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Do you have a manky So-Soft pony whose flocking (fuzz) is thin, or perhaps yellowed and dirty? Is she beyond repair? Here's how you can give her a new lease on life:
Step 1: Remove excess dirt/flocking with a boiling Oxygen cleaner bath. Boil water and drop in a scoop of the OxyClean. Now drop your ponies in. I let them soak until the water cools to warm. I use my thumbs in circular motions to scrub the fur off. It won't all come off that way, but most will. Rinse the ponies and move to the next step.
Step 2: WEAR GLOVES AND WORK IN A WELL-VENTILATED AREA AT YOUR OWN RISK. Use acetone to remove the flocking from legs, belly, neck, etc. , carefully avoiding any painted areas. You'll be touching up any minor bits later, so just try to get the bulk of it off for now. Make sure you hold your pony so that the acetone won't run across the paint. Sometimes I use cotton balls to scrub the flock off, but it takes a while. If you can soak a leg or hoof in it for a minute or two, it scrapes off easily with your fingernail (THROUGH your gloves, of course! This stuff is dangerous!). Either way you do it, you should end up with a pony whose flocking resembles Miss Ribbon here.
Your pony may have some "yellowed" spots here and there (in the ears, wings, under belly, etc). This is residual glue. Just get your acetone and cotton balls out again, and wipe those places off. (You're wearing your gloves, again, aren't you?)
When you've gotten it all off, wash your pony with some dish soap and water. Dry her off and move on to step 4....
Step 4: Optional: mark under a hoof "D/F" for deflocked. This prevents people from scamming others and generally degrading the collecting community. Sure, you would never do that, but you don't know who might end up with your ponies when you're gone! Act responsibly when you alter a pony, and always mark the hoof.
Now all you have to do is visit the Hairstyling tutorial and you'll have a beautiful pony worthy of your display case!
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