Maintenance How to Remove Shiny Spots?

My entire BlueFairy is pretty shiny (except the faceup). I'm thinking that's probably a result of being handled since she's pretty old and secondhand....
I, too, would love to know how to restore her resin to like-new, although I would guess it's not possible

 

Spray with matte MSC (mr.super clear) or another matte sealant. I do this for dolls that are a bit "plasticy"

You can also very gently sand it with a very high grit sand paper

 

A trick I use to reduce the shine on resin is a gentle buffing with a dry mr clean magic eraser. It is a very mild abrasive, so it'll rough up the surface just enough to remove the shine. Go gentle, but even so, there's very little chance it'll scratch the doll.

 

Resurrecting this thread.
I've got a slightly shiny spot on my doll's cheek. There was a small smudge (no idea how it got there) and I've dabbed it with a damp microfiber cloth but that only made the area a bit shiny. I am thinking of giving it a couple touches with a magic eraser (the one from Alice's Collections) because I've read it can help against shine, but I am not sure if it will ruin the faceup further since it's a sealed area. What do? I don't know if it's worth it to buy MSC and coat the head again just for a little shine.

 

A melamine sponge will remove fixative and pigment; it depends on how hard you'll scrub, but you can remove other parts of a sealed surface. You can literally remove a whole face up just using the sponge, although it will take some elbow grease. I do understand that's not what you're after. However, on an entirely painted surface, like the face, the only way to get that matte look once again and not potentially ruin the whole face is to seal the area again. Or the whole face, which is not necessary, but some people might prefer that. If it were an unsealed area, the sponge would work without removing anything other than grimme and surface shine.

I would personally just seal the small area, but I do own MSC, since the beginning of the dark ages -- I've been customizing my own BJD and other toys for a long time now. I don't know that it would be worth it, for someone who is not planning on further customizing their dolls. Having said that, a can of MSC, on hand might help again, in the future if anything like this happens again. Which I am sure is not quite uncommon, because people enjoy touching and "playing" with their dolls.

I don't touch my dolls faces at all, unless I am redoing the face/body up work, which I did a lot when I was younger. Now I rarely take them out, just for a quick photo or to create something new for them -- I never experienced chipped face ups but get a lot shiny spots on full body blushing. However, I don't mind shiny spots on my dolls' bodies, since it's inevitable, if I want to make clothes for them (which I do, from time to time). Hope that helps, and good luck! (:

 

@Enzyme Eventually I gave that spot a few light hits in an X pattern, and it's still a tiny bit shinier than the rest, but only comes up if you directly shine a strong light on it. Under a magnifier there's no difference in texture, so I think I didn't scrub away any sealant. I'll take it for the time being. At a later point I'll seal that bit with MSC.

 

My Volks Nana’s face was quite shiny when she arrived. I figured what the heck, the face-up is cute but I’d re-do if needed so I used a Magic eraser and light touch to lightly buff her entire face. She’s less shiny with no damage to her sweet face-up. Maybe my hand strength stinks, but I you’d have scrub hard to damage a face-up with a Magic eraser.

I think it’s a lot easier to chip a face-up. Pretty sure all of my crew has little sealant clips on their face-ups.