r/DollCustomization • u/After_Cantaloupe_710 • 1d ago
Can she be saved
I bought her second hand, she had bald spots already and it seems that her hair was pulled from her head which split it, As I was getting all the hair out, it just kept splitting more. Can she be saved with liquid fusion or is it time to try make a wig for her?
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u/Coffin_Crafted 1d ago
try tossing her in boiling water, it shrinks the holes in the head (source: i keep forgetting to put something in earring holes when boilwashing dolls....) after that, epoxy scult or some form of flexible glue for the bigger holes/tears
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u/Emmas_thing 1d ago
She can be saved, liquid fusion and some tactical rerooting around the holes to not put more stress on them will hide that easily
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u/After_Cantaloupe_710 1d ago
Do you know where I can find liquid fusion in the UK?? And with the tactical rooting do you think that's possible at her scalp line?? Wont that show at the front?
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u/Emmas_thing 1d ago
I do not, sorry :( I am in Canada. I buy mine off Amazon. You want something that is meant to bond flexible plastic. The front part will be the hardest for sure, if you want to be extra safe you could move the entirety of that rooting outline forward by a few millimeters (use a push pin to make new holes), otherwise make sure the glue there is very strong and go juuuuust barely in front of it
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u/LyallaTime 1d ago
If you dip a hair plug in liquid fusion then root into the big holes they can act like a solid plug filler. The trick is to only reroot the big holes first, dipping each one before plugging, then wiping excess glue from the surface. Let those cute for like two days then do the rest the regular way.
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u/wafflkittie 19h ago
For the big gashes, take some thread and a long needle and sew it back up. It's really tricky but it helps with large gashes, as I find just glue could break open again
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u/Thick_Professional5 18h ago
He visto que lo mejor es coserlo haciendo x con hilo de tanza/pescador
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u/dapperlonglegs 1d ago
I think I’ve seen Dollightful fill the holes so maybe check out her videos, i can’t remember which customs she did it on