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life_slicer
Toy Prince
Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:10 pm Posts: 204
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taking scuffs off your toys
anybody have a good remedy for toy scuffs? i guess the figures rubbed together or whatever. i picked up some Mr. Clean magic erasers, maybe those will work? any advice?
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Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:23 pm |
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brooks55
Comment King
Joined: Sun Oct 16, 2005 6:47 pm Posts: 1173 Location: Kansas City, MO
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Those will work good on some Western type stuff, that have a lot thicker paint application. Be careful using it on Japanese vinyl that is sprayed.
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Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:00 pm |
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life_slicer
Toy Prince
Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:10 pm Posts: 204
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kewl thanx
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Sat Oct 27, 2007 3:45 am |
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MWNO33
Addicted
Joined: Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:36 pm Posts: 529 Location: PHILLY
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magic eraser work on kaws?
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Sat Oct 27, 2007 10:34 am |
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brianflynn
Site Admin
Joined: Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:20 pm Posts: 2674 Location: San Francisco
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for vintage toys, I recommend a cleaning solution from Twin Pines of Maine. It is orange based, and it is mased for use on GI Joe bodies and other plastic and vinyl. You need to water it down a bit, and work slowly, but you can get about 50% of the scuffs off on regular play wear. harder vinyls are less receptive (talkers for example) but you know the stuff won't hurt your toys.
I have no idea what is in magic eraser, but I bet it is a bleach derivitive, which could be scary in the long run.
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Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:06 pm |
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pickleloaf
Super Deformed
Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:19 pm Posts: 5861 Location: durham/chapel hill
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there's nothing in a magic eraser
it's just a weird sponge
you wet it then squeeze out the water and wipe away
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Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:24 pm |
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tavaro
S7 Royalty
Joined: Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:25 pm Posts: 3165 Location: L.A.
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pickleloaf wrote: there's nothing in a magic eraser
it's just a weird sponge
you wet it then squeeze out the water and wipe away
there has to be some type of active ingredient..
or is it just the course nature of the sponge that removes scuffs etc.? hmmm
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Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:42 pm |
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Roger
Mini Boss
Joined: Fri Nov 25, 2005 10:41 pm Posts: 4909
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tavaro wrote: or is it just the course nature of the sponge that removes scuffs etc.? hmmm I think that's it. I had really good results getting off some paint that rubbed off onto another figure.
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Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:23 pm |
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Monozuki
Fresh Meat
Joined: Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:46 am Posts: 10
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Sat Nov 03, 2007 12:25 pm |
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miami
Comment King
Joined: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:59 am Posts: 1335 Location: 33139 or 95437
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Anyone gotten this book from Twin Pines? Any opinions on it?
"The Definitive Book on the Care and Preservation of Vinyl Dolls and Action Figures"
http://www.twinpines.com/Catalog.html?VT=_1i_pV_awLfojIi_aQ2LiggIiuzqDbKgZ477jV_alRL8jv&Tmp_CategoryID=00001
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Sat Nov 03, 2007 12:35 pm |
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brianflynn
Site Admin
Joined: Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:20 pm Posts: 2674 Location: San Francisco
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Sat Nov 03, 2007 1:21 pm |
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deadboy
Comment King
Joined: Sun Jul 02, 2006 4:31 am Posts: 1323
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I live a town away from these guys...
small world
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:40 am |
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liquidsky
Vintage
Joined: Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:54 pm Posts: 7412 Location: Far From the Maddening Crowds
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When I inquired about their products, this is what Mr. Hill wrote back:
Nick Hill wrote: Our Formula 9-1-1 is the world wide standard for cleaning vinyl action figures and dolls. You can read about it and see before and after pictures on our site <www.twinpines.com>. You can also click on "our book" to read the endorsements. The basis for my book is more than fifty years as a chemist and three patents in vinyl technology.
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