resin aging question

[quidam]

This is probably a really stupid question, so please forgive me.

So, part of the natural aging process for resin is for it to yellow. Does this mean that fleshtone pink dolls will eventually look orange? Will fleshtone yellow dolls end up bright and sunny looking? Will white dolls end up looking like a fleshtone yellow?

[landwhale]

There is no real answer to that since different resins age differently. It all depends on the pigments used and the resin susceptibility to yellowing. I've heard some go green and that some darker toned resins simply get darker without going yellow. I've also heard that the more pigment a doll has (the darker it is) the more it hides the yellowing affect. Unless you can see owner photos of a particular doll from a particular company it would be hard to predict the yellowing/aging results. Companies also have a habit of changing their resins so even the same doll sculpt from the same company made at different times won't age the same way.

Even if you keep your doll out of the sun and away from heat, the resin will still age. Some ppl see it as part of the dolls beauty. Personally I haven't had a lot of experience but I've done a lot of research and I've been keeping my dolls away from light. The resin my friend uses to cast his puppets doesn't seem to have yellowed much if at all over the years but he does keep his stuff in basements and boxes (the studios he works in don't have windows).

Besides, in the end even if my dolls yellow, I will still love them all the same. I don't plan around the yellowing. I just take it as a given. If the doll was meant to start out white I will get a white doll and not worry about her future color. I'd probably adjust her faceup to work with her aged color if I need to though.

[Greyhaunt]

Well I can tell you that yes, they do yellow, but it does depend, as landwhale noted, on the color that the resin starts out and the quality. My "white" Dollzone and AoD dolls are now a lovely cream color that is defintely not the same as my yellow NS dolls color. My yellow NS dolls if they are yellowing I can't tell. Now my white Pipos Baha still looks the same lovely white as before, so I don't really think if he's yellowing that it is very extreme. I don't really like the more pink NS so I don't have many, but I have an older DZ and he's definitely not oranging LOL. I'd say perhaps he looks a bit darker than newer ones, but nothing I'd remark on or notice unless he was being compared.

Now I've heard that tan dolls green. That said my DZ tan dolls still look tan to me so don't know if it's a brand thing or what.

Hope that helps some

[Zainin]

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[CloakedSchemer]

My DZ Mo is almost 3 years old and I didn't realize how yellow he was until I got a new WS Mo.....however, its a natural looking yellow, not like banana yellow or anything so it doesn't bother me

[quidam]

Thanks for the answers! Perhaps I'll avoid tan. With my luck he would end up one that would turn very green, and I'm not quite into the fantasy side of this.

[Greyhaunt]

Thanks for the answers! Perhaps I'll avoid tan. With my luck he would end up one that would turn very green, and I'm not quite into the fantasy side of this.

Are you kidding??? If I could every doll I own would be luscious DZ Tan Never avoid a color because it "might" change - go with what you want or you'll end up regretting it! Just don't leave your dolls outside in bright sunlight!

[Dark Angel]

Thanks for the answers! Perhaps I'll avoid tan. With my luck he would end up one that would turn very green, and I'm not quite into the fantasy side of this.

Are you kidding??? If I could every doll I own would be luscious DZ Tan Never avoid a color because it "might" change - go with what you want or you'll end up regretting it! Just don't leave your dolls outside in bright sunlight!

Greyhaunt is right! The tests that they do on these dolls (tan) are so severe that I'm sure you wouldn't notice anything for YEARS! I mean they leave a piece of resin in the sun all day for months. And as long as yours is not in direct sunlight you should be ok! Definitely get the doll you want.

[richila]

First of all, I admit to being a bad resin doll mom. My favorite girl rides around on the dashboard of my car to keep me company. She is a Planet Doll mini in tan and she has "greened" some-but it is that pale green you see on real people who have "olive skin" in the winter. She looks more real now, if that makes sense.

[roxygotmoxie]

My roommate's had a Bobobie Elena in dark tan (their extra dark skin they discontinued) for two years and her doll's not changed colour one single bit.

You can still get the dark tan from ResinSoul, so long as you request it. It costs the same as the coffee-color. I'm not sure if Bobobie does requests, but you can ask RS to piece a doll's ears or cast any body in chocolate-brown

As for yellowing or greening... I've yet to see a doll that's yellowed so severely that it looks bad/toss-able. Color-changes are beautiful as long as they are uniform, and not blotchy (I call uneven yellowing "tan lines." And even that's not completely awful/unrealistic.) I dare you to find one picture of the feared "butter yellow" or "putrid green"... I've yet to see one. The panic-cases you hear about are usually extremes, or collectors being drama-mamas.