Preventing Staining from Clothes, Removing a Clothing Stain from Resin

Yes, any resin is so sensitive. So it depends on the fabric. I always use lining for hand-made jeans because of that.

 

Some fabrics, and especially often denim, come over-dyed so that the color looks more vibrant, while others just don't have the dye set all that well. Try sending his jeans through the wash once or twice, that should get the extra dye out. It's just like how sometimes you put something red in the wash for the first time and it turns all your white clothes pink. The stain will probably come off with a magic eraser.

But yeah, wash and dry them in the dryer...that should take care of the staining problem.

 

Mmm...so that's it...Thank's for sharing, guys...

I was thinking the same, Radu...but I'm still not sure to do that because I'm afraid, adding lining will be adding bulkiness...perhaps, I just put high stocking (or stocking panty) before wearing my doll jeans...

@Radu: Would you, please, show the pics of your doll wearing jeans with lining? I would like to see whether the bulkiness is too obvious or not if you don't mind (^.^). Thank's in advance, Radu

 

I'm still learning to make jeans...so I thought, washing first would be annoying....because i wanted to see it right away on my doll..if it was ok, then I washed...(that's my procedure when sewing human clothing, though...but apparently, it didn't work on resin...)...

Now that I've experienced that, I just wash it first before trying (-.-)'...

I don't have magic eraser...I don't know where to buy it in Indonesia or know what the substitution for it...I'll be searching one...It's difficult...Some store don't sell abroad...

 

I used to wash the material before sew it,so it won't stain my boy in fitting time. For magic eraser I buy pro clean magic block in ace hard ware. It's cheaper than mr.clean although not greater ^^;; You can get it in all ace harde ware store around Jakarta. Daishou also have magic eraser^^

 

I'm beginning to think that DZ doesn't wash their fabrics before they make their clothes.

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No, wait, no, I'm pretty sure of that. My Hong was stained by the lining of the silver coat he came with. I really wish somebody would just tell them to wash the fabric...

 

I have the Mo-2 fullset and that shirt fabric is EVIL. None of my guys wear it, and the only couple of times I put it on my Mo I stripped it back off and attacked him with a bit of magic eraser because he already had marks. I have washed it and rinsed it and washed it and dried it and it just is going to keep doing it until the end of time. -_- Not having the same issue with the silver vest or the black pants, its just that dumb shirt! It stays in the bottom of the box covered by some other clothes.

 

A lot of textile companies never wash their fabrics after it's out of the factory. I knew a gal who worked in Jo-Ann's who would get some burns from some of the textiles due to the chemicals in some of the dyes. Clothing companies don't take time to wash their merchandise before shipping them out. So washing them is a good idea to get extra dyes out. I prefer washing with warm water to minimize shrinking of clothing. As Chilmark said, hot water does help get rid of more extra dye but causes shrinkage. Warm water's always been a happy medium for me.

 

Hmmm I guess I also need help on this issue---

I have made Jeans to my boy, and I really like them, but they are always staining his legs when he uses them for too long, but the thing is, those jeans were made from an old pair of my own jeans which were used and washed so many times they are full of holes (thus I turned them into doll clothes) yet they still stain D:

But ah well, good thing at least that Magic erasor (I use scotchbrite or whatchamacallit because it's the only one I have around, but works the same) and alcohol work wonders to remove stains

 

Help my boys black underwear stained his butt and hips a weird orange color and soap and water wont get it out what do i do?

 

Have you tried a magic eraser?

 

not yet i thought we had some at home but we didn't so i need to go buy some, i just wanted to know what other ways there was to get it out since he's a white skin doll it looks really weird

 

Magic eraser is really the best, to my knowledge. You should clean him off as soon as possible--stains can become permanent if you just leave them.
Staining is a big problem with resin--any non-white clothes that you buy should be hand-washed and air-dried before you put them on your doll.

 

Magic eraser or some 90% Isopropyl Alcohol will take that right off.

 

I've skimmed this entire thread and I was wondering if all of these methods work for tan dolls?

 

Fear not his butt is its pristine white again had to totally pull apart his legs to get all the stained parts but he's one piece again.

 

Hey, recently got a batch of clothes from dollmore including a lot of dark, and am thinking of doing a vinegar soak. A friend of mine's concern is with the smell though; how strong are the poor clothes going to smell and is there a good way anyone's found to mask it?

 

I just ordered my first pair of blue jeans for my girl. I also ordered a pair of long white stockings. If I put the stocking on underneath will that prevent staining or can the blue still "seep" through?

I already had a shirt with chains leave black marks that I managed to get off, but I've become a bit over protective since. She's been naked for a week. >.<

 

Averis I think there's a chance that'll seep through, why dont you wash the pants? That normally solves the problem for me. I usually just use soap and water.

 

Hmm, well it has some light and dark parts (it's supposed to be "washed style" jeans), and it may have light stitching. I was told that trying to get the extra dye out with some sort of soak will cause the darker colors to bleed to the lighter ones. >.<

 

Sonny's sells cotton stocking things made to help prevent stains, but I'm afraid they'll be too thick and I won't be able to get his pants over it or he won' be able to move! What do you guys think?

 

I saw a few threads about how to remove staining from dolls, but none mention how to prevent it in the first place. I was hoping that sealing my doll (Mr Super Clear UV Cut Flat) would help prevent staining but this seems to not be the case.

I recently commissioned a very elaborate and expensive costume, but it seems the lining of the costume (which is black) stains my doll at pretty much every pressure contact point. I spent a half hour with the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser and got all of it off without a problem, but this was only after about an hour of wearing it! So I worry to leave my girl in this costume for long periods of time (it's meant to be her main outfit!)

If I leave my girl in this outfit for a long time could this staining become permanent? She is a white skin doll so the staining is REALLY apparent.

If anyone knows of any sealant I could use on the fabric itself or some kind of nylon outfit under clothes that exist to protect dollies from staining I would love to hear about it!

Last thing I wanted to mention--the costume is ultra-suede with a silk lining so I can't throw it in the wash to run the dye out of it without ruining it completely

 

Volks sells protective bodysuits for Dollfie Dream that are intended to guard against staining from clothes; they should fit quite a few other bodies, too, since they're made of cotton knit fabric. I'm seeing similar kinds of bodysuits on eBay, too; you might check Mimiwoo and Releaserain's eBay shops.

 

Ah thanks for the tip Cynthia in FlintHills! I'm searching through Mimiwoo's shop now... it's pretty massive, I might be at it for a while, LOL!

In the meantime, anyone know if this sort of staining might be permanent?

 

Another eBay seller who has bodysuits is beachgirlnikita, I think...they're about $24.99 and they come in flesh tone or patterns. I have bought wigs and other clothes from her and she has really nice quality items...so glad you got the stains off your doll! I have a KidDelf Ani who I bought with yellow stains on her forehead from being stored in a bad wig appearantly, and nothing I have tried removed all of the stains, so yes, I think some things do permanently stain the resin if not cleaned quickly as you did!

 

Ah thank you MorningsInAikmaar! I wasn't having much luck with Mimiwoo or Releaserain's eBay stores, but I found these body stockings pretty quickly.

I guess I'll try a white one since the "nude" one is way too tan for my white skinned doll. My costume is also a turtle neck So this stocking won't cover every contact point.

I'm still hoping someone might have a magic spray I can hit the inside of the jacket with or something....

 

I don't recommend you put clothes that stain in your doll's body, I think they will be difficult to clean after that ^^U, try fixing the colors of the clothe's fabrics first.

I had the same problem when I was sewing Antheas new outfit, the fabric keep staining my fingers when I was sewing it so I assume I wouldn't put it on him if before I hadn't fix the fabric colors in the first place.
Most new fabrics stain a little in the begining but after they are washed out on warm water for at least two times they fix their colors.
Some fabrics are even more difficult to fix the colors than that, and if they keep staining even after I wash them, I used a material call "alumbre" on Peru --sorry I don't know the name on english--, it's sold on pharmacies here and it's used on a bowl of hot water where you dissolved it and then put the fabric you want to fix the colors on for at least one night, then you wash it as you normally do. That resolves the problem with every fabric I get my hands into so far. Hope this help you.

 

Hmm that sounds promising. I think I'll go to the fabric store and ask them there about "fabric color fixer." That seems to be the magic word for the product you're talking about

My only concern of course is that the materials of my garment are ultrasuede, silk, and satin and not meant to get wet. It was a very expensive commission piece so I almost feel like staining the doll is worth keeping it. It's a pretty sad decision to make though, so I'm hoping this fixer works!

If it ruins the garment I'm not sure what I'll do then

 

Can you contact the maker about washing? They might be the best person to ask. A lot of non-wash fabrics can be gently hand-washed in Woolite or regular shampoo.
Maybe if you're getting the bodysuit, you could make or commission a little neck-piece to go under the turtleneck part, so the doll is covered underneath.

 

I was actually thinking that since her legs are safe in her leggings, I would cut the legs off the bodysuit and use that to add a neck to the piece. It's a little complicated though =/

 

Dark and vibrantly colored fabrics will always stain a doll unless you colorfast/color fix it and/or wash it in the washer several times.

Some home remedies for colorfasting are a mixture of salt and water or vinegar and water and leaving the clothes to soak in them overnight. You can google these methods for how much water and how much salt/vinegar to use.


when you do plan to wash them in the washer, safety pin the clothes together so you don't loose small parts like socks and gloves.

 

Alumbre in english is "Alum". I can't remember what they use it for in my country but it's one of those things that I heard from my grandma once in a while

 

Thank you for that ^^!!!
It actually works even with jeans that sometimes don't have the colors fixed and make my legs blue if I wear them XD.
I don't think it harms the fabric cos I have used with "raso" and that's a very delicate fabric. But it's always better to contact the person who sew the dress and ask if the fabric can be washed with the regular methods.

 

No problem at all!!!
Definitely check with whoever made the dress. And if you are the one making the dress, I would test in a piece of the fabric before even using it to make the dress then. It would suck to go through all that work then you can't use the dress!

 

Hihi!
I bought Yuuki a set of Black sheer-ish dollmore leggings, as well as a black knit hat and I want to wash them before she gets here to avoid stains in the future.
Can someone please tell me the best way to wash out any excess dye without hurting the fabric/knit?

Thankies!!
~ Nana
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hello. this thread is a bit old but its the perfect thread for my question.....my dolls own mostly dark clothes, and one of my dolls is stained....

i was wondering if any sort of doll clothes can be washed? i own mostly outfits from angell-studio, with lots of details and different fabrics, like the moulin outfit (the doll whos supposed to wear it will arrive with body blushing, so i need to make sure it wont stain) and christmas outfit (what about the fur?). is it possible to wash them without shrinking or ruining them? i know i had a chinese human dress once with similar silky fabric as the christmas outfit, and after handwashing it became a bit raw and less shiny....


i will copy this from a different thread i posted in:
my girl was wearing black stockings for a while. today i undressed her and found some ugly black stains (even in the joints, no idea how they got there). anyway, i got my magic eraser (a bit wet) and started to rub and scrub. the stains fade...but.......i cant get some stains to completely disappear. is it normal that it takes so much scrubbing?

oh and the magic eraser starts to crumble......is that normal too? i have tiny crumbs on my dolls legs...

does too much scrubbing damage or affect the resin? maybe its my imagination but it seems a tiny bit brighter on the scrubbed parts...but maybe its just the light....i just want to make sure nothing bad happens when i scrub.

 

Not all fabric can be washed (silk dupion will become softer instead of stiff and viscose can shrink even in cool water) but most fabric will be fine to handwash in warm water. Handwashing in warm water can wash out a lot of excess dye. You might have to do several washes, until the water does not become coloured. Then you can also put the clothes in some warm water with salt, to fix any dye left. Vinegar only works on some dyes. Then rinse out the clothes and dry on a towel over a radiator or air dry. This has worked for me. Hope this helps

 

Can you wash clothes with metal stuff on them too or will the metal oxidise? Vinegar soaking at least doesn't seem to be a good idea. As a test I put an eyelet in vinegar once and it turned ugly...

~Mello~: Crumbling magic eraser is normal. And yes, it affects the resin because magic eraser is like super fine abrasive. That's why the scrubbed spot got brighter. So scrubbing too much might not be good...

 

thanks for the explanation. could you take a look at the outfits i linked and tell me if they can be washed and whats the best way to wash them?

but arent dolls the same resin color even on the inside? so how can it become brighter? and what can i do to get rid of those stubborn stains?

oh and is wet or dry magic eraser better?

 

I think the darker colour on the outside is because of oxidisation. So the brighter spots should get a bit darker soon. Also the spots are smoother now because of the scrubbing so the light reflects there a bit differently than on the rest of the resin.
Have you tried isopropanol? Maybe that helps. Never had such a stain so can't help you more... >.<
I think I read somewhere wet magic eraser works better but I'm not sure.

 

hm my dolls are new (yellowing is impossible). so maybe the color difference is my imagination after all.....i noticed the scrubbed spots are a bit smoother though. will they be like the rest of the body soon?

hm i have no idea what that is....

 

It doesn't matter if it's new. ^^ There's always a little oxidisation. I sanded down the neck of a super new body and it was brighter where I sanded, too. After a few days it got a bit darker but it's still lighter than the rest. I guess it's not smooth enough or something. Maybe you could scrub the whole body a bit so it looks more uniform...

That's an alcohol. You can get it at the pharmacy. You can remove face-ups with it, too.

 

I have a very random question that sort of has a thing to do with dying and staining. I had posted this as my own thread and nothing came of it. So I hope dropping a message here will get some help! I am thinking of dying a white garment black. I was originally going to just pull it apart and use the pieces as a pattern to make a whole new one in black but it is proving a bit more complicated (sorry long winded). So my next idea was just dying it black and be done with it. My question is this. Has anybody had issues with anything they have dyed themselves staining the resin? I am assuming about 99.9% of what people are talking about here is clothing made by companies or pre colored fabric they had bought at the fabric store to use for making clothes.

So what does everybody think? I was planning on washing/rinsing the heck out of it and then even doing the vinegar bath before i ever put it on my girl after I have dyed it. I appreciate any help anybody can give me, ideas or thoughts on the whole thing. 3

 

i have another question....does vinegar fixate or absorb the dye? i always thought vinegar makes the dye stay in place....but now someone told me vinegar pulls the dye out of the fabric and could discolor it.....and what about salt?


i have another question as well...can hats stain wigs? i own a few black hats and caps and was wondering if they could stain my lightcolored wigs

 

I believe I read somewhere that you should rinse the clothes in water with a little bit of vineger in it to prevent them from staining.

 

I have a question and wondering if it is okay to ask here: I'm very new to the doll world and just purchased one of my own. I love her dearly, but since I'm new i'm afraid of making mistakes. I keep her clothes on all the time and I haven't seen signs of staining. Maybe its just the outfit itself. But i'm concerned now about staining. If I regularly clean her, with which I use mild soap, a soft cloth and warm water, will my girl be okay?

 

Hi DarkSeraph I'm fairly new, too. I got my first doll last year. Right now I have 4, and one more on the way.
I haven't had staining problems due to clothes, BUT I've never put them in denim, which I hear is one of the most common fabrics that stain. I check the dolls on a regular basis, and any time I've seen them pick up dirt, and what looks like stains, I've been able to rub them off right away with a damp cloth.
None of my dolls have body blushing, so that hasn't been a problem, but I did clean some dirt off one of their faces at one point with a damp magic eraser, rubbing really lightly, and it didn't damage the faceup, and the dirt came off.
I thought I was the only freak that did "bath time" with the dolls Every so often I unstring them, put them in a tub of room temperature water (never use hot water is what I've heard), and give them a good scrubbing with a magic eraser, and a good rinse under the cool tap, and lay them out on a towel to dry before restringing them again, and they keep clean and pretty I have heard of using mild soap and even dish soap, but I don't like mixing my chemicals, so if I use the magic eraser, I don't use anything else but water. If I ever use soap, I would get one of those sponges that is covered with mesh fabric or something. But sounds like you are doing well so far

 

I apologise if this has already been asked and answered, but what is the best way of going about removing a stain from my blushed doll?
Also, what can I do to prevent staining from his boots? They've started to stain his shins black.

 

Not sure if it's been asked before.. But if I let my dollie clothes soak in vinegar/water, is there any risk of the excess dye discoloring white or light parts of the clothes if they have mixed colors/shades?

 

Question: I salvaged some old Barbie jeans for my RS girl and ran them through the human washer once before she wore them. They've stained her just the tiniest bit. I'll deal with that later, I guess. Should I have done the warm water deal or the one part vinegar, one part water deal instead?

 

As far as jeans go, I had to handwash a pair of stonedwash black jeans (SD size) three or four times before the water ran clear. Of course this was in response to the staining that had already happened on the legs of the SD doll but a Mr Clean magic eraser took care of the staining.

I don't know if anyone has tried the Shout Color Catcher product but it get's pretty good reviews at picking up extra dyes in the wash. Maybe that would work on keeping colors from bleeding when you wash clothes with mixed colors in them and you only need a piece of one if you're handwashing one or two items.

If you google free sample Shout color catcher you can sign up to get a free one in the mail. I signed up so I'll let you know if I get one. I think one sheet cut into strips would last a long time when washing doll clothes.

 

(Sorry if someone already asked, but...)
Is my washer has a handwash/delicate cycle, could I use that to wash my doll's clothes instead of handwashing it myself? Would I have to throw it in a bra-bag or something? Thanks for the help!

 

I don't worry about clothing stains anymore. I used to freak out and make everything white or white on the inside. But it's too much of a hassle.

Aubreigh gets clothing stains all the time from some of the darker stuff I've made, but they just come out with a quick swipe of a magic eraser. So she just gets a quick bath every weekend. *Shrug*

 

Just an update: I finally got my free sample of shout color catcher in the mail today! Took less than four months!!!!!!!

I'll post back if it works next time I need to wash out some dolly clothes.

 

I am of the "an ounce of prevention beats a pound of cure" school of thought. I have been sewing doll clothes since I was six, and I have sewn historical costumes and wedding gowns professionally most of my adult life. I wash all cloth and dry it in a hot dryer twice before I cut and sew it into doll clothes I hadn't thought of doing a vinegar soak, excellent idea, I will do it from now on.The white tights solution sounds like a good one...I will have to make some. But my solution is even simpler. My dolls are nudists. When I am not actively playing with them, they lie wrapped in snow white towels, wigless, shoeless and unclothed in opaque plastic tubs. They have never had a mark on them. We pay a lot of money for our beautiful dolls, so I think it makes sense to take care of them as them as the precious art objects they are. Maybe I am a little over protective, but I have reason. My younger sister once drew all over a doll with ink ( a new doll, on my birthday) and I have had both pets and neighbors children chew the feet up on dolls when I was a child. So I keep them put away, where they are safe from the effects of the sun, though several years old my dolls are entirally unyellowed and un stained.

 

Do you guys think black or dark wigs can stain the doll as well? I wanted to buy a beautiful long black wig with some pink highlights for my new doll but now I'm not so sure anymore...

 

You can buy a wig cap that might prevent the staining. I know a lot of online bjd stores sell them like fabric friends and dolls and Denver doll emporium.

 

Oh yes I've heard of them before, thank you so much for answering!

 

It of course depends on the wig, but not a single one of my dark wigs (synthetic, from For My Doll) has stained one of my dolls.

You're more likely to see staining from natural fiber wigs (mohair, angora) that have been dyed. If the dye hasn't set properly, then there's a risk of dye transfer. You may also see staining from dyed wig caps or "custom dyed" synthetic wigs. Regular synthetic hair, however, should not have been dyed (the color is part of the material), so it's unlikely the hair itself would stain and any staining from a synthetic wig would come from either someone recoloring it, or from the wig cap.

 

@vicemage Thank you so much! I'm glad it's probably not going to stain, now I can buy it anyway eventhough I don't have a wig cap yet!