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Your pony isn't "melting" per se, she is leaking plastisizer. Unfortunately, this process can't be stopped once begun. But it can be delayed, if you're so inclined. Thought honestly the ultimate effect of the plasticizer leaking is that the plastic will become really really really hard. like hard as rock. You can curb the browning spots by thouroughly cleaning on the inside with an oxiclean bath, but her condition will never fully go away. there is nothing """"bad""" about hardening plastic, it's just something that happens. It will take some time though. she will be sticky for possibly months or longer. you can clean her with dish soap reguarly every time you notice her getting sticky.
Quote from: orangepeachmango on August 30, 2017, 05:46:41 PMYour pony isn't "melting" per se, she is leaking plastisizer. Unfortunately, this process can't be stopped once begun. But it can be delayed, if you're so inclined. Thought honestly the ultimate effect of the plasticizer leaking is that the plastic will become really really really hard. like hard as rock. You can curb the browning spots by thouroughly cleaning on the inside with an oxiclean bath, but her condition will never fully go away. there is nothing """"bad""" about hardening plastic, it's just something that happens. It will take some time though. she will be sticky for possibly months or longer. you can clean her with dish soap reguarly every time you notice her getting sticky. Interesting. I've never had a pony with such problems. The one leg feels extremely thin and bendable, it will harden after a while?
Quote from: DappledHazel on August 30, 2017, 06:56:43 PMInteresting. I've never had a pony with such problems. The one leg feels extremely thin and bendable, it will harden after a while?I've had the same thing happen to my ponies, and their plastic always became harder. I just wash them carefully, since I don't like sticky ponies
Interesting. I've never had a pony with such problems. The one leg feels extremely thin and bendable, it will harden after a while?
Oxyclean doesn't do anything for age spots. IT WILL ALSO RUIN TWINKLE EYE COATINGS.Please don't dump Masquarade into oxyclean! The brown spots and stickiness and thin plastic are not related - three separate problems. Age spots are common to certain ponies more than others, and simply a fact of life we'll all eventually have to live with. Nothing lasts forever. Keeping a stable temperature and avoiding excess humidity will slow down deterioration, but it can't be halted.Stickiness is, as mentioned, plasticizer leech. Clean it off with soap and water until it stops.Thin plastic is the result of a pony's mould being improperly filled while the liquid vinyl was being formed at the factory.
Improperly filled moulds seem to be a problem for Masquerade - mine has the same problem! The plastic on her back legs is nearly transparent and super squishy Additionally certain temperatures (or a change in temperature) seem to aid plasticizer breakdown in progressing to the hard non-sticky stage. I've bought ponies advertised as horrendously sticky but after a few days in the Australian weather they're all good.Also, as a side note, I love your Mini Mozzarella avatar! Retro animatronics are awesome!
For sticky ponies, I just keep them separate until it's done and they go hard, and don't leave them on painted surfaces. If they're on a painted shelf, put them onto something, like an old CD, or they'll stick to the paint. I rinse them whenever I have a bit of time, or have to move them, to keep dust from getting all over sticky ponies, that's just gross! Most of my G3 glitter ponies, and my Trickles are weapons now, you could do some serious damage! Twinkle Eyes are sometimes naturally harder, so once she's hardened, she'll just be like most of the TE population! My Masquerade has definitely not started leaking yet, she's not that hard, but she's still awfully rigid considering. maybe they either got too much or not enough plastic?!