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Quote from: margotfranklin on July 20, 2016, 12:44:31 PMI imagine a sun faded pony would be okay for a child to play with- would an oxy boil pony or peroxide-soaked pony be okay as well? I have a few ponies with unacceptable stains and I would like to try to get them out but I need them to be child-safe afterward. Some of the pen stains, I have tried the method of heating the pony in hot water, applying antibacterial soap, and scraping. I have had little success in drastically lightening the pen stains but this takes a very long time and I am not sure if it is worth it for the purpose. Any thoughts? Ok, personally I have stopped giving children vintage toys period I keep my stuff out of reach of both children and pets.(even those in seemingly good repair). I posted something a while back about a lab taking 80's stuff and finding lead and cadmium in the vinyl (yes, even in 80's MLP). it can be absorbed through skin. So now I hoard extra pretty g3's and g4's for my kids that get to "see the collection and get a free pony from the pony lady" box. I would never give a child any vintage toy which was once, or becomes slimy to the touch or heavily weathered. (and sunfading, heat UV this all starts damage/breakdown) Sadly since lead and cadmuim ended up in our playthings anyway and the concern is as they break down they can be adsorbed through skin. you also don't want them getting old plasticizers all over their hands either. If you have concerns though the person to ask is your pediatrician, or a musuem conservator with knowledge of 80's plastic's.Exceptions of course are older kids who want them as a collectible and not for play. They can't hurt you in a curio.
I imagine a sun faded pony would be okay for a child to play with- would an oxy boil pony or peroxide-soaked pony be okay as well? I have a few ponies with unacceptable stains and I would like to try to get them out but I need them to be child-safe afterward. Some of the pen stains, I have tried the method of heating the pony in hot water, applying antibacterial soap, and scraping. I have had little success in drastically lightening the pen stains but this takes a very long time and I am not sure if it is worth it for the purpose. Any thoughts?
Also, I won't bore everyone with a bunch more links to articles, but nearly everything I've read about PVC makes some sort of statement about how pvc is used for all sorts of stuff "pipes, industrial use, medical equipment, toys" and they often discuss the use of plasticiser. However, they've never said that the addition of plasticiser changes the way it interacts with other compounds, and I'm sure they would know about this, so I'm thinking the effect is has must be minimal.
#2 If pony accessories revert to yellowed state after peroxide treatment, am I better off restoring my personal PE's roof to the proper pink with spray paint? (found a good color at Michael's)
#2 If pony accessories revert to yellowed state after peroxide treatment, am I better off restoring my personal PE's roof to the proper pink with spray paint? (found a good color at Michael's)#3 Sticky plastic: G2 Hip Holly is very sticky. How should I clean her? With non-abrasive cloth and water? Soap? Rubbing alcohol?
I know this theme is really old, but I would like to ask a question. Do we need to use the sun? It's the UV we need to sunfade and I figured an UV lamp would work much better. We don't have a lot of sunny days in Russia so sunfading is almost impossible. Are UV lamps dangerous? Have anyone used an UV lamp instead of the sun?
I`m so confused .Are nasty microbes eating my ponies? Or is the plastic/vinyl breaking down?Do I boil them for 10 min like baby bottles to kill the microbes?Soak them in H2O2 to kill the microbes?Or are those treatments going to speed up the break down process?"Oh the horror, the horror..."
But now that I've read that the brown spots are most likely caused by a fungus, should I halve her around my other ponies? Will the fungus spread?