New Question: How do you clean POST customization?

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New Question: How do you clean POST customization?

You know, because you've been handeling the pony the entire time you've been working on it, so anything from your hands has gotten all over it, Even if your hands are clean, and even if the pony LOOKS clean still, there's still the oils from your skin and what not. So how do you clean them AFTER you've painted and rehaired them without damaging your painting and whatever else you did to the custom?

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I'm just wondering what methods people use for cleaning out that stuborn ingrained dirt in their bait ponys.

I've rescently started using a Magic Eraser and it really is magic. And it's just great how it doesn't harm the symbol/eye paint. Other than that, I use good old Acetone, soap and water, Bleach, and baking soda. I used to use this cleaner called "Reddish Blink" that removed most of the dirt and didn't hurt the paint at all, but the Magic Eraser works a lot better. All of that removes the surface dirt, rust, and mold splendidly.

And yet...for the really ingrained dirt (that you can and cannot see at times) that you need lazers to remove, what do you guys use?

:reaper: Kat :reaper:
 
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I've never had much luck with magic erasers (other than scratching up symbols!)

I usually use acetone and then finish them off with an Ivory dish soap bath and I don't encounter many baits with super ingrained dirt that won't come out... I guess if/when I do I'll turn to Simple Green. It certainly makes rusty insides sparkle!
 
I liked the results with Oxyclean on a Blossom. I think I did two washes on her, one in the hot water to open the "pores" and then I scrubbed with a toothbrush. The second wash I left her in the tub while I left the house for a while. It was just as filthy as the first wash. It was pretty neat watching her go from dirty grey to lavender again when I rinsed her off.
 
Here here! Oxyclean for the win! I love the stuff! I also am a big fan of magic erasers. :)
 
New Question: How do you clean POST customization?

You know, because you've been handeling the pony the entire time you've been working on it, so anything from your hands has gotten all over it, Even if your hands are clean, and even if the pony LOOKS clean still, there's still the oils from your skin and what not. So how do you clean them AFTER you've painted and rehaired them without damaging your painting and whatever else you did to the custom?

:reaper: Kat :reaper:
 
Constantly wash your hands while working on a custom. Just stop and wash your hands, then go back to it. It will help get rid of the oils on your hands. There are some customizers who use rubber gloves the whole time.

Also, when you put the pony down to dry, make sure it's in a very clean enviroment (minimal dust).

Magic erasers can indeed rub off paint. If you rub hard enough (actually you don't have to really rub that hard).
Also when you use the magic eraser, you need to constantly rinse it, otherwise you'll just be putting the dirt back on that you just took off.
 
if I get any dust (this won't help with oils) I take out one of those cans of air used to clean keyboards and I just blow the dust off.
 
Disposable latex gloves. A new pair every time you pick up a custom to work on it. You'd have to clip your nails to use them though.
 
thanks for the tips folks. i guess careful scrubbing with soap and water it still is.

safe to say though i will not be investing in gloves though because i think it's rediculous to be putting them on and taking them off like every 30-60 minutes and i will not be clipping my nails, or cutting the tips of the gloves to account for them. i wear fingerless gloves in the winter for a reason, and fingerless cleaning gloves just doesn't seem right.

you'd think there'd be a problem though with constantly having your hands wet though; i know when i'm wet and try to like rehair it just tears up my hands horribly (heck doing anything metal related after they've been in water for any reason).

and i never thought about the spray air-thanks beth!

:reaper: Kat :reaper:
 
LLBPonyGirl said:
safe to say though i will not be investing in gloves though because i think it's rediculous to be putting them on and taking them off like every 30-60 minutes and i will not be clipping my nails, or cutting the tips of the gloves to account for them. i wear fingerless gloves in the winter for a reason, and fingerless cleaning gloves just doesn't seem right.

you'd think there'd be a problem though with constantly having your hands wet though; i know when i'm wet and try to like rehair it just tears up my hands horribly (heck doing anything metal related after they've been in water for any reason).
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Obviously if you wear gloves, you don't have to wash your hands all the time. Gloves keep anything on your fingers from EVER touching the pony. So go stick your hands in whatever you'd like; with a glove over them they won't touch the pony.

Yes, fingerless cleaning gloves are ridiculous, but no more so than sending dirty ponies to your swap partners. If you want to keep your nails long, fine, but do your partners a favor by minimizing the contact they have with whatever you're sending them.

I guess it all comes down to what is more important: keeping your style, such as it is, or sending clean customs to your partners. I can see what your choice is.

And, why on earth would your hands be wet after you wash them? Do you not DRY your hands so there's no water on them? That's part of the whole washing process. If you're talking about perhaps your hands being sweaty when you try to rehair, the same thing would apply.
 
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Obviously if you wear gloves, you don't have to wash your hands all the time. Gloves keep anything on your fingers from EVER touching the pony. So go stick your hands in whatever you'd like; with a glove over them they won't touch the pony.

Yes, fingerless cleaning gloves are ridiculous, but no more so than sending dirty ponies to your swap partners. If you want to keep your nails long, fine, but do your partners a favor by minimizing the contact they have with whatever you're sending them.

I guess it all comes down to what is more important: keeping your style, such as it is, or sending clean customs to your partners. I can see what your choice is.

And, why on earth would your hands be wet after you wash them? Do you not DRY your hands so there's no water on them? That's part of the whole washing process. If you're talking about perhaps your hands being sweaty when you try to rehair, the same thing would apply.
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Quoted for truth!

I mean, honestly, why are you bothering to ask this if you are not willing to do something as simple as trimming your nails to make sure that your customs are clean when you send them to someone? If you are not willing to back down from your...uhm.."style" to make sure people get clean customs, then don't be surprised if you get complaints about people recieving dirty customs from you.

If the purchasing of gloves is too difficult for you then constantly wash your hands, it really is not that hard. And to prevent getting the custom wet after doing so there is this lovely little thing called a towel that you use to dry your hands with once you are done washing them; said towel is also good to keep around incase your hands get sweaty while re-hairing so you can use it to keep them dry then too.

In short if you want the best way to keep a custom clean buy gloves and know they would not have to be fingerless if you trimmed your nails!! Which is worse the "hassle" of taking off plastic gloves every 60 minutes or knowing that you sent someone a filthy custom and having to deal with the fact that(not only did you disgust them) you dissapointed them? And if nails are more important to you then customizing, then I guess you already have your answer; don't customize!
 
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