Advice on 3 small repairs please

apprehensive · Post by **apprehensive** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 4:24 pm

Hi there.
Got 3 small injuries and wonder how to fix. In my 'care kit' came a chinese tube of gel 'super glue'
is that all i need to use? ant technique suggestions?
TPE OR Doll
Injuries are
1 small ear lobe tear
2 eyelash fallen off
3 nail fallen off.
help appreciated..

Asterix · Post by **Asterix** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 4:58 pm

apprehensive wrote:Hi there.
Got 3 small injuries and wonder how to fix. In my 'care kit' came a chinese tube of gel 'super glue'
is that all i need to use? ant technique suggestions?
TPE OR Doll
Injuries are
1 small ear lobe tear
2 eyelash fallen off
3 nail fallen off.
help appreciated..

Yes, use super glue for these repairs.

/Asterix

apprehensive · Post by **apprehensive** » Thu Feb 25, 2016 6:33 am

Thanks very much.
I tried a bit on a test piece. It adheres fine but leaves a rather hard 'crispy' join.
This will certainly be fine for eyelashes and nails but not ideal for soft supple flesh.
Is there a glue that remains supple once it is set that will work on tpe?

dollguy13 · Post by **dollguy13** » Thu Feb 25, 2016 11:21 pm

Super glue works but you have to be careful with it. I used some on my dolls eyelids and it left that hard crispy effect to it. I tried to pull it off and it damaged the TPE horribly

I found this glue, "elemers craft bond" works well for the eyelids and nails because it gels and pulls off TPE easily if needed without damage. Trouble is it's discontinued by Wal-Mart and hard to find unless you look on ebay.

As for the tears I think the manufacturer ORdoll has a glue they recommend and sell which "melts" the TPE together but you have to be careful with it because it dissolves TPE if used in large amounts.

Don't experiment with glues in the store because I've found a lot of them do more damage than good

apprehensive · Post by **apprehensive** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 3:16 am

cheers for that. ill order some of that elmers. just need to find out what that glue is the manufacturer uses. there must be some easy to obtain local product.