Any special tips for repairing MLD?
Any special tips for repairing MLD?
Anyone have the experience of how much silpoxy you need to fix quarter sized tears/holes at both wrists and both ankles?
The kit comes with two 1/2 oz. foil pouches of silpoxy but more can be ordered if needed.
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Re: Any special tips for repairing MLD?
Also order Psycho Paint and the Silc Pig pigment sampler set, along with the special thinner that gives a matte finish to the final product.
Blend the pigments until you match the skin tone, add them to the Psycho Paint with the thinner, and have at it!
That should do you quite well.
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Re: Any special tips for repairing MLD?
Sil-poxy is the recommended adhesive.
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So my girl arrived today and the damage is worse than I thought. Her head was a bit askew when I lifted her out of the box and when I sat her on the table her head dangled over the edge and fell off.
A white plastic "spine" is left on her neck. I assume I'll have to coat this with Silpoxy to glue the head back on. Any other ideas?
Next, her ankle is deeper than I thought. Two wire "foot bones" attach to sockets in the "ankle bone (plastic)". I was thinking Epoxy would work to re-attach the "bones" before I use silpoxy on the "Skin".
So, silpoxy for sticking the head back on and epoxy on the plastic and wires before the silpoxy is applied.
Good idea? Suggestions if not a good idea?
Re: Any special tips for repairing MLD?
Silpoxy is meant to fuse silicone to silicone. I thought the head screwed on? Is it broken of below that point?
Regarding the ankle, epoxy could work, depends on the materials. can you see what those are? are those wires glued in or broken of at that point?
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Re: Any special tips for repairing MLD?
Looks like the wire goes all the way through the leg, is the white plastic on both sides or just on one? If its one one, you can use epoxy, otherwise the stuff its made from. i think its a commonly used urethane, but the mf wil probably fill you in on this if you ask.
(So yeah, this is basically what you figured out yourself)
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The fail-safe feature is intended to help keep the foot wire from getting pulled out of the ankle. That is, the ankle is supposed to pull out of the shin instead of the wires pulling out of the ankle; then, in such a case, placing the ankle bone into the shin would make for an unobtrusive repair. Apparently, on yours, the wires pulled out. If the wires aren't broken, there's no reason not to use an adhesive to keep them placed. A foot wire piece only needs to look right. Some have simply removed them.
Does the ankle bone pull out of the shin bone socket? I'm just curious about this one. It is supposed to, but it's not an issue if it doesn't.
The holes on the skull are there to render silicone adhesive access to air so that the glue can cure. That's another one that just needs to look right.
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Does she...or doesn't she? (A slogan used by Clairol)
My dolls
Reminder to self: Still more work to do on my albums.
First photo shoot of Sandra, a Sanhui 145 cm lady doll.
[thumb]http://dollforum.com/forum/download/file.php?id=196256&t=1[/thumb]
Fun photos of my JM 110cm, Angie.
http://dollforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=196&t=74121