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I got a Scoops with tail rust last month and decided to try fixing her tail rust. It's my first time trying to restore a pony with this problem so it was challenging but thanks to the tutorials here, I'm able to work it out! She's still not completely done with her cleaning yet so I'll update this thread when there's more progress.
Head removed! I don't have a X-Acto Knife so I boiled her and used a pen knife to slowly slice through the glue that's still connecting between her head and body.
I was really worried about damaging her but luckily she turned out fine and I was really pleased with my first head removal attempt!
I'm not posting a pic of her insides because there's mold and rust and it's a little nasty looking, but you can see some staining at her head from the rust.
Very rusty metal washer. I made a mistake of removing the washer too soon so her tail hair is all over the table after I removed the clamp
Her hair is now in a messy clump so I plan to put all of them in water tomorrow to make it easier for me to sort them out and clean too.
Washing Scoops. Not sure how much of the rust stains I can remove that's deep inside her but I'll try. Already got most of the rust dirt out from washing so I'm hoping a good soak will help make the stains and mold easier to clean off.
And that's all the progress so far
I'm pretty happy with it so far and I'm hoping Scoops can be all cleaned up and restored soon!
Head removed! I don't have a X-Acto Knife so I boiled her and used a pen knife to slowly slice through the glue that's still connecting between her head and body.
I was really worried about damaging her but luckily she turned out fine and I was really pleased with my first head removal attempt!
I'm not posting a pic of her insides because there's mold and rust and it's a little nasty looking, but you can see some staining at her head from the rust.
Very rusty metal washer. I made a mistake of removing the washer too soon so her tail hair is all over the table after I removed the clamp
Her hair is now in a messy clump so I plan to put all of them in water tomorrow to make it easier for me to sort them out and clean too.Washing Scoops. Not sure how much of the rust stains I can remove that's deep inside her but I'll try. Already got most of the rust dirt out from washing so I'm hoping a good soak will help make the stains and mold easier to clean off.
And that's all the progress so far
I'm pretty happy with it so far and I'm hoping Scoops can be all cleaned up and restored soon!
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I went out to get some zip ties to put her tail back together and using the tutorial here, I managed to get her tail back onto her! 
I was worried that her tail would be a huge mess caus I had such a hard time putting them back together after they got clumped up but it turned out well in the end!
I learnt my lesson from last time and kept the washer attached to her tail for now so her hair won't get all over the table once the clamp is off. Still have a hard time removing the clamp because I'm not that great at using the pliers but I managed to in the end.
