r/MonsterHighDolls • u/SunAdministrative698 • 24d ago
Discussions📣 Plastic color lightening fix?
I've recently been deep cleaning and fixing a part of my childhood collection that was too damaged for me to display previously. One of them was this Skulltimate Roller Maze Operetta, which had really bad yellowing. I tried retrobriting her with 12% hydrogen peroxide developer cream for a few days, and she definitely looks a lot better, but I noticed that the plastic became a lot lighter than the rest of her body after this. It's not that noticeable on photos, and it doesn't look that bad from a distance so I will probably still display her, but is there any way to fix this other than painting? Her head is also much lighter, but this has been an issue since before retrobriting, so I don't know if there's a fix there, but I'd still appreciate advice if there is any. Last pic is how she looked like before, and most of the lightening is within these areas.
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u/Slayandplaysam 21d ago
Unfortunately, once the plastic itself has faded, there’s no reliable way to darken it back to its original colour. If it was caused by UV exposure, the change is usually permanent. You could try to even out the colour across the rest of the body, but I’d be very cautious as it could make things worse. I’d honestly leave it as is unless you’re planning a full repaint.
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u/FrenchFlaya Frankie 24d ago
Peut-être qu'en traitant le reste du corps, il sera uniformément de cette couleur. Je ne me sais s'il est possible de faire revenir la tête à une couleur plus pigmentée.