interested in knowing the process. Did you run the pony under hot water first, or just press down hard on the plastic?

I was going to run her under hot water first, but decided to give it a try without doing that to see what would happen. The dirt popped right out even from the harder plastic. I'm not sure if it was helped along by the sanding and filing I did - I think if I hadn't done that first I would have seen better results with the pores nice and loose from the hot water ^^

[StarDragon]

That's a creative idea! I could never have thought of that. I'm interested in knowing the process. Did you run the pony under hot water first, or just press down hard on the plastic?

I was going to run her under hot water first, but decided to give it a try without doing that to see what would happen. The dirt popped right out even from the harder plastic. I'm not sure if it was helped along by the sanding and filing I did - I think if I hadn't done that first I would have seen better results with the pores nice and loose from the hot water ^^

Wow, that's great then. I have a couple regrind spots on a pony, I might try this out.

[hathorcat]

That's a creative idea! I could never have thought of that. I'm interested in knowing the process. Did you run the pony under hot water first, or just press down hard on the plastic?

I was going to run her under hot water first, but decided to give it a try without doing that to see what would happen. The dirt popped right out even from the harder plastic. I'm not sure if it was helped along by the sanding and filing I did - I think if I hadn't done that first I would have seen better results with the pores nice and loose from the hot water ^^

Wow, that's great then. I have a couple regrind spots on a pony, I might try this out.

Regrind is a change in the actual plastic so unless you were removing the plastic unfortunately that wont work.

But this is a fantastic idea for pindot! I have a Stockings who continues to have pindot despite regular and aggressive scrubbing...maybe worth a go with this if I can track something similar down on UK shores!

[Gingerbread]

That is such a good idea...I never even heard of one of those.

[kittybethy]

Wow!! Who knew?