Dollie Restoration Question

[prasnlrd]

My friend's daughter is now 22 and does not have an interest in her AG's anymore. She had an AGT that she had packed away. When they did unpack her, part of her face was pushed in from the weight of what was on top of her.

Does anyone know of a way to fix this type of dollie injury? The dollie is PM and they do not want to send her into the AG Hospital. Your help will be greatly appreciated!

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[heidiabigail]

can you remove the head and push the dent out from the inside?

[American_Mommy]

I would remove her head and stuff it with brown craft paper or freezer paper VERY firmly packed, to push it back as close as possible to it's original shape.I would heat it slightly with a hairdryer, and maybe lay her under a warm lamp to help soften the vinyl and help it remember it's original shape.She should look great in no time.

[3castles]

Well I had a dollie that this happened to. She wasn't an AG but, yes her head got mashed from moving from one house to another. Since we didn't unpack immediately she stayed like this for a couple of months!!!!!! I KNOW, DON'T ARREST ME PRASNLRD!!!! It was the guys helping us move NOT me!!!!

Anyway, I took the head off of the doll and stuffed it tightly with clean rags. Mostly strips of torn sheets and some towel strips.
Mostly I did this to make the head hold it's shape again.

I then applied heat with a hair dryer being careful not to get the heat too close! Seems like I then added a rag or two to make it really tight. (the heat made it a little looser) I left the tightly stuffed rags in the dolls head for several days. On a Sunny Day I sat her in the car (not in Direct Sunlight) just like in the seat just so that she could benefit from the heat. After this time I removed the rags and she was good as new!!!! I left her in the car for maybe an hour or so.

This worked for me! She was an older doll and had the hollow head like an AG so I don't see why this wouldn't work!

Let me know how she turns out!!!

[robin0850]

Never had this happen to me, but what they said sounds very good to me! Good luck, and let us know how she turns out! [img]smile.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/rainbow.gif[/img]