Aylen's finger repair

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That's a very nice, detailed write-up. I just joined here and researching a future doll purchase. It seems from posts here, that fingers are quite the issue. I certainly don't want to jack a valuable thread, but how frequent are hand repairs needed?

I'm sure a lot depends on usage, but for a new user would be better suited for no bones in the fingers? This seems like a very doable repair, but I'm not sure if I'd want to perform this every 3 months. Thanks for any guidance, Jason.

Thanks Jason, I wouldn't think that this is something that would be needed often. The main thing for me is to use materials that would hold up longer than the factory setup, one of the reasons I went with the paperclip inserts, those are pretty ddurable. I did some research in a few threads of hand repair and decided to give it a try. I am hoping to not have to do this again for quite some time. If for some reason my technique doesn't last, I will fasten/attach something to the palm plate.

It is a great idea. Paper clips. simple home remedy I bought some armature wire. Have tested it's durability. It would not last very long.

[Zippy81]

Well whats the news!?

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Well whats the news!?

Fingers are nice and stiff!! Will take some effort to bend them. The fingers will occasionally twist on the wires, easy to just rotate them back to where they are correct.

The TPE glue I am not a fan of. One palm still has a sizable cut that has not sealed.

Going to try the heat method from this thread: https://www.dollforum.com/forum/viewtop ... 4&start=15

I have to work on her finger tips as a few of them have holes in them. If they put small magnets in the tips and offered magnetic fingernails that would so much easier then trying to unglue the nail to fix the tips.

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The TPE glue I am not a fan of. One palm still has a sizable cut that has not sealed.

Going to try the heat method from this thread: https://www.dollforum.com/forum/viewtop ... 4&start=15

I have to work on her finger tips as a few of them have holes in them. If they put small magnets in the tips and offered magnetic fingernails that would so much easier then trying to unglue the nail to fix the tips.

This video gives the technique and how it's done with heat. This guy knows his stuff obviously.
https://youtu.be/tIM9iNYS88k

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The TPE glue I am not a fan of. One palm still has a sizable cut that has not sealed.

Going to try the heat method from this thread: https://www.dollforum.com/forum/viewtop ... 4&start=15

I have to work on her finger tips as a few of them have holes in them. If they put small magnets in the tips and offered magnetic fingernails that would so much easier then trying to unglue the nail to fix the tips.

This video gives the technique and how it's done with heat. This guy knows his stuff obviously.
https://youtu.be/tIM9iNYS88k

Thank you, looks to be much faster and easier than the glue.

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The TPE glue I am not a fan of. One palm still has a sizable cut that has not sealed.

Going to try the heat method from this thread: https://www.dollforum.com/forum/viewtop ... 4&start=15

I have to work on her finger tips as a few of them have holes in them. If they put small magnets in the tips and offered magnetic fingernails that would so much easier then trying to unglue the nail to fix the tips.

This video gives the technique and how it's done with heat. This guy knows his stuff obviously.
https://youtu.be/tIM9iNYS88k

Thank you, looks to be much faster and easier than the glue.

I dont know about easier. Better practice. Too much heat will blow a hole in a blink of an eye. No sound on that video, no explanation. But I believe that is mineral oil he spread. And his solder iron is massive LOL you'd want to go lowest temperature on iron at first.
He also had some spare TPE which is very helpful if making a mistake. Can always add a bit in.

I made one of these the first time I ever stitched a wound.
Copper foil blade. it worked not too bad. Just inserted flat into wound and squeezed together a little bit. a little dab will do as that guy was doing in the video. light touch
Never can have enough tools when working on these dolls.

Copper-Blade.jpg

All TPE is a bit different in how it will behave with heat, as far as temperature. I've learned this some. My test toy is more forgiving than dolly
get the feel on a spare piece as much as possible.

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The TPE glue I am not a fan of. One palm still has a sizable cut that has not sealed.

Going to try the heat method from this thread: https://www.dollforum.com/forum/viewtop ... 4&start=15

I have to work on her finger tips as a few of them have holes in them. If they put small magnets in the tips and offered magnetic fingernails that would so much easier then trying to unglue the nail to fix the tips.

This video gives the technique and how it's done with heat. This guy knows his stuff obviously.
https://youtu.be/tIM9iNYS88k

Thank you, looks to be much faster and easier than the glue.

I dont know about easier. Better practice. Too much heat will blow a hole in a blink of an eye. No sound on that video, no explanation. But I believe that is mineral oil he spread. And his solder iron is massive LOL you'd want to go lowest temperature on iron at first.
He also had some spare TPE which is very helpful if making a mistake. Can always add a bit in.

I made one of these the first time I ever stitched a wound.
Copper foil blade. it worked not too bad. Just inserted flat into wound and squeezed together a little bit. a little dab will do as that guy was doing in the video. light touch
Never can have enough tools when working on these dolls.

Copper-Blade.jpg

All TPE is a bit different in how it will behave with heat, as far as temperature. I've learned this some. My test toy is more forgiving than dolly
get the feel on a spare piece as much as possible.

I definitely will have to practice, I have a sample block of TPE I can test on. I will have to pick up one of the those blades and a soldering iron. Thanks for the info.

[Zippy81]

Man I'm dreading this repair stuff. Especially after today!

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I definitely will have to practice, I have a sample block of TPE I can test on. I will have to pick up one of the those blades and a soldering iron. Thanks for the info.

If you can, pick up a hot air rework station with the solder iron. Controlling temperature is very important. That picture with the copper blade, I made that out of copper foil. The iron it is attached to is just a cheapie 30 watt solder iron. No temp control. I live dangerous. I did screw up with it. But does work in a pinch.
made mistakes with it though.
This is why I was advised by several members to get a hot air gun. Great advice!! Factories use them.

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I definitely will have to practice, I have a sample block of TPE I can test on. I will have to pick up one of the those blades and a soldering iron. Thanks for the info.

If you can, pick up a hot air rework station with the solder iron. Controlling temperature is very important. That picture with the copper blade, I made that out of copper foil. The iron it is attached to is just a cheapie 30 watt solder iron. No temp control. I live dangerous. I did screw up with it. But does work in a pinch.
made mistakes with it though.
This is why I was advised by several members to get a hot air gun. Great advice!! Factories use them.

Okay, thank you so much for the info, I think I found one:

https://www.amazon.com/HFS-Digital-Sold ... 3415502011

Gonna pick it up so if I need to do any additional skin repairs I can do it without dealing with the glue.

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Gonna pick it up so if I need to do any additional skin repairs I can do it without dealing with the glue.

Thought I'd post my victim test subject. a toy that has given me some idea on what to do, what not to do It's a makeup tester, a homemade TPE paste tester, soldering iron and heat gun tester. It's dirty it's nasty, but has given me an idea what to expect with making repairs. Looks like shit.
First time I put a drop of Xylene on it. POOF! moon crater!
Not sure if I'll ever get it looking decent again. But it has helped me some.

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