Continuing experiments with Triton XL 114, because why not, right?
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We were wondering how Triton would affect a painted doll’s face so I pulled out my repainted Monster High Nefera.
If I remember correctly, her face was done with Testor’s Dullcote*, Tamiya X-22*, water color pencil, soft pastel, and a little bit of acrylic paint.
* Both of these products turned out to not play too nicely with vinyl over time, reacting to the plasticizer and on many dolls becoming sticky. Nefera is not sticky unless I touch her face, but that’s just me. My skin dissolves Testor’s Dullcote regardless of the surface it’s on.
Her hair was hard snakes of gluey hair, with a solid helmet of glue on top.
I had to take my gloves off so that I could break up individual plugs’ glue coatings. Triton won’t hurt you, but it will dry your skin out something awful. My skin’s already dry because I’m washing pony hair all the time.
It was much like picking the skin off of a bird’s newly sprouted feather except sticky.
After her first wash, her hair was still in poor condition. There was SO much glue, the caking in her hair so thick, that the Triton struggled just as much as I did to get to it all.
her faceup was unaffected
despite being done with materials that tend to be unstable on vinyl.
I did make a point of not touching her face as much as I could avoid while washing her hair, though it did get wet and the soap did touch it a time or two.
After her second wash her hair is still rather gluey (there was SO much, you don’t understand… Or maybe you do if you have Mattel dolls from this era.), and her face still unbothered.
She would need at least three washings if not more.
L.A.’s Totally Awesome would have removed her faceup even with minimal contact. It’s excellent for degluing factory heads without harming the paint, but is equally excellent at washing away things like acrylic paint and sealant. I use it to get nail polish off of ponies without ruining their cutie marks.
Venus, Nefera, and Blondie have all had 2 washes here. It is a lot of scrubbing.
NONE of them have been treated inside their heads, so glue will continue to come out over time.
Venus’s hair feels soft and clean other than right at the roots. I used about 4 drops of Triton on her all together.
Nefera will need at least one more wash if not two more. 12 drops of Triton so far…
Blondie’s hair feels better but still a little icky. She got about 4 drops, too.
Honestly, I’m not trying with dolls too much since a bunch of other doll enthusiasts ARE, which I will report their findings as they become available (and I sold off my gluey Monster Highs already). My interest was more for ponies which turned out to be a bust.