Lets face it, MQ's can be a lot of work. Since they are not built for "fun" and cost a fraction of higher end dolls, chances are you will be making lots of modifications that can be unique to each doll. This one should work well with most MQ's. Hands can be loose and tend to move around and fall off a lot, even when your not in the "heat of the moment," so this is a "hands on" approach I did to remedy the situation.
17 ) As you can see, her hands are loose. Just barely moving her, the hands fall off. There is also a tremendous gap.
18 ) This is the connection. As you can see, there is also not much hardware there to keep the hands on.
19 ) Another look at the the overall connection.
20 ) Items - Rubber bands (the wider the better)
$1.50, Superglue
$1.00, Scissors, X-acto Knife, Lighter.
21 ) Cut a piece of rubber band and super glue it to the arm. Make sure you leave material hanging off the surface over the entire arm.
22 ) Cover the entire arm connection area. As you can see in this image I have one piece left to go before I start another layer. How many layers will depend on how much gap. I used three layers for each arm, but the second arm had one too many layers so I just peeled a layer off, which is easy enough to do but still leaves a good bond.
23 ) Using and X-acto knife and heating the blade with the lighter (which is probably not necessary, however, I thought it might help in making a smoother cut) cut around the circumference of the arm, cutting the rubber flush.
24 ) Just another image of the built up layers before the cutting.
25 ) Notch out the female area of the connection.
26 ) Presto! Gap is gone and the pressure of the rubber and the traction keep her hands on nice and tight, yet still movable if I choose to do so.
Getting some touch-up paint that matches your MQ skin color would be a general overall good idea, but it would come especially "handy" in this situation. I think I will see if I can take in the left-over crotch-hole to a lowes or home depot and see if they can match the color. Hopefully they don't look at me funny and think they know what they are handling, LOL. Any idea's on what type of paint I should get?
By the way... Rubber bands can also come in "handy" as a barrier between the skin and accessories like stretchy bracelets. I wouldn't recommend loosy bracelets as they will most likely scratch off the paint.
. She is extremely flexible. MQ's are mainly known for being hard and rigid, but with the right mods and touch up paint, this girl is a winner.
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