Painting pony question

[Baby Mischief]

Hi everyone!
I just started rehairing ponies and Im having so much fun! Now Im thinking about maybe painting a pony. But I wonder what happens if the pony has cancer or pindot and so on.. I have read so much about contagious dots. If I paint over a pony with any of those issues, do I "seal" the issues? And how do I start, should I boil the pony or something first?

[BarbedDragon]

Typically you'd be fine. I have heard of marker spots bleeind through but I'd say boiling will take care of anything contagious . Part of my prep is to clean the inside and out with soap. Is rust is an issue then they get treated with a little CLR soak. Then they get acetoned all over and then I paint them directly after.

[kCherry]

Typically you'd be fine. I have heard of marker spots bleeind through but I'd say boiling will take care of anything contagious . Part of my prep is to clean the inside and out with soap. Is rust is an issue then they get treated with a little CLR soak. Then they get acetoned all over and then I paint them directly after.

  What she said. I've done Full Body Repaints over ponies with obvious spots in the vinyl and have never had any odd spots come up in the coat. I treat my ponies pretty much the same as Barb described. Good luck!!