When is a pony considered truly beyond hope?

[Rhini]

I definitely agree when the pony is missing limbs... that's where I draw the limit.

At least hair is restorable and lots of other conditions can be improved... 

I LOVE to restore... (though I didn't consider any of these gals beyond hope...)





 
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What was it you soaked her in to make her so white again?

[Elisto]

Looks like peroxide.

[mlp4me]

That was H202/peroxide, made her hard as a rock, but nice and white. She sat out in the sun with tinfoil under the jar for almost 2 weeks. (It also changed her eyes from purple to blue...)

[kmlv23]

Seriously Rhini, I could probably fix Gingerbread for you...

[Elisto]

Well, I think peroxide takes the coating off twinkle eyes, if that's what you're considering...regular sunfading is what I'd do.

[Rhini]

You wish kmlv23 

That's what I thought it looked like, but someone else had mentioned how it makes them hard and brittle, which I don't really wanna do. Plus it will ruin her eyes.

Its winter here and despite the warm temperatures there's been hardly any sun. I've been meaning to invest in an OTT light but I keep putting it off.

[kmlv23]

You wish kmlv23 

That's what I thought it looked like, but someone else had mentioned how it makes them hard and brittle, which I don't really wanna do. Plus it will ruin her eyes.

Its winter here and despite the warm temperatures there's been hardly any sun. I've been meaning to invest in an OTT light but I keep putting it off.

Whaaaattt I'm being honest.   Besides it'd give us something to talk about at the STL meetup...*HINTHINT*

[StrawberryMeadow]

I think it only depends on how far you want to go and what your personal limits are. Missing pieces, tears, etc wouldn't stop me if I was inclined to restore, like I did with Bunny Hop-

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<3! Bunny Hop! Pretty much looks like mine I'm about to restore! (My first restoration, and one of many PP's I'm trying to love!)


Now I feel bad for baiting a tootsie with cancer, pretty much no symbol and no hairs.... I just thought no one would care about her.... *cry*


I'm sorry! I might even wash all her FBR off and restore her instead.... 

[LadyPinwheel]

Except for cancer, regrind and some serious cases of pindot I think all ponies can be restored with patience, time and care.

The worst case I have got is a Spanish Peach Blossom with ink, superglue and a punky haircut.

This is it before: (that thing on the body is super glue. The owner had tried as a child to make new wings for the pony and had attached them to the body with super glue!)
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And this is it after a sunbath, hot bath, rehair and a symbol repaint (the eyes I tried to keep them as original as possible):

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[HavACrumpet452]

Bumping this topic so new collectors don't think they need to throw a pony away. Some people broke the link on their pictures though, need some new restore pics.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Bumping this topic so new collectors don't think they need to throw a pony away. Some people broke the link on their pictures though, need some new restore pics.

Heh, I now call this behavior the pony Rickroll, and I have saved a bunch of links to restoration threads everytime the subject comes up!    We must save the remaining G1s! 

[TexasGal]

So stalking this thread.  I have 3 babies that need restoring and I'm going to at least wash them tonight and see what I'm dealing with.  =]

[lovesbabysquirmy]

So stalking this thread.  I have 3 babies that need restoring and I'm going to at least wash them tonight and see what I'm dealing with.  =]

Show us some pictures and we'll be happy to help you out! 

[TexasGal]

Ok, I have a Peachy, Majesty, and Party Time.  Party Time is the worst, with bad highlighter (I think...it's pink on her orange) marks all over her neck, face, and body.  I will get more pics of her, close ups, so you can see what I mean.  Her tail washer was badly rusted, bad enough that there was rust all over the inside of her body.  There is a little rust on her tail, but it's not bad, and close enough I could trim off the bad parts and re-zip-tie it and have her original tail on her. 



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Any suggestions would be great!  I hate to bait her if I can help it.  Peachy needs some symbol and eye touch ups, but that is no biggie.  Majesty is really nice, just kinda yellowy.  She needs to be re-whitened, so I was curious what you might suggest.  Her symbols are near perfect, and I don't want to do peroxide on her and have her get all hard and brittle...


BTW this was pre-bath.  They are all drying now on my sink drainer and looking a LOT better.  =]

[TexasGal]

Ok here are some better pictures of them:


Majesty - for some odd reason, she isn't showing up as yellow as she looks irl.  Maybe it's just me.  xD  But either way, she is yellowed, and her head and body don't exactly match.  Her symbols aren't bad, and her hair seem seems to be fine. 


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Peachy - needs some symbol rework done, and has a few spots that wouldn't come up, but other than that she isn't too bad.  She needs to have her hair styled, but that is easy, LOL.


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And finally, Party Time, she who needs the most help - She has fading? I think?  on her neck, or a bad case of the highlighters.  Pink variety. Not contagious, but still a blight that can scar and discolor a pony for far too long.  She has a little tail rust, but I think I can just cut the metal part and shorten her tail a bit to get rid of the rusted part.  I'm not sure yet if I will though...doesn't seem kosher.


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