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Hi guys,

My new Sanhui 165+ arrived recently. A nice skirt I bought on eBay arrived and I washed it twice before putting it on her.
Yep... probably needed 20 washes to be safe, after sleeping overnight, sure enough now my baby has some stripe stains on her butt.

Any wisdom on how to remove? So far I have tried gently wiping with microfibre cloth mixed with detergent. It's helping but a slow process.
(I don't dare to really scrub in the fear that may cause more damage).

Thanks in advance!

Is it TPE? Then most stains and even makeup can be removed with mineraloil, either from babyoil or vaseline. Just rub it on there and wipe off with the fibertowel. Might want to repeat a few times.

If you need some stronger stuff, you might want to look into Indigo's stain remover here instead, which is a lot better than what you get from doll manufacturers.

If the doll is silicone then I'm not sure what's best.

Nord wrote:Is it TPE? Then most stains and even makeup can be removed with mineraloil, either from babyoil or vaseline. Just rub it on there and wipe off with the fibertowel. Might want to repeat a few times.

If you need some stronger stuff, you might want to look into Indigo's stain remover here instead, which is a lot better than what you get from doll manufacturers.

If the doll is silicone then I'm not sure what's best.

Hi Nord,

Yes it's a Sanhui 165+ Silicone. That indigo link says it's silicone friendly. I'll look into it thanks!

Search results have revealed these ideas:
1) Try mineral spirits. (Called mineral turpentine in Australia). Hardware Store.
2) Try xylene (Another solvent of some sort). Hardware Store.
3) Try oxy wash powder. Supermarket.
4) Don't overreact, try normal cleaning and baby powder continuously. Silicone will actually "bleed" out the stain in time.

That indigo product looks very fit for purpose... but it's pricey and I am not sure they ship to Australia.

No mineral spirits on silicone! Ever! You can give silicone dollies ONLY skalding hot bath with powder laundry detergent . leaver in there for a long time.
And also the stain remover from indigo is amazing! And best of all, it works on silicone too.

ypdoll wrote:Search results have revealed these ideas:
1) Try mineral spirits. (Called mineral turpentine in Australia). Hardware Store.
2) Try xylene (Another solvent of some sort). Hardware Store.
3) Try oxy wash powder. Supermarket.
4) Don't overreact, try normal cleaning and baby powder continuously. Silicone will actually "bleed" out the stain in time.

That indigo product looks very fit for purpose... but it's pricey and I am not sure they ship to Australia.

No mineral spirits or xyline that is for tpe only.
The stain remover is worth penny.

The fine thing with silicone is that clothing stains disappear without the need for chemicals, rubbing or scrubbing. At least on my silicone dolls. A word of advice from me, avoid stay-up stockings, the silicone band contain LOTS of dye. Go for regular nylon stockings instead.

Had no problems with staining on my Sanhui doll till now. and I think its the first time I read about someone having that problem with a Sanhui doll.

I wouldn't do anything cause most stains get bleached by light within some time.

If you can, let her sit where the sun can shine on her and it will gone within some days.

Buy used clothes of better quality you can get them extremely cheap on ebay and many other websites selling used clothes or you go to some thrift store or something like that if you want.
Extremely cheap clothing always stains a lot.

thismeanswar wrote:Extremely cheap clothing always stains a lot.

Yeah cheaper clothing (especially ones made from synthetic materials like polyester) doesn't tend to be as colour fast as better quality items.

Denim can sometimes stain bad as well, particularly darker colours; even on us real people!!

And the inside of boots and shoes as well.

My Sanhui has had a few stains, always with black clothing. It goes away on its own in about a week. You'll see the stain slowly bleed out and into the silicone, until it's not visible anymore.

THat's the joy of silicone. Just wait and it will go away by itself

Best wishes

Harem

Thanks all.
I will give it a week.
If it still bothers me I'll go shop for the indigo product and won't risk the more chemical solutions.
Cheers

Forb wrote:My Sanhui has had a few stains, always with black clothing. It goes away on its own in about a week. You'll see the stain slowly bleed out and into the silicone, until it's not visible anymore.

Silicone acts like a congealed liquid. The stains will disperse over time.

Soaking clothes in a very hot solution of water, salt and vinegar a few times often mitigates color bleed issues.

A word of advice from me, avoid stay-up stockings, the silicone band contain LOTS of dye. Go for regular nylon stockings instead

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Can I confirm, the same experience.
Without a doubt, the spots disappear after a while.
Yet I still use occasionally these stay-up stockings for a photoshoot.
However, the latter will not be possible with my new TPE acquisition.

I use regular nylon stockings in nude color and then put on darker stocking on top of it to protect the doll from color leeching.