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Repair Remove zit for vinyl (and cleaning it after)

Oct 8, 2022

    1. Hello! I want to ask here, if anyone has personal experience with removing the vinyl stain treatment residue from twin pines "remove zit" cream with something other than formula 911 and if it works correctly enough that you could recommend it to others.

      I'm not sure if it's already been asked in this way. If so I apologize. I don't always find success trying to search on mobile.
      Anyway, I know I can buy the formula 911 but my money is pathetically tight by now, and since another cleaner or solvent I already have might work I wanted to ask now.

      I have:
      Windsor and Newton brush cleaner
      Ajax and dawn dish soaps
      (Those two are my best guesses)
      But I also have 100% acetone, 79% isopropyl alcohol and of course regular antibacterial hand soap

      I really appreciate any advice, thank you!

      I read on Dolls Dreaming that "cleaning wipes" and goo gone might be acceptable but on the cleaning wipes I couldn't find info on what kind :sweat
       
      #1 AlisonVonderland, Oct 8, 2022
      Last edited: Oct 8, 2022
    2. I've had Dollfie Dreams for over a decade and have just used whatever hand or dish soap I had around to clean off zit cream. I've also left the cream on for months when I've had a stubborn stain and just decided to let it sit and fade. The vinyl has been fine.

      Other than Volks white skin vinyl there's not much issue with simple zit creams. (Volks white vinyl will sometimes discolor when treated with zit cream even if only on for a short time.)

      Edit: I don't keep heavily dyed or perfumed soaps around, but I'd avoid anything like that.
       
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    3. It's not regular zit cream if that's what you are referring to, it's the twin pines remove zit. I just want to make sure we are talking about the same product :whee:

      And yes, I generally avoid dark colored, moisturized or heavily perfumed hand soaps same as when wiping faceups which I have a lot of experience with.
      (With colors in these two dish soaps I never had issues, but I apply the lather, not soap directly in concentrate)

      Thanks for the white skin tip. I have only DD normal and if I can't get the stains off this head she will continue being junk technically so I'm at least going to give it a go. :wiggle
       
    4. Sorry yes I was referring to typical OTC zit creams. I have no experience with the Twin Pines stuff (didn't recall that being its exact name) so sorry I've given poor advice. I've heard it can cause the vinyl to swell (the Volks product has done this to me) so I stick with simple and cheap.

      I will say I've not encountered a stain that can't be removed, so if you're patient she probably won't be junk. I've also found that endlessly treating it doesn't do much. Again this applies to using OTC treatments. My experience is if I treat it a few times and the stain doesn't go away then just leaving it for a few to several months the stain will continue to fade over time. Others have told me that's not been their experience unless they treat it to the point it's largely faded before they let it sit. Not sure if it's just a different definition of waiting, or maybe something like I live in a very dry area and they some place more humid.

      For stubborn stains if it's a body part where I have spares I usually just leave it with dried zit cream for a few months. If it's a head (almost always wig staining so not on the face itself) I just wipe off the visible residue with water and let it sit that way. I've gone way off topic to your question though after already giving bad advice so I'll just stop now. Sorry again for my confusion.
       
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    5. @scripple it's not bad advice, someone else will read it too and it's helpful for that situation.
      At this point I had simply already bought this stuff earlier in the year but didn't buy the stuff to clean it off... Whoops! And I did want to use it if it's faster because I wanted to see results sooner :XD: I have actually done reading on all this I just want to know out of curiosity if there are other working solvents for the twin pines stuff.
      :hug: still appreciate your comments!
       
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    6. This is probably bad practice, but I just wash my removezit off really well with soapy water. :frownyblush: Sometimes it takes a few goes around and some elbow grease to get all of it off, but it's worked for me. So far I haven't had any issues, and I've done it with various different company dolls over the last several years. I haven't noticed any discoloration yet. I'm sure someone who's been in the hobby longer than that can say whether it's okay in the long run or not though.
       
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    7. @Spoomsy thanks for the reply! I'm interested in everyone's experiments *for science* lol

      So have you done a Faceup over them afterwards and it's been ok? And how long have they been going since a faceup without problems?

      I still feel like Windsor and Newton could theoretically work extremely well, because the solvent/cleaner they are selling to remove it can clean oil paint and so can Windsor and Newton brush cleaner. Windsor and Newton is also oily and oil + oil is generally the ticket for non water soluble removal.

      I'm here asking though because I do wish you be better safe than sorry :XD:
      Earlier I said "technically junk" but I mean technically as such... She's just got bad paint stains she could still be completely destroyed by doing something foolish! Ha
       
    8. I have! The Obitsu head in my profile is a result of that experiment actually, but it was only pretty recently. I think I did her faceup back in May. So far everything's been fine, but that's definitely not enough time to make a final verdict on the process.

      I've never thought to use Windsor and Newton brush cleaner. Now I'm curious! I have some junk vinyl heads laying around, so maybe I'll give that a try and see how it goes.
       
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    9. Windsor and Newton seems to be safe on vinyl like it is for resin. Just don't get too casual with it as it can soften resin heads up substantially if you leave on too long. If you are just attentively removing a Faceup on resin it's not a problem. I use it normally because it's the most powerful and fast widely used product to make my life easier. But we're off topic now :XD:
      Edit to ad: well I think several months is a good start. hopefully I can get my head(s) de-stained and park them in a new Faceup for 1+ years though. I prefer to repaint seldom now as long as it's not damaged or an appearance I have totally outgrown.
       
      #9 AlisonVonderland, Oct 8, 2022
      Last edited: Jan 8, 2023
    10. Double post but I want to update my saga for whatever it's worth:
      I ordered removezit earlier last year, stored it in my house a few months before I started using it (it claims a one year shelf life) then I used it with repeated applications as directed on a lightly stained DD head (peach- orangey stains from old Faceup) for weeks. Weeks! I saw literally no discernible improvement. I cleaned it all off at the end with Windsor and Newton and that seemed to work. But yes, I feel like oh yes, of course it happens to me but the product did nothing and for now I totally lost interest. :yawn
       
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