The Up Up And Away Restoration Project: Boiling

[yuuago]

I did this several weeks ago, but didn't do a writeup because I AM LAZY.
But here we are.

Prior to bleaching, I decided to boil Up, Up and Away to get rid of some of the mold inside of her.





First I decapitated her. D: Oh no, poor pony. Ah well. I also took out her tail and set it aside.
You might be able to tell from the photo that her body is a slightly different colour from the head. I didn't notice this until I had her wrinsed off a bit. Actually, her entire ND side is discoloured like that. It probably happened because of the way she was set down. Anyway, it isn't noticeable in real life unless you're looking for it, so I don't care much. Her display side looks fine.



Next I wrinsed her out with warm water and soap, to try to get rid of as much mold as possible before boiling. I wrinsed her out a couple times. A good amount did come out, but there was a lot of mold in there still. D:



Then I plunked her in a pot of boiling water and stirred her around for a bit. My main aim here was to get rid of the pin dot mold in her NDS front foot. So what I did was boiled her, took her out using tongs, scratched away at the mold using a fingernail, then boiled her again, and repeat.This process ended up getting rid of almost all the mold on the outside. Unfortunately I forgot to take an "after" picture of that area.




After photos of the inner body and inner head. As you can see, boiling it got rid of a LOT of the mold. Here are the "before" pictures for reference:




Even though it got rid of a lot of the mold, there was still a lot of it down inside the legs. So the next job was to bleach the pony.
Unfortunately I don't have the photos from that particular escapade uploaded, so I'll have to end the entry here. =p

So, the next one will involve experiments with bleaching, and also the removal of tail rust.

Comments

[hokuton_punch]

... poor moldy pony. D: I am glad she is better now!

[kittencuffs.livejournal.com]

Eek. That's a pretty serious mold-job there. D:

You know, I *really* don't understand why people FREAK OUT at the thought of pouring bleach into their Ponies, but have no problem plunking them into a pot of boiling water. I'm *terrified* of boiling my Ponies--why the fuck don't they melt?! It's flimsy plastic in BOILING WATER. @_@

(But you did it, so clearly it's not as scary as I make it out to be. I trust you over everyone at MLPArena right now. XD )

[bryn-or-lunatic.livejournal.com]

my big brother put one of my ponies in the microwave when I was little. He said it would glow in the dark after the microwave treatment. It's rump melted. I still remember that traumatic moment watching my pony melt.


But yeah boiling should be fine.

[yuuago]

Forget boiling, I'm terrified of BAKING ponies. Oy, the things people do in the name of customization. xD

Boiling is good if you have a pony that can't stand up because her legs have been pushed out of place due to being squished in an awkward position over a long period of time. It softens the plastic and makes it go back in the proper position. Aaaand it's also really good for getting rid of outside pin dot mold.

[kittencuffs.livejournal.com]

...You can BAKE Ponies?! Dude, I thought people were just really, REALLY good at forming clay to their Ponies, then *peeling it off* without damaging the shape, baking it on it's own, then gluing it on!

o_o

Well. I guess Brilliant Bloom would be a good test subject for this. I need to do something about the hole in her head anyway...

[yuuago]

Haha. xD Indeed, they bake them! From what I remember, most people put them standing upright on a cookie tray. I don't think they put them in for very long, mind you. I haven't researched this very much because I don't really plan on doing any sculpting customs (when I have time to do customs that is)

[kittencuffs.livejournal.com]

PS - Just for you, here's a shot of the inside of Brilliant Bloom's head. You can see the hot pink line going along her plug holes. Dunno, man. It was all the same light pink while I was de-maning her, but as soon as I turned the shower on and brought her in, the humidity touched her and it turned *HOT PINK*.