Want to hear about Remove Zit experiences!

[hathorcat]

Dont have a clue whats in it - although I would be interested to know. Maybe Retro Dolls UK can let us know some of what is in it just as a rough comparison to other stain removers - I know they are members here of course. [I dont expect them to give their secret formula away of course ]

[partypony566]

I bought a beautiful Italian Starflower. The seller however unfortunately tried to remove a couple of spots that I was intending to sunfade. She did it with the best of intentions, but here's what happened to my gorgeous pony on her trip from Europe 

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Holy heck!

[kayveryn]

I got this poor girl in a bait lot, and always assumed it was removezit...haven't tried painting it or anything yet to know if that may be more stable...
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[rybett]

With some more of it,she could be all yellow.

[HollowZero]

Yeah, has anyone tried to "bleach" a pony yellow with the stuff? The poor pony above might be better off being just one color.

[Tiggums6]

wow I feel better about Mimic wit the stories here, all I could first think was "how have I not noticed THAT" but she got worse...Incidentally, the seller was banned from here only 6 months later for shill bidding. I think it's a bad practice.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Don't do it.  That's all.  :-p  Sunfading is much safer even if it takes a few years.

[Mandy85]

I used it five years ago on a Big Brother Chief I purchased who was absolutely covered in mold spots/pony cancer and it cleared him right up without a trace of any discoloration. I washed him with Formula 911 to clean him after and to this day his plastic is fine. I've also used it successfully in smaller cases to get rid of marks from ball point pen, sharpie, and staining from pony clothing/saddles.

As mentioned already, I also can't express enough how you have to make sure the product is completely removed after use though, as putting a treated pony with the product still on it next to others on display may run the risk of damaging those surrounding it. The plastic may also discolor/yellow from it being left on for long after the recommended treatment period. Formula 911 or a good degreaser will do the trick.

Remove Zit was made with the mindset of removing ink out of lighter, flesh-tone colored plastics on dolls, so that's why it bleaches out colors like blue and purple. I would only trust it on white, yellow, or peach ponies.
As exemplified in the above photos, anything else would likely run the risk of the product pulling the color right out of the plastic. I remember seeing some customizers in the past actually use it to completely bleach ponies like G1 Seashell, for example, in order to get a white bait in a unique pose.

[Tiggums6]

That's a good thing to note Mandy85, that'd be the easy way to get a Lambaditsa. I wonder if it would sort out all those yellowed Cherry Treats?

[enchantress41580]

Dont have a clue whats in it - although I would be interested to know. Maybe Retro Dolls UK can let us know some of what is in it just as a rough comparison to other stain removers - I know they are members here of course. [I dont expect them to give their secret formula away of course ]

  Hi there! Melanie doesn't have an account here any longer, but I passed along your question to her, here's her response

"Our stain remover was developed for vinyl dolls and is similar to the removezit stain remover. I do not know what is in it but it is chemical. I always suggest that with any product designed to take stains away you test it on an area that cannot be seen first. I have noticed fading and non fading on the same type of doll so it's always best to try first. If it removes paint it will remove glitter easily. The other tip is to use a cotton bud to dab only the area affected. Some people use butter (pure butter no drivatives) and put it in a hot place/sunshine and that can work. Also many use Oxy10 spot creme the same way. It's never worked for me but has for others. I suppose on a pony that has coloured skin any bleaching will be more noticeable whereas on skin colours it's often not so bad. The other advice I would give which is worse the stain or a faded patch - can it be touched up with paint? Hope this helps x"

[rybett]

OK, playing with this stuff on several G1s.  Blueberry Baskets, no fade, ink gone.  Posey, no body fade, ink faded.  Might have gone completely if I left it longer.  Sparkler, no fade, ink gone.  Light purple Sweetheart Sister, tiny bit of fading, ink much better.  Baby Moon Dancer is hanging in the window with a coat of stain remover on her.  Left the symbols alone, seeing if she whitens.  Did not think to do before pics of course.  I don't know exactly what the pen marks were, but all of them were in the same lot, same color ink, same marking.  There's a Sundance in the same box, I'll try her ink next.    

[hathorcat]

Dont have a clue whats in it - although I would be interested to know. Maybe Retro Dolls UK can let us know some of what is in it just as a rough comparison to other stain removers - I know they are members here of course. [I dont expect them to give their secret formula away of course ]

  Hi there! Melanie doesn't have an account here any longer, but I passed along your question to her, here's her response

"Our stain remover was developed for vinyl dolls and is similar to the removezit stain remover. I do not know what is in it but it is chemical. I always suggest that with any product designed to take stains away you test it on an area that cannot be seen first. I have noticed fading and non fading on the same type of doll so it's always best to try first. If it removes paint it will remove glitter easily. The other tip is to use a cotton bud to dab only the area affected. Some people use butter (pure butter no drivatives) and put it in a hot place/sunshine and that can work. Also many use Oxy10 spot creme the same way. It's never worked for me but has for others. I suppose on a pony that has coloured skin any bleaching will be more noticeable whereas on skin colours it's often not so bad. The other advice I would give which is worse the stain or a faded patch - can it be touched up with paint? Hope this helps x"

Thats awesome information Thank you!

[kittisiubhan]

Please please PLEASE don't do it!

I don't know why this advice keeps popping up but seriously I hope it STOPS!

Remove Zit can have bad long term affects. It may remove the spot and look fantastic now but in a few days, weeks or even months - the plastic can fade HORRIFICALLY.

I've purchase ponies that looked fine then suddenly they have these "bleached" spots all over them only to discover somewhere along the line someone used Removed Zit.

Leaving them with the profits, me with a screwed up "collectable", and another otherwise decent pony lost forever because of a bad decision...

[Marian]

I'm gonna try it on a bait I think and then we will see, it's crazy how so many people had different experiences. Also I'll try to get that famous formula 911, to avoind future damages

[FantasticFirefly]

Baits are fine test subjects.

Since we have other ways of removing marks, I say use those first. Unless it's a flaw sunfading and h202 bath/treatment will do nothing for, and the pony is white or yellow. - AND you clean the pony really, really well and never resell without saying what was treated and when then I can see the use of remove-zit.

I have used remove zit to remove brown staining off a couple white ponies and it worked well, but took time. I did sections at a time as the product fumes WILL damage paint. so, if a stain is below the symbol I had the pony rested on it's side, never standing. Like the chief pony, mine worked beautifully. I washed her a bunch of times to be on the safe side too. She went from being a test bait to a pony I put on display. and 6 years later she's fine. Always test somewhere you don't see first. My pony came out with brown removed and gleaming white- but others have said remove-zit CAUSED brown stains so you never know.