Re: Dagmar or Realistic Anime?
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 4:28 am
For most of the clothing, I run the tests typically after a wash cycle (machine wash delicate in lingerie bags) and then low heat tumble dry. This is sometimes on items that might mention hand wash and air dry. I find that sometimes items might retain color when handwashing since I don't spend that long hand washing it.
I bought a swimsuit that was in blue and bright pink which bled pink color off after the initial hand wash when sitting in 1 spot wet. It caused the lingerie mesh bag to go from white to pink while drying out. I ran it through a 2nd wash in the washing machine and then low tumble dried it afterwards. To be sure, I ran it 3 more times through that process. I didn't notice anymore color coming off at that point.
For the Dreamgirl purple teddy, I ran that one through 1 wash/dry cycle and then ran the tests. It passed all parts. I guess they have a different process for the kimono.
I would say give it a wash or 2 and re-run the tests. I've had issues where clothing would stain PVC figures only when the weather is hot/humid but not when it was cold/dry in the winter. Testing the clothing item would show some color transfer on both soapy water and also the isopropyl alcohol rub test. If I had to take a guess, there's some sort of finish coating that rubs off. I notice being more common on wet look type enamel coated items. Black, red, blue etc in wet look ends up most of the time rubbing off on the alcohol test. I've also had some black lingerie strap/string from cheaper lingerie that fail the alcohol test and have caused staining on a plush torso doll before.
My rule of thumb now is to not leave any clothing that stains on the doll for more than a quick photo shoot (especially when the weather is warm/humid). I had 1 black swimsuit from AliExpress that passed all the tests, but left a small black stain because the loops for the lacing and the lacing string themself were made of a different cheaper material than the rest of the suit. I tried cleaning off the stains from the Dagmar doll, but it left some parts lighter than the pink skin tone, which is noticeable under certain lighting.
I bought a swimsuit that was in blue and bright pink which bled pink color off after the initial hand wash when sitting in 1 spot wet. It caused the lingerie mesh bag to go from white to pink while drying out. I ran it through a 2nd wash in the washing machine and then low tumble dried it afterwards. To be sure, I ran it 3 more times through that process. I didn't notice anymore color coming off at that point.
For the Dreamgirl purple teddy, I ran that one through 1 wash/dry cycle and then ran the tests. It passed all parts. I guess they have a different process for the kimono.
I would say give it a wash or 2 and re-run the tests. I've had issues where clothing would stain PVC figures only when the weather is hot/humid but not when it was cold/dry in the winter. Testing the clothing item would show some color transfer on both soapy water and also the isopropyl alcohol rub test. If I had to take a guess, there's some sort of finish coating that rubs off. I notice being more common on wet look type enamel coated items. Black, red, blue etc in wet look ends up most of the time rubbing off on the alcohol test. I've also had some black lingerie strap/string from cheaper lingerie that fail the alcohol test and have caused staining on a plush torso doll before.
My rule of thumb now is to not leave any clothing that stains on the doll for more than a quick photo shoot (especially when the weather is warm/humid). I had 1 black swimsuit from AliExpress that passed all the tests, but left a small black stain because the loops for the lacing and the lacing string themself were made of a different cheaper material than the rest of the suit. I tried cleaning off the stains from the Dagmar doll, but it left some parts lighter than the pink skin tone, which is noticeable under certain lighting.