Question regarding soldering iron
Question regarding soldering iron
So to repair a small tear, should I pinch the area then melt the tpe with my iron set to 100degC ? Or is there a magical trick that I dont know yet ? Thx
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Re: Question regarding soldering iron
I'd start here:
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Re: Question regarding soldering iron
Have gone from this....
To this...
Have been layering small pieces of TPE in to strengthen and fill
Solder iron only used so far... A beast of a homemade tip. Works for me... LOL
Left side is done for the most part, onto the right I go. Laugh if you will, but this works fantastic. No burning or smoking... and results are quite good.
Can bend the wire to any angle as well.
Patience is a big factor.
Mineral oil soak area to melt.. and delicate touch to that area. If material is missing from the area you want to fix, snip some from the top of the neck, around the bolt... we can fix that later. A small slice will go quite a ways to use as a filler. Don't cut a big hunk.
In your case, you might want to add some in for strength.
Make sure the split is in relaxed condition before working. Make sure there is no dirt or any powder. Clean as possible. Mineral oil is our friend when it comes to these heat repairs. It not only helps to clean the area where we are working, but also, helps prevent tools from sticking to the TPE.
In the case of your tear, yes, you want to pinch a little to fuse it back together but would suggest adding TPE to both sides of tear, before doing that. Maybe 1 MM tops of material each side.
If your iron is too hot, the split will get bigger. will just vaporize material
Shoot us a pic of your tear...
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I will try to tackle the job next week end. Of course, she is not ruined. I better make some little fix on the way then have to do a whole make over in a year or two.
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- Marianne wm157b/head 159 from BCD ❤❤❤
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Weapons of choice to fix this would be both an iron and hot air. For the one with material loss, an iron would fill the gaps nice. Even hot air would work too. Hot air works amazing for surface smoothing/blending. Even small cuts.MrVitalic wrote:Ok thank you both. Never thought of wrapping a wire around my soldering iron. I only have a 30w iron that is painfull to use to do real electronic repair (I usualy borrow a soldering station at my work place) but I think it will be good for tpe repair.
I will try to tackle the job next week end. Of course, she is not ruined. I better make some little fix on the way then have to do a whole make over in a year or two.
An Iron would get deeper down.
You'll definitely want a bit of extra TPE to fill those holes. Esp. on the bottom of bum hole.
Is the vagina the same color as the rest of doll, or is it makeup? You'll want to remove makeup before applying any heat. Any foreign material, any little specks that get into the molten TPE will create air pockets/bubbles. Causing weakness in the repair.
Your doll is actually in good shape, and repairing that should go fairly smooth. You'll definitely get it looking much better. Try to repair a very small area, and see how it goes. Just to get the feel for it.
Don't have her legs/vagina wide open. Just enough where you can work on it easy.
I use the wire thing basically because it's too hot just using the tip. Just burns holes.
So the copper wire I can take my time on the surface of TPE and it wont burn it instantly. Tip of wire is not as hot as tip of iron. It measures on an IR thermometer about 150c Thats what I run my hot air station at as well. Your doll may differ though.
So start low and work up in temperature.
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RGC_0767 wrote: Weapons of choice to fix this would be both an iron and hot air. For the one with material loss, an iron would fill the gaps nice. Even hot air would work too. Hot air works amazing for surface smoothing/blending. Even small cuts.
An Iron would get deeper down.
You'll definitely want a bit of extra TPE to fill those holes. Esp. on the bottom of bum hole.
Is the vagina the same color as the rest of doll, or is it makeup? You'll want to remove makeup before applying any heat. Any foreign material, any little specks that get into the molten TPE will create air pockets/bubbles. Causing weakness in the repair.
Your doll is actually in good shape, and repairing that should go fairly smooth. You'll definitely get it looking much better. Try to repair a very small area, and see how it goes. Just to get the feel for it.
Don't have her legs/vagina wide open. Just enough where you can work on it easy.
I use the wire thing basically because it's too hot just using the tip. Just burns holes.
So the copper wire I can take my time on the surface of TPE and it wont burn it instantly. Tip of wire is not as hot as tip of iron. It measures on an IR thermometer about 150c Thats what I run my hot air station at as well. Your doll may differ though.
So start low and work up in temperature.
Ok thank you very much. For the labia color I used a sharpie pen. It last a very long time and can be blended with mineral oil, same for the lips. I dont think the color will give me issue, and I will work, as suggested, on a small area to get the feel of it. Good night!
- Marianne wm157b/head 159 from BCD ❤❤❤
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I may have to give the sharpie a try once I get the vag all done. weird, I was looking at sharpie markers the other day, I did not buy them Colors in pack were not what I'd use.MrVitalic wrote:RGC_0767 wrote: Weapons of choice to fix this would be both an iron and hot air. For the one with material loss, an iron would fill the gaps nice. Even hot air would work too. Hot air works amazing for surface smoothing/blending. Even small cuts.
An Iron would get deeper down.
You'll definitely want a bit of extra TPE to fill those holes. Esp. on the bottom of bum hole.
Is the vagina the same color as the rest of doll, or is it makeup? You'll want to remove makeup before applying any heat. Any foreign material, any little specks that get into the molten TPE will create air pockets/bubbles. Causing weakness in the repair.
Your doll is actually in good shape, and repairing that should go fairly smooth. You'll definitely get it looking much better. Try to repair a very small area, and see how it goes. Just to get the feel for it.
Don't have her legs/vagina wide open. Just enough where you can work on it easy.
I use the wire thing basically because it's too hot just using the tip. Just burns holes.
So the copper wire I can take my time on the surface of TPE and it wont burn it instantly. Tip of wire is not as hot as tip of iron. It measures on an IR thermometer about 150c Thats what I run my hot air station at as well. Your doll may differ though.
So start low and work up in temperature.
Ok thank you very much. For the labia color I used a sharpie pen. It last a very long time and can be blended with mineral oil, same for the lips. I dont think the color will give me issue, and I will work, as suggested, on a small area to get the feel of it. Good night!
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- Marianne wm157b/head 159 from BCD ❤❤❤
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My lack of artistic talent. I would end up having a female doll clown using sharpie markersMrVitalic wrote:About the sharpie, I use the pink from the 'electro pop' color pack. It also contain a nice baby blue pen. After applying before it get completly dry the edge of the lip will look to much define so smooth it with your finger and baby oil. And to avoid her looking like a clown, check out some girl lip tutorial especialy for the lower lip. Anyway its quite easy to do and fun too !
One thing I did forget to mention about soldering iron tips. It is best to keep the tip as clean as possible. I just use a bit of cloth soaked in mineral oil, and wipe tip off after each time I do some melting of the TPE.
Keeps the TPE from blobbing up on the tip.
This is surgery, we must keep everything antiseptically clean
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Alright sir!RGC_0767 wrote:My lack of artistic talent. I would end up having a female doll clown using sharpie markersMrVitalic wrote:About the sharpie, I use the pink from the 'electro pop' color pack. It also contain a nice baby blue pen. After applying before it get completly dry the edge of the lip will look to much define so smooth it with your finger and baby oil. And to avoid her looking like a clown, check out some girl lip tutorial especialy for the lower lip. Anyway its quite easy to do and fun too !
One thing I did forget to mention about soldering iron tips. It is best to keep the tip as clean as possible. I just use a bit of cloth soaked in mineral oil, and wipe tip off after each time I do some melting of the TPE.
Keeps the TPE from blobbing up on the tip.
This is surgery, we must keep everything antiseptically clean
- Marianne wm157b/head 159 from BCD ❤❤❤
Favorite song or mix atm, this change in a heartbeat.
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I make stuff from out in the barn LOL.. But ideas are similar.
Simple and straight forward "hot" ball. Just drilled a hole in a stainless ball bearing, and jammed a copper wire into it, and wrapped wire around tip.
This worked amazing to add to the labia repair I've been doing. Ball is too big (8mm) it's all I had to run the experiment. Wire could be longer too. Tried to check with IR thermometer, but it did not want to work right. I took my temperature.
I'm slowly dying. 84 F LOL... all the molten TPE coming at me lately. (no joke really)
I tried it in groin area too. it's a bit big, and very hard to have a steady hand. But would work nicely if ball were smaller.
Just more ideas for the doll masses!!
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Results? Gotta watch the legs being open too much, as well as temperature of tools.
When adding TPE go small. If adding too much, it creates a hump. Better to build up gradual than all at once. Just like auto body work.
A smaller ball, and a bit of tweaking on the length of the wire, and it may just work not too bad.
I did open the legs more for the big ball, that was the result.
Fun? LOL
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