Need Help Restoring Star Catcher Plush's Curls

NameIsChurch

NameIsChurch

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:smile: Hi friends, long time no see; I've been very busy, but I finally got the time to work on restoring the Star Catcher backpack I bought a while back.

I've been working on her for almost an entire week, I'm on to my last stage; drying and the curls.

Originally, it was just some light stains I thought I was dealing with; and a quick condition and brush.

:cry: Oh, how wrong I was...

First, Star Catcher received just a damp washcloth and detergent bath; but when I realized I was gonna have to soak Star Catcher's hair, it turns out her body too needed a good soaking.

:blush: Originally my goal was to restore her factory curls that were visible behind her frizzy and matted hair! After over three days of brushing delicately, conditioner, detangling spray, and soaking; it became clear there was no possible way to rescue her curls. Her hair was loaded with knots containing a hard glue like substance, small rock hard chunks of what I thought to be very old food; and very small foreign pieces of hair that were almost impossible to see via the human eye, that were entwined into her curls. In the end, I had to go out and buy a hair straightener; and it took many rounds of hair straightener to remove the frizz from her hair!

:flutter2: She's now drying, which is why her fur currently looks so scruffy in these photos. However, I need some suggestions! She's far too massive to curl her hair with small curlers and paper towels, but using a curling iron on her hair could damage it. I want to try and get curls identical to her factory ones, what can I do to achieve these curls?
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I don't know what her factory curls looked like but thinking you could substitute a paper towel roll or even plastic PVC pipes to use as rollers?Perhaps a hair claw clip could be used to secure? I've used clean socks as curlers before too! Such as, I have this lone tube sock that I use to roll the hair up with then tie both ends of the sock together at top and clip with a hair claw to keep in place.
 
Sweetforestcat said:
I don't know what her factory curls looked like but thinking you could substitute a paper towel roll or even plastic PVC pipes to use as rollers?Perhaps a hair claw clip could be used to secure? I've used clean socks as curlers before too! Such as, I have this lone tube sock that I use to roll the hair up with then tie both ends of the sock together at top and clip with a hair claw to keep in place.
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Oh thank you for the suggestions! Do you know if there's a tutorial online for the sock method?
 
Wonderful job. You were very patient and determined
 
NameIsChurch said:
Oh thank you for the suggestions! Do you know if there's a tutorial online for the sock method?
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I do not know. I just made it up. It seems very similar to the flexi rod method. I also saw a method before plastic was invented that uses strips of fabric much like the sock method.
 
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