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Permalink Reply by The Thinking Doll on April 5, 2011 at 10:28

I wouldn't soak the head in nail polish remover.  Sometimes you need to use a bit of elbow grease.  Some people also use rubbing alcohol/surgical spirit.  This also requires quite a bit of elbow grease.  After removing makeup make sure you wash the head really well as sometimes a reaction can occur over time.

 

As for applying sealer, yes you need to leave the acrylic to dry first.  If you do that you should be fine.  Some people use a spray sealer after having masked any appropriate bits like hair (by wrapping in clingfilm/saranwrap and applying lots of tape:)  Make sure you do this in a well ventilated area as that stuff is pretty powerful!  Also do some practice strokes on a bit of card or something first to get your coverage right.  It's also possible simply to paint over existing makeup if it won't intefere with your plans:)  I would reccomend practicing on a cheap generic scrap doll first if possible :)

 

Hope this helps, Holly x

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Permalink Reply by Evelien on April 5, 2011 at 10:33

Thanks for your answer!

 

I practiced on a test doll last night, painting brown eyes on her, right over the blue eyes she had, and it turned out really pretty. I know I need practice first, but I have so many test dolls I can experiment with, that I'd love to try removing the face paint altogether at least once as well.

 

The nail polish remover (without acetone) isn't working, even when I use a scouring sponge and lots of muscle... Nothing seems to happens at all.. I also read somewhere that it requires a dremel, but I'm not gonna buy expensive hardware to do the job :P.

 

I'll try nail polish remover with acetone and perhaps alcohol next. I read about cleaning the head afterwards, thanks for the tip!

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Permalink Reply by The Thinking Doll on April 5, 2011 at 10:37

I've heard people reccomend nail varnish remover with acetone too, but I think it depends on the type of plastic the doll is made of which you should use.

 

One handy tip I've used is to use a tooth pick or wooden skewer to remove paint in difficult areas like the corners of the mouth.  Good luck, I hope you post some pictures of your handywork when you're done :)

 

Holly x

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Permalink Reply by Evelien on April 5, 2011 at 10:39

I will, but it may take a while. I'm doing this step by step while I'm actually really busy graduating hehe. Thanks for the tooth pick tip, I've already noticed that the corners of the mouth can be difficult indeed! And I'm working on 6.5" dolls, so it's all quite tiny and precise. Luckily, I have collected so many dolls the past year, that I can afford to experiment.

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Permalink Reply by Evelien on April 9, 2011 at 2:00

Something must have been wrong with the nail polish remover I used earlier, because I bought two new bottles today, one with acetone and one without, and I only needed the latter. It worked like a charm, didn't need to brush hard at all, while with the old nail polish remover a lot of hard brushing still wouldn't could it, the face paint wouldn't even fade a little. I'm happy! Woohoo!

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Permalink Reply by G3sus.com on April 10, 2011 at 18:24

Hi, sometimes I do retouch on my girls make up, but I know that there is something that you add to the paint that makes the acrylic paint more soft and doesnt dry too fast. Does anyone know what I need to add to the acrylic paint before starting to do make up? Greetings to all, Jesus

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Permalink Reply by Lulemee on February 11, 2012 at 20:10

Hi, you can apply water to the paint, that makes it smoother and better to work with. don´t use any other stuff, it can ruin the vinyl, especially no oil!

G3sus.com said:

Hi, sometimes I do retouch on my girls make up, but I know that there is something that you add to the paint that makes the acrylic paint more soft and doesnt dry too fast. Does anyone know what I need to add to the acrylic paint before starting to do make up? Greetings to all, Jesus

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