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What is regrind exactly? I know they are colorful spots (usually pink.), but what are they..?
Quote from: LadyMoondancer on November 11, 2015, 09:23:10 AMIn some ways I think I'd rather have a Party Time that already has regrind. Then at least you aren't always afraid the inevitable will happen and she'll one day get it.At least the hot pink doesn't show up TOO much on the orange.I have to agree with this. I got my Party Time post regrind and once I learned what the mysterious spots were I wasn't as bummed out about her being "marked up" especially since it's an issue that effect ALL of them and there's nothing you can do to stop it.I"m unsure how bright her original color was but mine doesn't seem to have AS many pinkish/yellow blotches on her, even in bright light. It's only a matter of time, though.
In some ways I think I'd rather have a Party Time that already has regrind. Then at least you aren't always afraid the inevitable will happen and she'll one day get it.At least the hot pink doesn't show up TOO much on the orange.
I have 2 Party Time's one of them looks regrind free and the other just has some pink on one hoof. I've never looked at them under a black light or anything though visitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or login
However, not all pink spots are regrind. In regrind situations, the signature pink is what's left over after the degradation, so only ponies who originally had that pink in their color formulation (e.g. Party Time's orange, Cloud Puff's purple) will show pink splotches from regrind. Bright pink marks on a yellow or white pony may look similar, but that's from contact with outside dyes, not from regrind.
Quote from: Shimmer Mist on November 15, 2015, 08:23:58 PMQuote from: LadyMoondancer on November 11, 2015, 09:23:10 AMIn some ways I think I'd rather have a Party Time that already has regrind. Then at least you aren't always afraid the inevitable will happen and she'll one day get it.At least the hot pink doesn't show up TOO much on the orange.I have to agree with this. I got my Party Time post regrind and once I learned what the mysterious spots were I wasn't as bummed out about her being "marked up" especially since it's an issue that effect ALL of them and there's nothing you can do to stop it.I"m unsure how bright her original color was but mine doesn't seem to have AS many pinkish/yellow blotches on her, even in bright light. It's only a matter of time, though.I agree as well. I don't think I could handle having a perfect Party Time. Every time I looked at her I'd be looking for new regrind to appear rather than appreciating her as she is. Cloud Puff is like this too, though not as bad I think. I do have a perfect Cloud Puff (at least she was when I put her in storage last year so who knows if she still is). I also have one that's entirely pink LOL
I'll take regrind over pvc breakdown anyday of the week.
No And anyone who claims otherwise...pop your PT in a bright light or under a black light and be prepared. LOL - this pony may be the one that makes me bitter.
Quote from: BlushingBlue on November 16, 2015, 11:37:02 PMHowever, not all pink spots are regrind. In regrind situations, the signature pink is what's left over after the degradation, so only ponies who originally had that pink in their color formulation (e.g. Party Time's orange, Cloud Puff's purple) will show pink splotches from regrind. Bright pink marks on a yellow or white pony may look similar, but that's from contact with outside dyes, not from regrind.Thanks for this. I noticed pink splotches on a Sundance that I got the other day and immediately thought they were regrind. Now I know that they aren't.
I think we get confused with terminology. Regrind in ponies is not really an accurate description is just something we have come to use as a handy term. In the plastics industry a lot of time manufacturers use "jazz" polymers which are essentially recycled plastics. Typically you see these mostly in harder plastics rather than soft unless you are making something that does not require a high level of manufacture. In something as cheap and mass market as a toy being made in 80s Hong Kong and China I dont doubt they did use jazz at some point but they wont have used something a different colour - jazz is typically black or grey in colour. While I do believe a lot of what we see is as a result of poor quality polymers and additives in the mix, the pink colour is a result of it rather than actually being the colour of the recycled plastic. It is also the same thing as age marks...its just that it has cottoned its own name over the years when it appears in this colour.Often the pink "regrind" spots we see on ponies like Party Time are the same thing as what some people here call "vinyl deterioration". Look very close to the centre of the "regrind" marks and you will see that they sometimes have the same dark centre, fading outwards appearance of "age marks". Sometimes under a black light you will even see a very dark spot at the centre...again like age marks. The different colours of ponies (with their different blends and pigments) show us the same thing in different ways - on white ponies we see brown marks, on blue ponies we often see white marks and on pink ponies we see bright pink marks..its all the same thing. However, depending on what has caused the issue we can see different effects on different ponies. I have had a lot of Sundances and Blossoms over the years with random pink marks which are not removable, they are part of the plastic rather than a surface stain.