I'm a Newbie with a thrilling discovery

CottonCandy1182 · Post by **CottonCandy1182** » Tue May 14, 2019 12:21 am

I bought a doll directly from a Chinese factory for $900, including shipping. This suggests I got burned with low quality. I don't yet know enough to recognize the problems. It came with no instructions whatsoever. I kept it on my BLACK Satin sheets. SO you know what happened.

I joined this forum to learn what to do, as well as learning Many other things I should've known before buying. I tried taking the black stains out with Peroxide and seemed to have no results.

Feeling desperate and willing to take a RISK, I tried something no one ever spoke of (in the posts I read.) OxyClean!

I first tried the powder placed on damp "skin" and got no results and no apparent changes to the TPE. Then I dissolved the OxyClean in hot water, let it cool, than placed soaked paper towels on one of the worst stains and left it there for an hour.

The stain was gone!!!

It's been only another hour so I have yet to see if there's any long-term harm to the TPE. I will keep you informed.

OOPS! I now searched on "OxyClean" (which I should've done before trying) and realize I'm not the Discoverer. In any case, I'm still thrilled I can get her clean again and soon.

Post by **Slew** » Tue May 14, 2019 12:33 am

Hi and welcome CottonCandy1182m, glad you found us and glad you're getting the stains out. Enjoy the forum.

Aikolover1 · Post by **Aikolover1** » Tue May 14, 2019 12:54 am

While you may not have been the original discoverer, still removing the stains must be thrilling indeed. Glad it worked out for you and your doll.

CottonCandy1182 · Post by **CottonCandy1182** » Fri May 24, 2019 9:24 pm

I wanted a Tanned doll. My doll came with a sunburn--dark pink. I've been searching the forum for ideas on dyeing it and seems a lot of people Want to, but want someone else to try various methods. I experimented, put yellow food coloring on a test spot. Pink + Yellow became an Orange that greatly resembles a great suntan. SO I then bought yellow Rit dye meant for synthetics. Unfortunately, the instructions say to get the water to almost boiling. I've searched the forum for WHAT is the maximum temperature for a TPE doll. It's been hard to get any answers and those I get aren't at all consistent. I get a range of 122F to boiling.

BUT since only experienced moderators read my messages (due to being a newbie), could any one of you please tell me a serious, no kidding maximum temperature for TPE. I can't believe there isn't clear scientific evidence of the max. temp.

Post by **Slew** » Fri May 24, 2019 11:23 pm

Sorry man I have no idea, but I would suggest that each TPE blend is a bit different and probably the melt threshold is also somewhat variable. There are a few science guys on here. I think if you're patient you'll get some responses.

By the way, all members can see your messages after we approve them.

Maviarab · Post by **Maviarab** » Sat May 25, 2019 8:01 am

Welcome Cotton.

As my friend Slew noted, once your posts are approved all forum members can see/read them. For information please see our New Member Welcome Page.

With that out of the way, to answer some of your questions, the melting temp of TPE is HOT...very HOT. I cannot recall the exact temp (many here will be able to tell you)....but you're talking soldering iron hot

As for the stains, the problem here is two-fold (or even three-fold really) in that no one can say for sure (yet) what the exact long term problems may be from using certain cleaning solutions. This is fact. Sure the outside of her may look great...but what about inside?

You see the main issue here with removing stains is:
1. Is the stain actually removed? Is your cloth the colour of the stain?
2. Has the stain just been bleached?
3. Has the stain just been pushed further inside the tpe/doll?

There is a world of difference between 'removing' a stain...and 'hiding' a stain. Many methods work...are they all good for your lady? Time will tell I guess. This is also compounded further in that so many manufacturers are now using their own 'blends' that what works on one will not work on another etc etc.

Best rule of thumb is, test, test and test again with an item to see if it will stain or not. May I ask what doll you actually have? Company she came from etc?

Mavi

CottonCandy1182 · Post by **CottonCandy1182** » Sat May 25, 2019 4:16 pm

I got it from Shenzhen Eve Life Sex Dolls, purchased direct from China.

Maviarab: I think "3. Has the stain just been pushed further inside the tpe/doll?" applies in my case. The stain migrated back to the surface. I used to manage an environmental Superfund site cleanup--I see the same challenges with TPE. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, but I've come to a conclusion that regarding Stains, Dyeing and TPE, we need to think about the microscopic level where we have something like coral in the ocean. A giant stain might be on the coral reef and we can clean it, up to the surface of coral, but it's porous and the water will drift back and bring the rest of the stain. As I understand TPE, it's porous plastic saturated with oil. Oil is what eagerly soaks up ink, dye and whatever. The stains FLOAT. We'd have to remove the oil from the whole doll.

I'm delaying the job of adding yellow to my pink doll until I've repeatedly de-stained her until it doesn't come back. May be while, but I'll keep ya'll informed.

Dollarhyde · Post by **Dollarhyde** » Sat May 25, 2019 7:10 pm

Hello and welcome to the forum CottonCandy1182...

Glad you found a way to remove the stain many times you could also use mineral oil and that will remove any surface stains but because all dolls will continue to outgas it will take a bit of time but it will eventually come out.

MellonTester89 · Post by **MellonTester89** » Sat Jun 08, 2019 2:01 am

This is fantastic!! Thank you for sharing! I'll put this info in my back pocket for when the girl comes in. You may not be the discoverer, but you saved me some headaches for sure.

CottonCandy1182 · Post by **CottonCandy1182** » Sun Jun 09, 2019 4:08 pm

I'm convinced that when it comes to stains the answer is JUMP ON THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE--before they have a chance to soak in.

CottonCandy1182 · Post by **CottonCandy1182** » Tue Aug 27, 2019 11:40 pm

One of my doll's armpits has severe tears -- not unlike a real woman's stretch marks from being pregnant or from rapid boob growth. I've seen women with stretch marks that look almost like burn scars -- hundreds of leaf-shaped scars, all touching each other. I'll include a photo of my doll's problem as soon as I get rights to post photos. "bobbydoll" refers to hot welding and I think I know what that is -- will look up more details. But the frustrating thing is I've never had her arms up more than 90-degrees. What advice does anyone have for me to prevent and how to repair this type of shredding of the TPE?
I purchased her purely for photo purposes, but sex doll skeletons are SO LAME mine is nearly useless for that. For example, they have No Shoulder Blades. Humans (and all mammals) have two nearly-end-to-end joints in the shoulder. The arm attaches to the shoulder blade and it attaches to the collar bone. This allows our shoulder to go up to our ear or nearly as low as our nipple, as well as shift forward or backward. Dolls have no ability to do this and makes photography versatility very low. AND This Is Why Armpits Come Apart. There is too much movement in a tiny area. I KNOW I can make a better doll skeleton, but I'm certain the design will immediately be stolen & copied and I'd get no return for my investment.