IT 150cm Victoria doomed to death - can she be rescued?

esp · Post by **esp** » Sun Sep 19, 2021 2:31 pm

I also would like to know more about your CWA repair. Great work by the way!

icewind · Post by **icewind** » Sun Sep 19, 2021 6:52 pm

Thank you all again for your comments!

I was one of the "testers" of Indigo's CWA in 2018, and the glue still works with all of my dolls...

What can i say about the glue? It works like hell, and is no longer produced because Indigo closed his business this summer...

I saw some of Mishka's videos and Indigo told me about some popular strange ways here at TDF how to repair a doll...

In Germany we only use the glue from Indigo and dollslounge, a smd rework station with hot air, and a soldering iron, sometimes with some of my special tips...

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Nothing special, just some tips made from aluminium, most used diameter is 6mm. If you want to make your own...

Don't forget to use enough baby oil as lubricant and heat transport, you should never use a hot tip directly and dry on TPE, it will burn and overheat in seconds!

The gluing was easy, i placed the doll on the stomach, closed the leg, and started to apply the CWA with a brush while i opened the "lips" with two fingers.
The next day i turned the doll and glued the vagina together.

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Was not very hard, because it was almost a clean cut with very few loss of material...

I also apply some oil with my finger before i use hot air...

Regards Stephan

esp · Post by **esp** » Mon Sep 20, 2021 2:52 pm

icewind wrote:Thank you all again for your comments!

I was one of the "testers" of Indigo's CWA in 2018, and the glue still works with all of my dolls...

What can i say about the glue? It works like hell, and is no longer produced because Indigo closed his business this summer...

I saw some of Mishka's videos and Indigo told me about some popular strange ways here at TDF how to repair a doll...

In Germany we only use the glue from Indigo and dollslounge, a smd rework station with hot air, and a soldering iron, sometimes with some of my special tips...

The attachment Lötspitzen 01.jpg is no longer available
Nothing special, just some tips made from aluminium, most used diameter is 6mm. If you want to make your own...

Don't forget to use enough baby oil as lubricant and heat transport, you should never use a hot tip directly and dry on TPE, it will burn and overheat in seconds!

The gluing was easy, i placed the doll on the stomach, closed the leg, and started to apply the CWA with a brush while i opened the "lips" with two fingers.
The next day i turned the doll and glued the vagina together.

The attachment VicGH 10.jpg is no longer available
The attachment VicGH 11.jpg is no longer available
Was not very hard, because it was almost a clean cut with very few loss of material...

I also apply some oil with my finger before i use hot air...

Regards Stephan

Thank you for the tips Stephan. Very nice! Do you happen to know of anyone selling glue that's close to Indigo's CWA since he doesn't get it anymore? And you are exactly right about being generous with the baby oil while using heat to repair. I learned the hard way many years ago when I was heating a hook with a hot air gun to smooth out tpe and the tpe was sticking to the metal while trying to smooth out. After some more research finding out about the baby oil when repairing it made it easy as hell. Those aluminum tips are awesome. That would have helped on my last repair. This is what I use to heat and smooth out the tpe.

seagull · Post by **seagull** » Mon Sep 20, 2021 7:21 pm

About the only stuff close to Indigo's CWA is the 3M 94 Primer and 3M VHB Tape Universal Primer UV
However any chemical used on a doll should always be tested on similar material first

esp · Post by **esp** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 3:34 am

seagull wrote:About the only stuff close to Indigo's CWA is the 3M 94 Primer and 3M VHB Tape Universal Primer UV
However any chemical used on a doll should always be tested on similar material first

I've heard of this stuff and seen everyone praise the job it does but I haven't had the opportunity to use any myself yet. May have to order some to have on hand and research it some more.

PDutus · Post by **PDutus** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 4:44 am

Congratulations icewind on a fantastic job

Inspirational!

zwei23783 · Post by **zwei23783** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 5:01 am

This doll has been repaired very well by you after going through crazy torture. You are amazing.

seagull · Post by **seagull** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 6:55 am

esp, check out Post subject: 3M Tape Primer 94, A cautionary tale.
viewtopic.php?p=2011529#p2011529
Don't use this stuff until you have tested it on same material to what your doll is made of, neck shavings etc

esp · Post by **esp** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 8:24 am

seagull wrote:esp, check out Post subject: 3M Tape Primer 94, A cautionary tale.
viewtopic.php?p=2011529#p2011529
Don't use this stuff until you have tested it on same material to what your doll is made of, neck shavings etc

Thanks for the quick link Seagull. I'll check it out.

icewind · Post by **icewind** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 7:16 pm

Big thanks again to all of you for your comments!

A friend of mine and Indigo, Werner Grönke from dollslounge.de, has also developed a fine glue for TPE.

But his website is down because of the new clsd law in Germany...

I don't know how is the situation in the US, but dollsfrance has 10 pieces of CWA still available, last chance perhaps...

And much cheaper than 3M Primer and a new doll...

As i can say so far, CWA seems to be the only glue that is able to weld Irontech TPE, tested on 2 of my 3 IT Dolls...

If you have a cut, i prefer glue than heat.

Has anyone of you used the irontechdoll glue? I have never seen such a glue...

esp · Post by **esp** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 6:07 am

I didn't know IT had a glue. I know the last glue I ordered from Yourdoll has worked well on my dolls for minor straight cuts. The bigger cuts of course I use the glue and some heat.

Hmm.I wonder if those are the last 10 in existence that Dollfrance has. I haven't seen anything on here of anyone ordering CWA in the US.

Andrew84 · Post by **Andrew84** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 7:27 am

Dear icewind

tell me what is baby oil?

Can you attach a photo for example?

RevJack · Post by **RevJack** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 3:45 pm

Andrew84 wrote:Dear icewind

tell me what is baby oil?

It's mineral oil.

Post by **bigchilli** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 4:21 pm

Holy Shit!!!

Excellent Repair Work

WOW

I'm Blown Away

dim0n43g · Post by **dim0n43g** » Sat Sep 25, 2021 3:07 pm

icewind wrote: I don't know how is the situation in the US, but dollsfrance has 10 pieces of CWA still available, last chance perhaps...
And much cheaper than 3M Primer and a new doll...
As i can say so far, CWA seems to be the only glue that is able to weld Irontech TPE, tested on 2 of my 3 IT Dolls...

are u speaking about this one?
https://www.dollsfrance.com/entretien-e ... 20-ml.html
the price is nuts : )