My First Time Sunfading!

[LittleSpiffy]

I won an auction a few nights ago and there is a poor, poor, Whizzer.  She has one spot of regrind, but otherwise no major flaws.  Oh, yeah, except for all the ink on the one side!   

I gave her a quick wash, tested the ink with some acetone (won't budge), and I unfortunately have no Magic Erasers (but I think Whizzer is beyond that).

I have her hair covered, her eyes and symbols painted, and I'm about to put her in the window!  It's a southwest exposure and gets nice afternoon sun, but not for very long.  Hopefully it will do the job of just fading the ink and not the plastic

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[Miniature Sheep]

Good luck; I hope she clears up nicely for you!

[LittleSpiffy]

Good luck; I hope she clears up nicely for you!

Thank you!  I think I'm going to do the same with these two...they're cream colored & not white.  Although, I am not looking forward to painting all those berries!

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[ValeofSpring]

Good luck! I think Baby Moondancer may be on the Do Not Sunfade list, so I'd be careful w/ Baby Glory.

I just sunfaded an adult Glory and Moondancer (to de-ivory) them and they look amazing! I'm really excited by the results. They look nearly new.

I'm planning to sunfade a Bow-Tie to brighten her up . . . I'm a little concerned about it though. I'm not sure how blue ponies do. Also may try with a Firefly . . . ?

I'm looking forward to seeing your results!

[LittleSpiffy]

Good luck! I think Baby Moondancer may be on the Do Not Sunfade list, so I'd be careful w/ Baby Glory.

I just sunfaded an adult Glory and Moondancer (to de-ivory) them and they look amazing! I'm really excited by the results. They look nearly new.

I'm planning to sunfade a Bow-Tie to brighten her up . . . I'm a little concerned about it though. I'm not sure how blue ponies do. Also may try with a Firefly . . . ?

I'm looking forward to seeing your results!

Oh, really?  Hmm...apparently I need to keep an eye on all white ponies.  It's worth a shot!  I added paint to the cheek blush (didn't think to do that before reading the past threads) and added tape around those foil gaps.

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[Saber-Toothed Crow]

Good luck with your sunfading! I've yet to try it myself, but I've a pretty discoloured TAF Sweet Scoops coming my way I may have to give it a try on.

[Mirnyj]

I'm planning to sunfade a Bow-Tie to brighten her up . . . I'm a little concerned about it though. I'm not sure how blue ponies do. Also may try with a Firefly . . . ?

I've sunfaded Sugar Apple to fix head-body mismatch and it worked well so sure worth giving it a try!

[hathorcat]

Good luck Cant wait to see the results!

[robinharper]

Good luck and curious for the results!!!!!

Hugs
  Robin

[ValeofSpring]

I'm planning to sunfade a Bow-Tie to brighten her up . . . I'm a little concerned about it though. I'm not sure how blue ponies do. Also may try with a Firefly . . . ?

I've sunfaded Sugar Apple to fix head-body mismatch and it worked well so sure worth giving it a try!

Thanks for letting me know! I have a great window in my new apartment for sunfading. I just bought a very yellowed Gusty w/ perfect symbols off eBay so I can sunfade her back to her former glory:)

[princessluna11706]

Good luck, I hope they turn out well!  Just curious, what kind of paint did you use to cover their eyes/symbols? 

[LittleSpiffy]

Good luck, I hope they turn out well!  Just curious, what kind of paint did you use to cover their eyes/symbols? 

Acrylic

[ponygrl07]

AHHH I will be watching this thread! I've wanted to try sun fading but wasn't sure about it. (I haven't done much research). I have a couple of ponies that are perfect except for a single highlighter/marker spot. May have to try fading them out.

Hope they come out perfect

[LittleSpiffy]

AHHH I will be watching this thread! I've wanted to try sun fading but wasn't sure about it. (I haven't done much research). I have a couple of ponies that are perfect except for a single highlighter/marker spot. May have to try fading them out.

Hope they come out perfect

Me too!  I forget who had Whizzer in her car (it was a recent thread)...but omg!  The sunfading was epic.  Poor darling was bleached out   I mean, ink is ink and anything that happens can be better since she's considered a bait at this point.

Sugarberry & Baby Glory?  I've owned others that were glorious in their pearly whiteness.  Their cream-color vinyl isn't that bad, but I know what potential they could have!  I just hope they don't burn into chocolate colored ponies.   

Post Merge: December 17, 2014, 05:14:21 PM

The ink is recent, too!  There was an Ursa Minor (Moondreamers) in the lot with the same ink marks.  I think the seller had both of them laying on wet newsprint or something.

A little off-topic: The box and everything in it smelled weird - like he had them in his garage.  Smelled like varnish or gasoline?  So weird.  Faint, but noticeable.  He only lives about 20 mins from me (actually, I go to flea markets in the same area he lives, which is where he probably got the ponies).  I'm SO glad they got here quickly so I could wash them before the stink really set in.

[ponygrl07]

Me too!  I forget who had Whizzer in her car (it was a recent thread)...but omg!  The sunfading was epic.  Poor darling was bleached out  

Knowing me I would probably forget about my pony in the window and have a super bleached burnt beauty HAHA.