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Possible restore or removal of pony cancer.
This is very restore intensive and would probably only be used as a last result. I had a poor G1 trickles riddled with cancer and I decided to try to see if I could remove it. And I did. Here's the result:
I think I can get a much better result if I take a little more time next time.
She had 3 marks. One big spot of brown mold, and 2 small spots of cancer.
Here's what I did:
This involves using a power drill. Since I noticed that pony cancer and brown mold generally don't go all the way through the plastic I though that if I drilled off the part that was affected I might be able to remove it. So that's what I did! I slowly and carefully drilled at the spot of pony cancer making sure not to go all the way through the plastic until there was no longer a brown discoloration. It made 3 dimples in the pony.
Then I sanded/filed them down to make them smooth.
Then, to seal the dimples and make them less noticeable, I filled them with polymer clay baking adhesive. Since it bakes clear I didn't have to worry about it being to wrong color and I didn't drill all the way through the pony so the right color would show. Plus, since it's made of plastic it blends right in with the pony and won't flake/chip off like a glue. It's also the right texture!
The only problem is that I need to add another layer of polymer adhesive on this pony since you can still see the indents. But I think it should come out well in the end. (I baked this pony head with her hair and all. I just kept it wet with water and conditioner and re-applied it every 6 minutes during the baking. Her hair stayed lovely!)
Please let me know what you think! Should I try to perfect this or does it look alot worse than I think it does?
This is very restore intensive and would probably only be used as a last result. I had a poor G1 trickles riddled with cancer and I decided to try to see if I could remove it. And I did. Here's the result:
I think I can get a much better result if I take a little more time next time.
She had 3 marks. One big spot of brown mold, and 2 small spots of cancer.
Here's what I did:
This involves using a power drill. Since I noticed that pony cancer and brown mold generally don't go all the way through the plastic I though that if I drilled off the part that was affected I might be able to remove it. So that's what I did! I slowly and carefully drilled at the spot of pony cancer making sure not to go all the way through the plastic until there was no longer a brown discoloration. It made 3 dimples in the pony.
Then I sanded/filed them down to make them smooth.
Then, to seal the dimples and make them less noticeable, I filled them with polymer clay baking adhesive. Since it bakes clear I didn't have to worry about it being to wrong color and I didn't drill all the way through the pony so the right color would show. Plus, since it's made of plastic it blends right in with the pony and won't flake/chip off like a glue. It's also the right texture!
The only problem is that I need to add another layer of polymer adhesive on this pony since you can still see the indents. But I think it should come out well in the end. (I baked this pony head with her hair and all. I just kept it wet with water and conditioner and re-applied it every 6 minutes during the baking. Her hair stayed lovely!)
Please let me know what you think! Should I try to perfect this or does it look alot worse than I think it does?
I may just try sandpaper on mine (I have a McD ToolaRoola whose front is covered in cancer).
