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Sometimes it's hard to know how cherished collectibles for cleaning without causing damage. The following is a simple guide for you so you know what is the best way to care for your doll.

Porcelain Dolls

With the porcelain, the decorations are usually fired, it would be unlikely to be hurt by the cleaning. Use warm water and soap. If this is not working well enough, try using a damp sponge to remove the brands. As a last resort, very, very clean, gentlywith a low-abrasive cleaner such as Tilex or Soft Scrub. Be careful, because some bleaching detergents, which are devastating, could order antique dresses, wigs and structures. UV rays can be very harmful to porcelain dolls, so if you receive your doll to avoid direct sunlight.

Celluloid Dolls

These dolls are very perishable. Break easily and can evolve over time, very fragile. Appropriate care and a celluloid doll wears a perfect exampleremains in this state. Heat is the worst enemy of celluloid. Keep these dolls in a cool room with good ventilation - and not store them in a closed case, celluloid - it can burn it!

Cloth Dolls

Vintage cloth dolls can be worth thousands of dollars and earn your efforts to preserve and prevent unnecessary deterioration. Keeping the fabric clean is important because the tissue is exposed to pollutants that significantly weaken the material. Direct sunlight is not good for these dolls.You should also check your dolls from time to time for the insects. There are insecticides designed specifically for the textile industry in many makes and the results can be very good if used according to the manual.

If you decide to protect your doll a vacuum instead of a nylon screen on the substance of the first delicate fibers. In most cases, a good exhaust is sufficient condition for a doll to re-view. If you doll is very dirty, get the advice of professional experts inPreservation of tissues.

Sometimes you need to use a pencil eraser or rubber art, wallpaper and Reingers and absorbing the cleaning rag doll. These seem the best results. Ink can be removed with hair spray, but to ensure, first test of an area of the doll to make sure that there is no damage. Apply hair spray with a cloth and wipe with a slight rubbing motion with a clean white cloth.

For display, it is better to keep them in protective covers and check regularly. Moth crystals should beplace in the vicinity of your dolls. Many collectors recommend a canvas bag filled with moth crystals and put it between the doll or tied around the waist under clothing.

The composition and papier-mâché dolls:

These dolls and do not require the same care as the type of cloth dolls. They are particularly vulnerable to damage due to temperature fluctuations. Never hold composition or papier mache dolls in an attic hot or cold, or in a damp cellar.

Most collectors arecracking accept some signs of aging on the composition of the dolls - fine lines, or the insane eyes, for example.

There are many ways to clean the composition popular, but always the first test on an inconspicuous area of the doll and work quickly - Do not clean the doll for a long time. Pond's Cold Cream or Vaseline and soft tissue infections and for these dolls. Another option is to pulp washer, but not the type of ammonia. To enter the old style, you can clickmost hardware stores.

Wigs can be after spraying with Johnson & Johnson's No More Tangles redrawn. Faded or worn facial features can be touched with colored pencils artist. When wet, are very easy to apply. The eyes are better left alone crackled.

Hard Plastic Dolls:

This kind of dolls are very durable and can be cleaned with almost all the soaps. You can clean stubborn stains with cold cream or without clean water by hand. Avoid chlorine bleach andAmmonia. Never remove the nail polish or lacquer thinner, eat plastic! You can use Oxy-10, stains, which are close to remove the painted surfaces. Just soak a cotton ball and let stand for several hours on the spot. You may need to repeat this process several times. Wash your hands after each wash, the doll with a mild soap and rinse thoroughly.

For display purposes, avoid direct exposure to ultraviolet rays. Though they may be indestructible, hard plastic canslowly oxidize and change color and direct heat can warp the disc.

Rubber Dolls

These dolls will get worse, no matter what precautions to take, but it may delay the process. Any form of fat is harmful and accelerating the deterioration. If you have a "Magic Skin Doll always" wear cotton gloves when handling it. Rub cornstarch on these types of dolls twice a year will help to preserve the life of dolls. Maintain a constant temperature and avoid changes in humidity.

TinDolls

These dolls have often pass through the paint chipped from the cold metal, which in turn means that the color can lift from his face. Try to keep those dolls in an environment with constant temperature.

Vinyl Dolls

Vinyl dolls are likely to affect the realism in appearance and about. To keep them looking like this, particular attention is needed. Temperature extremes are harmful. Moreover, the quality vinyl dolls for heating or air conditioning may be subject to damage,a few months. Sunlight can be fatal. Vinyl is also sensitive to fluorescent lights, the use of indirect fluorescent lamps. It showcases, finally, must be sealed or glass domes, because condensation can occur and damage to vinyl dolls.

Dolls wooden

Chipping paint is a big problem with the wooden dolls. Humidity and abuse are the two main culprits. Keep wooden dolls in a dry environment. Expanding and contracting associated with high humidity causes paint to chip. Knocksand can also shock the color chip, so take care in moving or displaying wooden dolls.

Wax Dolls

Wax dolls can be intimidating to many collectors. They need special care, but they do all types of dolls. Primary care and common sense helps to maintain a wax doll in perfect condition. Course has never been a doll of wax in direct sunlight or near heat sources, such as a fireplace mantle.

The best way to start cleaning this type of puppets to a solution of cold water and useWool. Dip a cotton swab or a Q-Tip wash and wax. If this fails, try a small amount of cream on a Q-tip, followed by a washing solution Woolf, and then clean, fresh water. As a last resort, try denatured alcohol on a cotton ball, followed by half of rinsing. Never use turpentine wax dolls clean, because soft wax!

Tips for Barbie Doll Collectors:

I remember the Barbie dolls, with the earrings and the way in the final analysis, establishing depots around the greenear? Here's a way to remove it:

Cover your ears, with a small piece of cotton soaked in Tarn-X silver cleaner. Do not wrap your head in plastic wrap to keep moist demand. Control after two days. When the ears are still green, replace the plastic. When the ears are still green, after four days, repeat the process with a fresh cotton swab. Once the green is gone, rub a paste of baking soda and water on the treated areas. After a few days, chip off the dried baking soda and clean thewith warm water and soap on a Q-Tip. Tarn-X is a chemical reaction, as a bleaching agent, sodium bicarbonate neutralizes the reaction, and the hot water and soap removes all residues. It is important that each step, as described in the duct and review of the doll at regular intervals during the entire process.

Bubble Cut Barbie has often sided sticky or greasy. This is an ingredient that is emitted from the vinyl. Here's a suggestion to worry about:

Carefully remove the head from the body andImpregnated Clean inside and out with a Q-Tip in alcohol was. Wipe dry and fill the head cavity with baking soda. Then replace it on the body. The sodium bicarbonate neutralizes the chemicals and absorb the fat extracted.

Old Recommendations Recommended by some collectors Doll

- To remove mildew: soaking in sour milk and salt. Then the doll sunbathing. To remove the treatment of milk, followed by washing with warm soapy water and rinse.

- To restore the faded color of cloth: sponge cake with chloroform.

- Forsoften old child, an old woolen cloth saturated with kerosene and wipe over the child.

- To clean antique ivory: scrub with Ivory soap, bleach in the sun for several days, re-use of soap and water frequently.

- To remove tar: first with turpentine, then cleaned with Lux soap.

- To remove the paint: The patient is rubbed with chloroform.

- Faded Wash Kaliko: Soak in water with a teaspoon of sugar of lead, fifteen minutes and wash.

- Black silk is the best thingWash strong tea.

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