Need help. I stained my doll.

kn1992 · Post by **kn1992** » Sat Jan 22, 2022 12:27 am

My doll has a deep stain all over her body from a mesh skirt. I tried Oxy10 left it for 24 hours and then reapplied a layer for another 24 hours and it did not work. Any suggestions on how to remove deep stains. Your help is greatly appreciated.

sanyav · Post by **sanyav** » Sat Jan 22, 2022 12:39 am

Hello. Buy stain remover it will help

Billiam · Post by **Billiam** » Sat Jan 22, 2022 1:42 am

Arm and hammer baking soda tooth paste. Spread a thin layer on let it sit like 8 hours rinse and repeat. Just don't grind it in gently spread it over. Usually take 3 or 4 applications the very last bit will come out by itself over the course of a week or two but the tooth paste will knock it down quite a bit

Post by **Studio** » Sat Jan 22, 2022 3:56 am

Time is also important, needs to diffuse into the TPE.

center_doll · Post by **center_doll** » Sat Jan 22, 2022 5:09 am

kn1992 wrote:My doll has a deep stain all over her body from a mesh skirt. I tried Oxy10 left it for 24 hours and then reapplied a layer for another 24 hours and it did not work. Any suggestions on how to remove deep stains. Your help is greatly appreciated.

I read a post about how to remove stains on TPE, maybe it can help.
https://bit.ly/3AkOrKJ

DocWen · Post by **DocWen** » Sat Jan 22, 2022 8:01 am

Billiam wrote:Arm and hammer baking soda tooth paste.

This is what I use to removed the occasional stain. It does work. It just takes time and multiple applications. I think it took me 4 or 5 applications and a week to get rid of a wig mesh stain on a head.

Mainly, don't panic. This is fixable.

seagull · Post by **seagull** » Sat Jan 22, 2022 3:06 pm

viewtopic.php?p=1919394#p1919394 Before & after

Shadowplay2 · Post by **Shadowplay2** » Sat Jan 22, 2022 3:44 pm

I'm a new (and very happy) doll owner who had a similar experience with a pair of black vinyl pants on my WM160A. I was hoping for a Catwoman look and ended up with pants that didn't fit and left some faint but extensive staining on "Jaime's" waist, butt, and legs. My first attempts with baking soda toothpaste didn't seem to be doing much good but may have been because I moved too quickly from applying baby oil to applying the toothpaste? I think I'm finally getting somewhere now that I'm oiling her, letting her sit for nearly a day, and then applying the toothpaste. Again, the stains are pretty minor and not even visible in certain lighting, but I'd still like to restore her completely. She definitely has Catwoman's smokin body, with or without the vinyl!

Billiam · Post by **Billiam** » Sat Jan 22, 2022 5:19 pm

You use the toothpaste first don't apply any oil until the stain is gone

Bunnyboybob · Post by **Bunnyboybob** » Sat Jan 22, 2022 5:42 pm

It's vanishing as we speak. Time works wonders.
Rule 1: Step back.
Rule 2: Don't do anything hasty.

seagull · Post by **seagull** » Sat Jan 22, 2022 7:12 pm

Pretty much the experience of so many owners, after panicking and doing something hasty

kn1992 · Post by **kn1992** » Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:16 am

I will like to thank everyone for your help on how to remove the stains. I took the advice from Billiam and the method was very effective. The black stains all over my dolls body is nearly gone after 2 applications of the baking soda tooth paste, I will continue applying more. I used advance whitening backing soda tooth paste from arm and hammer. I cleaned the dolls surface with odorless mineral spirits before I staring applying tooth paste and applied a thin layer over the stains without rubbing it in.

seagull · Post by **seagull** » Sun Jan 23, 2022 3:18 pm

mineral spirits, as in Turpentine?
Guess it did a good job with cleaning

Some of us are reluctant to use anything other than soap n water, Mineral oil

Princess_Olivia · Post by **Princess_Olivia** » Mon Jan 24, 2022 9:02 pm

I had a same problem. I had a black stains from a jacket. It disapeared after a few days. I am not sure if it helps

kn1992 · Post by **kn1992** » Tue Jan 25, 2022 9:44 am

seagull wrote:mineral spirits, as in Turpentine?
Guess it did a good job with cleaning
Some of us are reluctant to use anything other than soap n water, Mineral oil

Odorless mineral spirits is a light paint thinner that is safe to use on dolls as a Youtuber mention in a tutorial on how to remove stains from a doll.