Cleaning a TPE doll.

[Tyr]

Ami is in the operating theatre for a bit of heavy Maintenance. She's a 9 year old WM158D. Badly damaged by over oiling.

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Oil leaking out of her neck tube!
As a prelude to the maintenance work I was going to give her a thorough clean. Some areas of her body are badly abraded and I was wondering how i could go about tidying up the little balls of TPE that she was clinging to. Well I have an old Gillette twin blade razor that I retired after that ad!
Anyhow I thought I'd give it a try. So I poured a little dish soap on her and gave her a shave! Bloody hell! I've been cleaning her the wrong way. The razor scraped off the dirt and dried corn starch easily and without the little marbles that get stuck to her skin. It was so easy! I didn't cut her not even once. It's going to be my go to cleaning method from here on. Ami is 9 years old and approaching her end, so I had nothing to lose, but it worked and she was completely undamaged.
Now for the repairs. Two new feet and a lot of patching. It might take a couple of days.

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hole in her shoulder.

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sprung old repair other shoulder.

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one rotten foot.

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the other one.

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gone!

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Her new feet.
Cheers,
Tyr.

[Alucard1959]

Good Luck Tyr. Thanks for the advice.

[Coeros]

It seems that Ami’s operation is taking longer and is more challenging than expected.

Using a razor to gently scrape off the dirt from her body was indeed a cleaning for the accumulated grime on Ami’s skin. However, since TPE material tends to attract dust and particles from the air, you can clean Ami regularly and take preventive measures against dust buildup in the future. This will help prevent excessive dirt build-up on the doll’s surface.

How is the progress of Ami’s repairs going now? Replacing both of her feet is certainly not an easy task. If there’s anything we can do to assist you, please let us know.

Best regards,
Coeros

[Tyr]

We did manage to do the transplant.

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The feet are attached with an 8mm threaded stud not fully tight so the feet have a bit of axial freedom. The support bandage is pretty good at controlling the foot when the stud is attached which is good as I'm not going to seal the joint between her leg and foot. Similarly to what we did with her hands. But we have run into a small issue, the foam core in her new feet is kind of powdery and didn't stick to the adhesive very well and the threaded anchors came loose. I have plenty of spare ones but ran out of adhesive. When the fresh adhesive arrives we'll have another go. I'm going to pocket the foam with a Dremel and build a square cavity (dovetail, like dentists do,) and fill it with adhesive and then after it has set, drill a hole for the anchor. I'm sure that it will be ok next time. Just playing the waiting game for now, the adhesive is due this week.
Tyr.

[Oxcydoll123_]

Thanks for your advice sir