Stars's Big G1 Restoration (pic heavy)

[Stars]

So I went on a splurge of buying up cheap unloved G1s during the summer, even though my collection is largely G2. Most of these girls are in pretty bad shape, though - the lightest damage ranging from a few cut plugs and stains to full on smooze/pindot, haircuts, the lot. I've now, FINALLY, got my new and improved Pony Shelves in place, so I can begin work on restoring these lovelies to the best of my ability.

First up, are two lovely baby ponies. Baby Apple Delight came from another Arena member at the MCM October Expo in London - I was wearing the Link cosplay, and it'd be great to say Hi on here, and thanks for the free McDonalds Silver Swirl! She's actually probably the best one here, not being from eBay. She has two small stains and her hair is a little dry, but otherwise very very beautiful <3
Baby Count-a-lot was an unexpected bonus from a G1 lot - a German pony! She is suffering from some serious greying and stains around her hooves though, and I think her mane may have undergone a trim (I'm not very experienced with baby ponies, so if someone could confirm, that'd be great). Her right eye also has a rub in the middle.
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Next are the four Collector's Pose ponies - Cotton Candy and Bluebelle are both the later, concave foot releases and both suffer from being very grubby. Bluebelle is also missing her last few plugs and rattles, suggesting her tail washer has come off. Peachy is absolutely filthy and has a few stains. Her symbols have faded to white and she is suffering lost plugs and smooze. Lemon Drop is suffering from plasticizer breakdown and cut plugs. She's filthy and has stains to her ears. I would appreciate some help in ID'ing this exact Lemon Drop as she's one of the ones with a very dark symbol.
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Tootsie, though, is the absolute direst of the bunch. She is covered head to toe in the worst smooze I have seen with cut plugs and severe symbol fading. She is beginning to develop tail rust. I've already popped her head off and am beginning her first soak in soap before I can find some Oxi-action. Moonstone is fairly decent - her light green/yellow section of her mane has been cut on the second row of plugs and she has some stains to the back of her neck. She's pretty grubby too, but her symbol is in very good nick.
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As you can see I've already started the long process of cleaning them with Tootsie. I need lots of oxyclean and magic erases for this lot though, methinks. I won't be rehairing them for a long time yet as I can't afford to rehair and don't have the time to learn how, but I may end up replacing their snipped locks at a later date.

[hathorcat]

Wow! Thats a lot of work

Cant wait to see more progress pics.

[Chi]

I've had success with cleaning ingrained dirt by boiling the pony (head and body detached) with dish soap and every once taking her out with tongs (also emptying the water into the pot) and rubbing angrily ( ) with magic eraser. It didn't take too long before it cleaned up completely. Be careful with spots around symbols, I just used my fingernail for that.

I wish you the best of luck, I think you'll do fine.

[SpookyTrees]

I love restoration threads!!!! 99% of the G1's I have were severely neglected rescued lots. I can't wait to see how you progress!

[Stars]

Magic eraser with acetone has started lifiting a tiny bit of Tootsie's smooze, but it took a lot of effort for a tiny amount. It has however already brightened up and removed stains off Peachy and Lemondrop. I'll give them a preliminary boiling tomorrow. I'm experimenting with standing Tootsie in a small amount of nail polish remover overnight to see if it helps the underside of her feet.

[Mirnyj]

Oh have fun and do remember to share photos of your progress! 

[h1m3.]

Can't wait to see the final cleaned looks Good luck!

[Artemesia's Garden]

Ah good luck with all those! I have some ponies with cut hair, I plait the hair or do some sort of up-do to hide it if it's possible.  I only re-hair if it's impossible to hide the damage with a braid or accessory. So maybe you won't mind so much once they are all nice and clean!