TPE stain remover- what is it?

Mr Franz · Post by **Mr Franz** » Sat Jan 26, 2019 10:14 pm

Thanks very much, Indigo20. I'm sure that will more than satisfy the OP's query.

Boobman · Post by **Boobman** » Sat Jan 26, 2019 10:49 pm

Thank You Ingigo20, Your explanations & the science behind it.

david 68 · Post by **david 68** » Sat Jan 26, 2019 11:23 pm

the best tpe cleaner is..................avoid putting any dark clothing on us dolls. thank you maggie

Grubhed · Post by **Grubhed** » Sun Jan 27, 2019 7:21 am

Thank You Ingigo20! You have certainly opened my eyes. I'm going to purchase some of your remover and see if it helps my doll. Since her stains have faded a little, I'm hopeful they are not permanent as I feared.

Grubhed

RainKing · Post by **RainKing** » Sun Jan 27, 2019 1:46 pm

I suppose I will unleash my ignorance here now.....

What other countries besides China produces TPE blends besides Silidoll (Korean)
Japanese? I usually only see Silicone from them.

Chuck Norris · Post by **Chuck Norris** » Sun Jan 27, 2019 3:11 pm

Great info Indigo!

Guess I should had put a warning in my post saying "Use at your own risk".
But it works well for my dolly.

Guess it is the same when buying a new upholstery cleaner. Always test it on a small area before spraying the whole thing with it.

RGC_0767 · Post by **RGC_0767** » Sun Jan 27, 2019 5:04 pm

If you do not oil the hell out of your doll monthly, do not need any pricey stain remover garbage. Because you'll not get stains.

Dolly got a stain on her arm.. I left her in a blue nighty for weeks. Toothpaste did the trick. 2 applications.
Since then she had a pink dress on for weeks. No excess oils, no stains..
The oils inside most TPE blends are enough to keep the material in good shape. A very slight oil wipe of minera oil maybe quarterly is probably enough for surface treatment.
Even the "inferior" TPE blends are no differnt than overpriced "secret" blends.

Wiki is not the go to place for info. Many times it's inaccurrate.

Smoke and mirrors...

Henry869 · Post by **Henry869** » Sun Jan 27, 2019 7:19 pm

Boobman wrote:One thing i do know for 100% Benzene the chemical is known to be a cancer causing carcinogen. The US Navy used to use it in the jet fuel JP5 during my time in the US Navy.

Where I work benzene, toluene, all that fun stuff is used in small amounts in certain processes. Just got to read the MSDS to scare yourself, lol. The LD50 info is eye-opening. But seriously, chemicals can be very dangerous and detrimental to the surfaces they’re used on, and can react very badly, not to mention the fumes they can produce. I wish you could clean stained TPE or silicone with baking soda and water...

jonaspersson122 · Post by **jonaspersson122** » Tue Jan 29, 2019 3:24 pm

@Indigo20
Thank you for your in depth answer. At the moment I don't have any more questions. The main reason I asked in the first place was that I thought it might be possible to easily do some cheaper DIY cleaning goo if I knew the ingredients, but I understand now that it is neither easy to make nor cheap.

@Mr Franz
Thanks for remembering I was the OP.

Post by **Booty Call Dolls** » Tue Jan 29, 2019 4:21 pm

jonaspersson122,
Same results, right, but two very different ways, one removes, the other hides.
One is safer for her, but more costly.
Now, people have enough information to make an educated decision.
Best,
Jeff

Grubhed · Post by **Grubhed** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 8:53 am

I just wanted to post a big thank you to Jeff and Indigo20. After reading this thread I reached out to Jeff to purchase some of Indigo20's stain remover. Instead of just selling me some for a quick sale, he reached out to Indigo20. I20 contacted me. Because he wasn't sure if his formula would correct the damage done by the cheaper home remedies, he sent me a free sample to test. He even covered the shipping. The results are as follows.

: Original stain caused by benzoyl peroxide.; Stain2.jpg (649.43 KiB) Viewed 1805 times

: This is after two months of trying other home remedies. I tried them all.; Pretreatment.jpg (1.16 MiB) Viewed 1805 times

: First application.; Application.jpg (1.15 MiB) Viewed 1805 times

: Results of one application.; 1st result.jpg (1.11 MiB) Viewed 1805 times

This is the results of two applications. After thoroughly washing her. Waiting another 36 hours to let the process run its course, I used mineral oil to help with stress and even her out. Waited another 8 hours to let it absorb completely before powdering her with corn starch.

: Greatly improved.; Red.jpg (1.06 MiB) Viewed 1805 times

There is still some discoloration, which I hope will fade even more given time. It is still a great improvement even if it doesn't.

Once again a huge debt of gratitude to Indigo20,
Grubhed

Scrublord · Post by **Scrublord** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 9:21 am

Grubhed wrote:I just wanted to post a big thank you to Jeff and Indigo20. After reading this thread I reached out to Jeff to purchase some of Indigo20's stain remover. Instead of just selling me some for a quick sale, he reached out to Indigo20. I20 contacted me. Because he wasn't sure if his formula would correct the damage done by the cheaper home remedies, he sent me a free sample to test. He even covered the shipping. The results are as follows.
Stain2.jpg

Pretreatment.jpg

Application.jpg

1st result.jpg
This is the results of two applications. After thoroughly washing her. Waiting another 36 hours to let the process run its course, I used mineral oil to help with stress and even her out. Waited another 8 hours to let it absorb completely before powdering her with corn starch.
Red.jpg
There is still some discoloration, which I hope will fade even more given time. It is still a great improvement even if it doesn't.

Once again a huge debt of gratitude to Indigo20,
Grubhed

Damn - those are some impressive results!

Looks like Indigo is the go-to guy for stain treatment. Though fingers crossed I won't require his services any time soon.

adelea · Post by **adelea** » Mon Feb 18, 2019 4:11 am

Just chiming in here as another very satisfied user of Indigo's stain remover:

Indigo20 · Post by **Indigo20** » Tue Feb 19, 2019 12:54 am

@ Grubhed & adelea:

Thank you very much for sharing your experience with the stain remover creme.

@ Grubhed:

Very important:

Do not use mineral oil / baby oil / vaseline for removing color stains caused from clothing !

The clothing industry is using a lot of oil-soluble color pigments.
Therewith you have a high chance of causing a permanent pigmentation inside the TPE.
This happens because the mineral oil / baby oil / vaseline can firmly anchor these oil-soluble color pigments within the TPE structure.
I have seen a lot of pictures from doll owners similar to your pictures.
The pigmentation changes into a color mix of brown and purple.

Here is an example:

: Permanente Einfärbung wegen Babyöl 1.jpg (5.21 KiB) Viewed 1768 times

Such anchored color pigments are a "hard fight" for my stain remover creme because my creme is transporting the color pigments to the surface.
The consumption of creme increases significantly due to the now increased applications required.
As I mentioned before, my creme is a "remover" and not a "bleach & push" product.

You wrote that you did 2 applications with the creme and afterwards you applied mineral oil.
No, don't do that.
Remove the color stains completely, and afterwards, if all is gone, then you can use mineral oil.
At the moment you are "anchoring" again.