Any tips for fixing fingertips?
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Any tips for fixing fingertips?
Any tips (no pun intended) on how to hold them together while gluing would be greatly appreciated. I think they are to small to staple? I only want to do it once, and I want to do it right.
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Re: Any tips for fixing fingertips?
azland wrote:I desperately need to fix some wire pokes. My princesses fingers are beginning to look like hamberger . I tried gluing one that fell off, but it doesn't sit just right. Others suffer multiple poke throughs . I am thinking about removing the wires completly???
Any tips (no pun intended) on how to hold them together while gluing would be greatly appreciated. I think they are to small to staple? I only want to do it once, and I want to do it right.
thanks
Thats something Realdoll owners did a lot in past (e.g. 2003...) when the fingerwires broke often. Todays Realdoll fingerwires don't break easily, I think its the same with boytoy's.Others suffer multiple poke throughs . I am thinking about removing the wires completly???
Regarding Radiv's matter, Carmen's (2008) fingers have neat terminals that sit on the end of the wire's, there are no sharp ends (or they are very small, a half millimeter or less). I wonder how this is with Boytoy's fingers...
Lets see where Joe comes up with... .
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The steel wire that makes up the core of the fingers are cut off with pliers. The ends vary from 0,5 mm to 2-3 mm. On my BT there was a finger with about 1 cm excessive wire. It's not so difficult to imagine what that wire did with the silicone. I suggest Matt should grind away the sharp ends. It may take 15 minutes and may solve the pokeproblem, unless you dance jenka on the dolls fingers.
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Re: Any tips for fixing fingertips?
Hi MelodyLuver,MelodyLuvr wrote:Hi - My Melody has a small wire poke on her pinky finger that I just noticed today, during her music performance photo shoot (she's brand new). The hole is in her finger nail (which are red), not poking through the "flesh" of her finger. What type of glue/adhesive should I use to repair it? Also, one that leaves no discoloration, if possible?
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If the edges join together good,
You will need Sil-Poxy to do a proper repair. It is best to not let the tear or poke through get any worse before doing.
If not, you may want to call Abyss for a repair kit.
Sil-Poxy dries almost clear.
If you order directly from the manufacturer, it will arrive in a day or two. It will be a lot more than you need though, the smallest size tube they sell is 3 oz. so I would give Abyss a call and compare.
Below is a 1 oz tube but I don't know where you can get this size anymore.
Here is a 3 oz that is available now from the manufacturer.
I am about to open a brand new tube for a small repair that I have to do. You can't keep this stuff long once it's open, if you are interested and believe this will work for your situation, we could split the cost as it is expensive and I could send it to you later this week.
You can pm me for details.
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Re: Any tips for fixing fingertips?
That's what we are here for, and over at ODC as well ......
Abyss leads the way in customer service, and that's not to put any of the other responsible manufacturers behind, it's just that they have been the leaders and around for so long.
Thanx Joe, Good job.
Good luck with the repair. Just take your time and don't be afraid to ask for further advice if you need it.
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