My 163H need help

sanyav · Post by **sanyav** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 10:43 am

Hello
Today, dressing up my favorite doll, I found a gap in the armpit. Someone knows what and how it can be fixed?
Thank you

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Celtic_Babog · Post by **Celtic_Babog** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 10:50 am

You could get tpe glue from a vendor.

Were you using vaseline once a month on the stretch areas, like the armpit?

sanyav · Post by **sanyav** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 11:25 am

What does Vaseline give? Where to apply it?

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 12:12 pm

I'd buy some TPE glue from any of the Vendors here, I read somewhere one guy got a can of Xylene,
and used his test TPE from the factory to make glue from it, and worked well, but VERY VERY tiny amount.
I bought a quart can myself from Amazon, but haven't tried it yet. So I can't vouch for it.

There are some great repair articles all over the forum.

Be careful, and test first.

Post by **setevoltas** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 12:49 pm

Wolverine wrote:I'd buy some TPE glue from any of the Vendors here, I read somewhere one guy got a can of Xylene,
and used his test TPE from the factory to make glue from it, and worked well, but VERY VERY tiny amount.
I bought a quart can myself from Amazon, but haven't tried it yet. So I can't vouch for it.

There are some great repair articles all over the forum. Be careful, and test first.

I have to respectfully disagree with part of this advice. Xylene, even in diluted paste form, can be HIGHLY corrosive to TPE, especially TPE under tension, the way it is from almost every angle under the armpit, which is why that tear happens so often. I see that you said tiny amounts of Xylene to TPE, but even so, I bet that tear just expands trying to use a Xylene paste. It might even want to get worse with a thick 3M Primer 94 paste, but you'd have a better chance.

My .02 (until Arthur or Mishka or muesky comes in to save the day) is to leave it be, use some mineral oil to stop it from tearing worse, and use this as a lesson to Vaseline high stress areas every month or two, so this doesn't happen again. Unless she's always got her arms up, you're not going to notice it very often.

TTNLBTPD · Post by **TTNLBTPD** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:29 pm

Armpit tears are common in TPE dolls.

Read this: viewtopic.php?f=229&t=131728

Arthur1960 · Post by **Arthur1960** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 2:07 pm

Hi there, sorry to see your gal has a tear in her arm pit. This can be a tricky place to affect a good repair and if you are not familiar with doing repair work on tpe my best advice right now would be to leave it alone and do some research first, especially look for the excellent video tutorials that Mishka has posted which show how it's possible to repair tricky places like arm pits and groins. While the tpe 'glue' commonly sold by vendors is affective in sealing certain, specific splits etc I would personally not recommend it on any tpe that has already been subjected to stretching like the armpit as even a tiny amount will cause the tpe to 'unzip' even if its in a relaxed state. In skilled hands I've seen it used to good affect but I've also seen a lot of cases where the damage has been made worse. If it were me, I would try to position the doll so the area isn't under tension then very gradually melt in tiny pieces of tpe using a variable heat solder station, I just think if you get any tpe 'glue' (which is actually a solvent) near that tear it's just going to get bigger, good luck.

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 4:31 pm

Never Thought about melting it!

Like I said, I couldn't vouch for the use of Xylene, I heard it was in the TPE glue, as it chemically melts and fuses the two ends,
BUT, that was something like dipping a toothpick into the can and using the tiny bit that clung to it.

These TPE dolls are new to me, I like them better than silicone, it's much softer, breasts feel almost real.

sanyav · Post by **sanyav** » Sat Jun 26, 2021 12:56 am

I don't think the glue is suitable for underarm repair. I'm going to take pieces of TPE from the insert and with the help of a soldering station, carefully solder it all there. I hope that everything will work out, especially since I have already seen the videos on how to do it.