Sealing rooted doll heads?

[Linainversetsg]

I'm curious if anyone has tips for sealing dolls with rooted hair?
My main concern is that if I wrap the hair and tape the edges up it'll damage the sealant when I take it off x.x

Any advice would be appreciated as to if this is just paranoia or what you do to seal your rooted dolls.

[DollyKim]

Is the whole head painted or just parts? If I've done just the eyes and lips I use a paint-on sealer.

[Linainversetsg]

It's the eyes, eyebrows, lips, and cheek blushing.
Do those dry seamless? The big reason I want to spray seal is so I don't have brush marks in the finished result.

[DollyKim]

If you do it careful it can look almost invisible. They dry clear but you can tell that the painted parts have the coating on them, like glossy lips for example.

I can't say what it would look like on cheeks. Usually I do lips and eyes and I work with acrylic paint only on my rooted dolls. I know Bobby had his cheeks blushed with a paint wash but they aren't sealed and have held up all these years but I don't touch their faces either.

[kiki-chan78]

MSC was used on Chibi-Derp, who has a rooted head. I just pulled his hair back into a ponytail, saran-wrapped it, and made sure that the plastic went high enough to cover all the hair. The upside is that the plastic-wrapped ponytail is a great handle for while you are spraying. XD

Once he was sprayed, I then went back in and applied gloss to the areas that needed it.

[Linainversetsg]

Awww he's so cute! Thanks for the advice!