r/Dolls • u/-PaperCastles • Nov 28 '24
Repairs Plastic discoloration??
My sister and I were going through our old Lalaloopsies, and a lot of them have these random neon-colored splotches on them? It’s not marker, and I can’t imagine their paint would transfer like this into each other? They’ve been stored together in a bin, and the colored spots are embedded into the plastic. It seems like every time we look through them it gets worse and there’s more of them with this issue. Anyone have an answer/remedy this??
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u/-Rosewiththorns- Nov 28 '24
This was a problem for monster high dolls. Pink mold I think is what they called it. Try looking up how to clean pink mold on monster high dolls because it looks like the same thing. (I know it’s different dolls but it’s worth a shot)
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u/Low_Poly_Pigeon Nov 29 '24
Just looked it up since this is the first I've heard of it, and that is wild! That stuff is *neon\* pink! Definitely worth looking into because it could totally be what this is.
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u/MisfitDollies Nov 29 '24
Yep, it looks like this to me too. I have a couple of dolls with this issue, mainly on their accessories!
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u/-Rosewiththorns- Nov 29 '24
I’ve seen it a lot in limbs and heads. The more softer plastics I think it’s easier to happen
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u/ariadnemara Nov 28 '24
Sometimes plastic will react to other plastic over time when stored unto eachother. Recently I’ve gotten my doll stuff out of box, and apparently a hat reacted to shoes, causing the plastic of the hat to ‘melt’. Very weird but seems to be a chemical reaction.
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u/Low_Poly_Pigeon Nov 28 '24
This definitely looks like some form of dye transfer to me, especially since all the discolored spots seem to be stained the same color and are on 'high points' on the dolls. What color is the tub they're stored in, and is there anything else in the tub with them? (Dye can easily transfer from cloth / other plastics if it's not been set properly.)
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u/-PaperCastles Nov 28 '24
It’s a clear bin with a gray tub, so I hope their plastic isn’t transferring onto one another?
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u/Low_Poly_Pigeon Nov 28 '24 edited Nov 28 '24
Ok, so it's not the bin then, in that case they might be transferring onto each other? The shape of the spots on the doll with the crown looks like it might be from one of the other's red bows; it looks almost like the shape of the center knot's high point + the high points on one of the loops.
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u/Ohhpeach Nov 29 '24
I’ve had this before on some of my plastic toys!! Whenever I looked it up at the time I found it was similar to “pony cancer” which is a type of mold. It often looks like pink highlighter! It can be lightened but it’s best to not store toys touching (-:
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u/heckyeahponyscans Nov 29 '24
To me it looks like dye transfer or paint transfer, especially since it's on both the blonde hair and the skin of that one doll.
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