#dollrestoration

[barbieforbreakfast]

was bored tonight, so I decided to restore my new Malibu PJ (while I thought about how, as someone in the UK, I probably won't ever get a certain other Steffie-faced Barbie)

The biggest problem with her wasn't age, or the nick in her nose. Her factory paint was awful.

It was splattered, darker on one side and so squint, it was as if she was auditioning to be a 2023 Fashionista. Sometimes wonky factory paint adds character. This was not one of those times.

I cleaned her up, boiled her hands to get rid of the chew marks, filled the nose dent, and repainted her, trying to balance out the factory paint as I went along.

I'm pretty happy with how she turned out! I'll post another update when I have an outfit and I've made beaded hair ties.

[ponyguru]

A study in Nikki! Here is a girl I bought MIB on Amazon years ago to use for a body swap, and then found her again in a doll sale for cheap last year! She arrived wearing another Fashionista’s dress, and her hair has lots of leftover product/gunk in it; so I braided it up to keep it contained, and the glue/product helps the braids look nice and neat! I’m sure she could be better with a deglue session, but then I’d have to wrestle with flyaways! #barbienikki #barbie #dollsofinstagram #ponygurudolls #beforeandafter #toyrestoration #dollrestoration #toyrepair https://www.instagram.com/p/CYiK4BVrCRh/?utm_medium=tumblr

[oak23]

I really do like the non Bubblecut Vintage Barbie hairstyles but they're soooo much rarer than bubblecuts so the American Girl Barbie has been on my list. Seeing @barbiesgaybestfriend show off his mangled AG Barbie made me quite envious so I was surprised to learn I was getting her cuz she's quite a treasure. It was a relatively easy process of doing a deep clean on AG Barbie, the hardest part was re thatching her rooted part and boiling her bangs to lay flat. But a lot of it was just surface grime, and with a few paint touch ups she looks so good. #vintagebarbie #dollrestoration https://www.instagram.com/p/CQTeTwQpPM4/?utm_medium=tumblr

[dolleduprescue]

Don’t forget about your old dolls - and please don’t throw them away!  Send them to us here at Dolled Up HQ for a full makeover. Let them live out their golden years in luxury :)  Email [email protected] or Facebook - dolleduprescue 

[barbieforbreakfast]

Today was a day of Kenergy...and Allan.

Someone at some point in the past decided to paint Ken No.1's head black. Following that, the black paint travelled and stained his face in various places. He had several Vanish Oxy baths and murdered my trusty Barbie cleaning toothbrush (may she rest in peace), but I got him to a point where he only had a few subtle stains. Nothing a few well placed freckles couldn't fix. I made him ginger, because why not?

Allan was in good condition with perfectly working bend-legs. He had some missing head paint, and a child who is probably now in jail had stabbed his head repeatedly with pins, so I did a thin layer of milliput over his head and painted his hair.

Ken No.2, my beloved wonk-eyed Ken was already repainted beautifully by caketin_dolls, but he had a lot of flock missing, so I just replaced that.

[barbieforbreakfast]

I set myself strict rules for buying a Midge doll. She had to have little to no wonk-eye, the nice, long hair some Midges have (titian only), and either be dirt-cheap or come with a lovely outfit. She came with the Orange Blossom 987 outfit, so she came home.

I cleaned her up and did a bit of quick repainting where she needed it. Overall, I'm really happy with her!

[ponyguru]

Another dolly clean up! This gal I found in one of @jupiter.magia ‘s sales way back before last June, and this gal got cleaned up a month or so later... and I didn’t post a side by side til now! 🤣 Ah well, she looks pretty happy in her new birthday gown! 🎊She didn’t need a lot of help, just a quick wash and detangle! #Barbie #dollsofinstagram #dolls #doll #barbies #beforeandafter #dollrepair #dollrestoration #toyrepair https://www.instagram.com/p/CYp5n8tLIaz/?utm_medium=tumblr

[oak23]

Just a bit of tlc for this girl and she looks much better than before. #vintagebarbie #dollrestoration https://www.instagram.com/p/CQTefcUpkRo/?utm_medium=tumblr