New video - TPE repairs, a comprehensive tutorial

CinnamonLover · Post by **CinnamonLover** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 10:46 pm

Thank you FP! How long do you leave the area alone after a repair to have confidence it should hold? Hours? Days? Weeks?

Fantastic Plastic · Post by **Fantastic Plastic** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 11:13 pm

An hour should be enough on a large repair.
TPE sinks away the heat rather quickly.

Eyecandy · Post by **Eyecandy** » Sun Jan 13, 2019 5:48 am

Thank you Mishka for the great tutorial.
Very skillful technique.
Highly informative and relaxed presentation.

Mishka1965 · Post by **Mishka1965** » Sun Jan 13, 2019 7:33 pm

Eyecandy wrote:Thank you Mishka for the great tutorial.
Very skillful technique.
Highly informative and relaxed presentation.

Thanks!

I have more videos in the works

Mishka

nl19939 · Post by **nl19939** » Mon Jan 28, 2019 11:52 pm

Hi, I am a newby...and my doll has some damage on her legs.
I almost ordered glue

But I am so glad with this super video/tutorial!!!

Keep on the good work, thanks MISHKA!

Mishka1965 · Post by **Mishka1965** » Tue Jan 29, 2019 10:41 pm

Thanks, and be careful of the glue. I have never had success with glue and generally made things worse, and for that reason I made this tutorial. now I also have filmed some more footage of more serious repairs that I've successfully repaired using this technique and this video will be published very soon .

Mishka

HRHuffinpuff · Post by **HRHuffinpuff** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 3:09 pm

Awesome!

dollfun69 · Post by **dollfun69** » Sun Feb 10, 2019 8:07 am

I tried with TPE filler, did do the job but this seems a lot better solution for me! thanks great video!

JimJames · Post by **JimJames** » Fri Feb 22, 2019 6:55 pm

Thanks for this!

Mishka1965 · Post by **Mishka1965** » Fri Feb 22, 2019 10:35 pm

No problem, and glad it proved helpful. I have another vid completed and just need the audio dubbed in

Mishka

Dutch_Husband · Post by **Dutch_Husband** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 4:01 pm

Thank you for your work, Mishka. I subscribed to your YouTube so I can see all of your tutorials. Good job!

Post by **setevoltas** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 5:48 pm

A successful knee repair thanks to Mishka and Anung. The cut remains visible (barely), but let's just say a vigorous stress test was performed, and there was no sign of the repair losing integrity.

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One small note... if you practice on a small piece of TPE the way I was, your melt temperatures may not exactly match the work you do on the doll. Mishka is spot on that you want to look for "glassiness". If you look even closer, you can see the surface levels of the TPE start to "run" just slightly. I oiled/ reheated/ pressed about seven times to make sure the subsurface layers had rebonded, not just the superficial layer. This is the tricky part about repairing cuts, compared to surface level abrasions.

One other thing I noticed, is that after the material has cooled somewhat but not entirely, you can carefully touch the cut to feel whether the separation has actually reconnected. It doesn't take much pressure to tell. If it hasn't, you have to oil/ heat/ press until it does, otherwise you just have a shallow layer of TPE "covering" the cut, instead of the cut itself actually disappearing. Think of a scab where the skin hasn't actually healed over yet.

Obviously I felt like an idiot for causing the cut in the first place, but it felt great to know it could be fixed. Really appreciative of the time people take here to share their knowledge.

Anung Un Rama · Post by **Anung Un Rama** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 6:07 pm

A tidy repair, and even more smoothing can be achieved, unless you like her scar for character.

Anung

Post by **setevoltas** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 6:23 pm

Got a couple of much more minor nicks to work on. Maybe I'll give it another pass or two when I do.

jbradule · Post by **jbradule** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:50 am

The damage repairs to the TPE itself can be very light or heavy depending on the damage and the TPE material itself.
I can say the perfect work from your side MISHKA

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J.B