#tight stringing

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I just got my first bjd the other day, (yay!) and her left arm doesn't stay straight, it is always bent at the elbow. To me, this sounds like her arm is too tightly strung, but I am am amateur haha... in order to fix this would I have to restring her arm? If I do, how do I go about that? Thank you ^.^

It may be a matter of tight stringing, you can always pull on her hand and see if there’s stretch to the elastic. If not then she’s probably too tight. If you want it fixed right now then you can unstring her but if she’s very tight this might be really difficult. If not then you can just leave it and her elastic will loosen over time. 

I hope that helps.

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As for that foot cracks thing - the doll might be strung too tight. Loosening the elastic should prevent more cracking.

Thanks for the helpful pointer, it is something to consider, though I wouldn't think tight stringing would cause cracks on the top of the foot, and thin pieces like the edge of knees/ankles/wrists would be most likely to crack first.