Repair Stain Removal?

What you listed so far are the basics; start with a magic eraser, or perhaps some rubbing alcohol or other solvent, to see if you can get it out. If it comes down to needing to sand, all you'll need is a fine-grit sandpaper, then sand in small circular motions.

And no worries! Staining can happen to the best of us - sometimes there's no telling what particular item of clothing will end up staining, or some random thing. :P Once I accidentally sat a doll down on my desk, and I didn't realize that I'd had an uncapped pink pen out, and I sat him down on it. x__x I picked him back up after a few days, and realized he had pink smears all over his butt and thighs. Going at it with some alcohol took most of it off, then the magic eraser took care of the rest.

 

If the doll is made of resin, try a magic eraser first, and if that part of the doll is unblushed, you can try 90/99% isopropanol (rubbing alcohol) too.

Isopropanol will remove sealant immediately (whereas Magic Eraser, with a light touch, will not).

If the doll is vinyl (Obitsu/Dollfie Dream). Start with isopropanol (acetone can shrink vinyl--it's used for this purpose to shrink doll heads) and magic eraser, and then move to acne creams with benzoyl peroxide (idealy 10%) or a special cream (forget the name) that you can buy on the volks site. The acne cream or volks cream has an expiration date, after which it becomes less effective, so remember that. Wrapping the vinyl doll in saran wrap after covering the area in cream and leaving it in the sun will help remove the stain.

Sorry for the double post, but if you can tell me the fiber content (cotton, polyester, etc) of the outfit I might be able to help you fix the dye so it doesn't stain again.

At the very least, washing it in a laundry detergent (you can handwash if you are worried; don't wash silk; don't machine wash wool) with sodium dodecyl sulfate/lauryl sulfate/SDS can help for most dyes.

 

@Hadlais here's a post about sandpaper:
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Long story short, if you use too-coarse sandpaper it will leave scratches, so you would want to look for a very fine sandpaper (around 1000 or 1200 grit would be about right, I think).

 

@Hadlais

Do you know if its polyester, cotton, rayon, or acetate velvet? Or if the lace is polyester or cotton? Does it have a washing label or can I see a picture?

 

To prevent future staining with that dress, it might be ideal to invest in bodysuit for the doll to wear under the dress. ^_^
I have same issue with my dolls getting stained by dark colors clothes and I make them their own body suits to use to protect their resin.

 

@Hadlais

I'd guess it is either polyester or cotton velvet, as it isn't as shiny as most rayon/silk velvets I've seen.

Unfortunately, this means that my only suggestion is the one I already provided: I would soak the dress in a bowl with a very small amount of laundry detergent (one for delicate fabrics). If you can find one of those with SDS, great.

Adding others things, like vinegar or salt, is for a different type of dye for different fibers.

 

@Hadlais

I'm so glad it worked! Show us some pics (if you can) of your newly-cleaned doll!

 

That's great to hear, I'm glad it all came off for you!

 

@Hadlais

Aww! You didn't need to prove it worked. (Although it'll probably be a good reference for others, so yay! )

I feel bad now--I wanted to give you an opportunity to show off a doll who's received some love (and [temporarily] received the smudges too prove it), not validate our/my dolly suggestions!

If it isn't too much effort, I'd love to see her [no doubt adorable] face!

 

@Hadlais

No worries! She'll have a snazzy new face to go with her bright and shiny body!

 

Any advice on how to treat a dark spot left on the forehead of my resin doll when its wig was removed? There is a bit of shine too. I don't want to risk making it worse, so should I just leave it and hide it with a wig with bangs? Thanks for any advice.

 

It’s a tracksuit I think it’s synthetic fibre but I don’t know I was just gonna soak it in that oxy-clean stuff and water for a while

 

@americanseamstress
Thank you so much for clarifying that magic eraser with a light touch might not remove the blushing on a doll vs rubbing alcohol which will remove the sealant! I was about to make a huge mistake!

I removed my dolls socks and discovered staining on her new blushing! Hoping it'll clean

UPDATE: The magic eraser worked to remove the stain! It had been stained for a while I assume so it took some heavier scrubbing and did wipe away a bit of the body blushing. I had to scrub pretty hard for that though