Eye mech repair part 2 (unfinished, to be continued):
I soaked the eyechips in a tissue of alcohol for about 20 minutes then rubbed with qtips and gently scraped with a needle down the ridges of the ‘iris’ part to remove the paint.
Now for the superglue damage: I used medium grit (4) then polish grit (7) after securing the eyechip on sticky tack. There was damage inside though so I ripped off parts of the sanding block paper, flipped the eyechip upside down on the sticky tack and used them on the inside of the pupil. For the iris part, I just couldn’t get in (too small areas) but gently rubbing vaseline on a qtip into the frosted areas helped restore some shine. Thanks to this tutorial.
For the lashes, you cut 1 human fake eyelash in half, bend it with pliers and use simple white glue to apply (wait five minutes for it to go tacky) with the longer parts towards to the outside of the eye.
You’ll notice that I removed part of the plastic from eyelid R (red circle)
I also removed the piece circled in red below with wirecutters and a crystal nail file and sanded down the bits in yellow on both eyelids:
However, after modding, I discovered that the eyelids are not the same shape or size (?!?). The curvature and length is also different
so what worked on eyelidR (which blinks fine) did not work for eyelidL (the wonky one on your right) Note: Rida is wearing 12mm chips here which are slightly too small on type 3 and MIO Pullips
I need to add plastic on eyelidL to the tip next to the spring as it is a lot shorter and I’ll need to add a new side post to keep it in place at the side of the mech.