Hard Vinyl vs. Soft Vinyl

[Dark Angel]

Do they stain the same? I've only ever dealt with the soft vinyl and that stains SO easily. So I'm wondering if I need to be as cautious with the harder vinyl obitsu's I just got. Thanks

[DollyKim]

My experience with hard dolls is their hard parts don't stain like the soft bust Obitsus have but their fingers and rooted heads can. I have a "hard bust" regular Obitsu and she can wear clothes that might stain a soft bust if they wore them for too long. She's done black and black thread clothes without problems.

Washing and dye setting fabrics and clothes is always a good idea.

[Evelien]

Hmm, I don't have any comparing materials but my 60cm doll's arms are stained pretty badly even though they're the hard type of plastic.

[AppleMintPie]

Hard plastic absorb colors way lesser than soft vinyl. And if they do it's only on the surface and that can be cleaned off. Most of my hard body obitsus wear dark clothes or very bright colored red or blue pants and none of them has any visible staining, just make sure to protect their hands and heads and it'll be fine And I agree with DollyKim give the clothes a good wash especially the dark ones.

[Evelien]

Really..? Then I wonder how I'm supposed to get the stains off of the hard vinyl parts on my 60cm girl, so far I haven't succeeded

[DollyKim]

Looking over everyone here's what I have that has stained
Obitsu 1/6 soft bust and body
Obitsu 60 default head and bust
Obitsu 60 2 part abdomen, there are some rubbing stains on the 2 part chest
Obitsu 60-11 large eyehole head stained from tape used on the wig
Volks 1/6 hands
Medicom RAH hands from rubbing
Dragon/DML hands and feet
Dollzone mini headcap and forehead from black wig, a combination of rubbing, wearing it forever, and a toothy finish

Annoying stains- the RAH hands which look dirty and Obitsu 60 default face and bust because I let it kick around the clothes box and rub against things.

[Yanagi-sen]

Really..? Then I wonder how I'm supposed to get the stains off of the hard vinyl parts on my 60cm girl, so far I haven't succeeded

Because I know I just sent Kiki-chan off to bed and can't just point her in the direction of this... I'll copy/paste the reply she made to the same question over in JS.

There's only one harsh chemical cleaner that I trust on vinyl. It's the whole 'once bitten, twice shy' type of a thing. I had to replace large pieces on one of my 60cm obitsus (Omi), because they were starting to turn highlighter yellow a year after having been subjected to the 'acne-cream' stain removing treatment. The stuff I trust is Remove-zit from Twin Pines of Maine.

Remove-zit is specifically formulated to remove stains from vinyl. If you really love your vinyl doll, this is the stuff you get to remove stains. This stuff is also not water soluble, to get it off, you need to pick up 'Formula 9-1-1' from the same people.

<3

-Kiki-chan78.

[Evelien]

Thanks! I've heard of Remove-zit, I remember being shocked by high shipping rates though. Maybe next month when I have a better paycheck .

[AlmySidaKay]

I sadly put Violet in a black kimono and it stained pretty harshly so needless to say, she's been less of a photo hot lately.. >.>

[Lolita Lacemaker]

My sweet lady of 3 years old has some staining. Mainly the heads. On both, the lips and eyebrows are a little off in color but since it gets covered with the faceup you don't really see it. And it is nice with the eyebrows. I suck at them so this gives me an idea of where to put them. Also my Fancy's wig area is stained but that is hidden by her wig anyway. I do know that she had a black wig for a while.

Risha's pink dress has started to stain her in one place. . . Her nips. Yes, her nips are staining pink. Do I care that my doll will have pink nips? Naa. I did do the vinegar wash on the dress after I made it but I guess I need to redo it. Surprisingly, the dress isn't staining anywhere else. Just nice pink nips. (I sound like a perv. )