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More Resin Issues

6/11/2013

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With all the talk about resin issues, I thought it was time to share another issue that comes up from time to time. My SID Asa has spots on her body, but they are different than Peach's. Asa's spots are rough areas in the resin surface which were not visible either on the blank doll, but when blushing the doll, they grabbed the blush, and it highlighted them. There's one spot on her chest, and another on her back. 

I bought that body last year because I didn't like having a "floating head" and decided the second of my two EID girls needed to have a body of her own. Iplehouse doesn't sell individual bodies or heads, so I did a "split" with another collector, buying an Eva so she could buy the head, and I keep the body. The spots on Asa's new body showed up during the blushing process, and knowing that IH has a disclaimer on their site about rough areas and small spots in the darker resins being considered "normal", I made no attempt to contact them about it. Quite frankly, being a perfectionist, I was embarrassed about the spots, so never even mentioned them. But with all the talk lately about possible issues with resin dolls, I though it was high time to talk about the rough spots too. 
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Talking to experts who poured their own dolls, I learned that rough patches occur when a mold gets too old, or has been over-used, or there's a build-up of mold release. On normal skin dolls rough patches can be removed by sanding, but it's not wise to sand darker resins, as the sanded areas usually end up lighter than the surrounding resin.

The spot on Asa's back never sees the light of day, but the one on her chest is above her neckline. Fortunately it's almost in the middle of her chest and I can hide it with the pendant of her necklace. I don't know if anything can be done about it to remove it, but since it's in a place where I can hide it, I just live with it. 
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Barbie
6/10/2013 11:33:18 pm

I would have never thought of that as being an issue since they are supposed to sand them at the factory. Nice to know these things before my new MSD show up.

The spot on her chest is barely noticeable, but I can understand not liking to have issues with such expensive dolls in the first place. I know I must be on the short end of the stick but I think they flaws add character to the doll. Less perfection seems perfect to me.

I hope you don't end up with any other issues, though.

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Martha
6/11/2013 01:43:13 am

Many doll companies do not sand the dolls at all. In fact some even warm against doing it, especially on tan skin.

I guess it all depends on where the flaw is. Somewhere where it can be hidden under the clothes would be more acceptable, but in my opinion, anything in the middle of the face would not. The dolls are too expensive for that.

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barbie
6/11/2013 02:26:41 am

In the middle of the face, I agree. And with the way it was on your Peach I am completely on your side. That was a flaw I would not have like either. That one would have drove me bonkers too. On the body where it isn't as noticeable I could live with.

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