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Xanator - Too many questions! You need to do like I did and just try your ways forward by testing. Yes, get a heat gun with option for heat setting and start low. Mine goes from 1-6 and 3 is the best for TPE.
The powder you've linked seems to be okay. Good luck!

This is exactly what I needed to learn. Thank you so much for doing the work on this! Now I just need to figure out the right heat so I don't ruin my new doll right away.

very impressive

Great discovery and very well explained!

Thank you

Timely post as I recently discovered using powder in this way myself.
Claire- I also found this adjustable circle drawing maker tool quite handy

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093GSS1J2?ps ... ct_details

Thought ya'll would like to see how that tool performs- It's adjustable thus making nipple coloring with powdered color quite easy.

Big thanks, Brunch, for your fearless pursuit of DIY solutions in so many areas of doll maintenance, repair, and alteration, and for sharing your discoveries! As a new doll owner, I'm going to look for food color powder, for starters, and I'm sure I'll be back to your threads when the inevitable ding/bump/damage occurs during photo shoots. You've done a lot to help de-mystify TPE construction for this newbie, and I really appreciate it. Skol!

Shadowplay2 wrote:Big thanks, Brunch, for your fearless pursuit of DIY solutions in so many areas of doll maintenance, repair, and alteration, and for sharing your discoveries! As a new doll owner, I'm going to look for food color powder, for starters, and I'm sure I'll be back to your threads when the inevitable ding/bump/damage occurs during photo shoots. You've done a lot to help de-mystify TPE construction for this newbie, and I really appreciate it. Skol!

Thanks, very much appreciated!
Skål

This is an interesting idea. On mine I've used very dark lipstick, buying the stuff that boasts long lasting. I put it on, let it sit for an hour, then blot it off thoroughly. The remaining stain is pink, so I do lips, nips, and more lips. Different shades leave slightly different shade stains, lasts a good many months, fades with oil but not completely unless I oil and blot a bunch to intentionally remove it.

Brunch thank you for this - Got all my gear and supplies assembled now and I will make my attempt on my D4E 145 and I will document it for a thread to support the novice DIY'rs in the near future -

Great strategy! Following for later.

Nice DIY !!!

Very nice, well done.
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Technician wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 6:02 pm This is an interesting idea. On mine I've used very dark lipstick, buying the stuff that boasts long lasting. I put it on, let it sit for an hour, then blot it off thoroughly. The remaining stain is pink, so I do lips, nips, and more lips. Different shades leave slightly different shade stains, lasts a good many months, fades with oil but not completely unless I oil and blot a bunch to intentionally remove it.

Hi Technician
your method is my choice too, i want to change the areola color with time, sometimes very light pink like a young girl and sometimes darker from fertility pregnancy. Or sometimes a tone darker than skin.

What do tou use to blot it?
Do you have lip gloss color examples that will leave a pink after blot?

Luiskjr wrote: ↑Wed Oct 12, 2022 10:43 am
What do tou use to blot it?
Do you have lip gloss color examples that will leave a pink after blot?

For blotting, and for almost everything on my dolls I use lint free paper towels. The ones I get come in a box from Walmart's automotive section.
I didn't have any luck with lip gloss, so since the few we have here don't stain we just use them as lip gloss.
Have you found a brand that yields results?
For light pink I use a bright red, like fire engine red.