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Oh no how horrible! Unfortunately it is something I would never use - anything with any kind of colour to it, any kind of dye or pigment really is something you should avoid. You should manage to fade the marks out with the sun however So not all is lost.
Quote from: NoPonySpecial on August 07, 2014, 05:58:45 PMThat's it. I am so done with pony restoration. It seems like every time I attempt something other than a cleaning I end up having to write a "what not to do" thread. So basically, I was sunfading white ponies using blue painter's tape to protect the bodies and symbols. The tape left pale purple marks all over them, which I was not expecting because, you know, it's painter's tape. But I was foolish to assume it would work the same way on plastic as it does on walls. Maybe it left marks because it got too hot in the sun, or maybe because it was left untouched for several months. Not sure. Whatever caused it, I recommend not using it.So now I have a (G3) August Gladiolus who got the worst of the lavender plague, and a Birthday Pony with it in places, too. Magic Eraser is doing basically nothing. Perhaps the purple marks can be... sunfaded? *chuckling that develops into insane laughter*OMG, I had purple marks show up on some of my sunfaded ponies too, why didn't I suspect the painter's tape...!!!! Would masking tape work better, I wonder? It's white, but it's stronger...
That's it. I am so done with pony restoration. It seems like every time I attempt something other than a cleaning I end up having to write a "what not to do" thread. So basically, I was sunfading white ponies using blue painter's tape to protect the bodies and symbols. The tape left pale purple marks all over them, which I was not expecting because, you know, it's painter's tape. But I was foolish to assume it would work the same way on plastic as it does on walls. Maybe it left marks because it got too hot in the sun, or maybe because it was left untouched for several months. Not sure. Whatever caused it, I recommend not using it.So now I have a (G3) August Gladiolus who got the worst of the lavender plague, and a Birthday Pony with it in places, too. Magic Eraser is doing basically nothing. Perhaps the purple marks can be... sunfaded? *chuckling that develops into insane laughter*
I did something similar with electrician's tape. I figured it wouldn't leave a sticky residue so I used it to cover Gusty's eyes when I was sunfading her, luckily I checked her often enough that I noticed she had yellowed more under the tape and quickly removed it all.