Those of us engaged in the sideline of reborning put a lot of time, cash and effort into buying the right reborning supplies to painstakingly reborn our baby dolls. We need to use a lot of tools and chemicals (paints, glues, etc) and in the case of reborning, what you don’t know CAN hurt you, or more specifically, your doll!
Here’s my list of five ways to demolish your reborn baby doll, in the hopes that it will save you from these stomach-twisting “oh no!” moments, which galore unfortunate reborners in the past (and sadly, present) have faced:
Oh no! #1
Try to glue eyelashes onto your doll head with clear nail polish.
First of all, it genuinely isn’t a very good adhesive. Secondly, if you goof up (let’s face it, it happens) in order to take the lashes off again you’ll have to follow step number two on my list:
Oh no! #2
Use nail polish remover on your doll.
Regular nail polish remover holds the solvent acetone which may be detrimental to plastics and vinyl. Of course you know that our dolls are made from plastics and vinyl. You particularly want to stay clear from this chemical around the doll’s eyes because they may effortlessly be degraded by coming into contact with acetone. Now is it even more clear why you shoudn’t use nail polish to attach the lashes?
So you can’t use good ol’ clear nailpolish to attach those lashes. What else might be a good adhesive? Hm…well if you want to destruct your doll you might undertake this:
Oh no! #3
Use super glue on your doll.
Are you ready for the scary truth? Super glue will MELT most doll eyes. That’s not something you want to happen. But possibly you are thinking you may use it elsewhere on your doll? Don’t do it! Unless you want to destruct your doll, of course. Superglue may be detrimental to plastics and acrylics.
Maybe you’re thinking…I know! Hot glue!
Sorry honey, no may do! (can you tell I was an English major?)
Oh no! #4
Use hot glue on your baby doll.
Once again, you are looking at degraded, broken down, damaged plastic and vinyl.
Your husband or teenage son like to build model cars? Why not use that glue? It’s glue for plastic, after all. No! Hot rod and fighter jet plastic is hard. Baby doll vinyl and plastic is soft. So if you want to demolish your doll:
Oh no! #5
Use model glue on your reborn baby doll.
See Oh no! #4 for the reason why.
OH YES!
So what kind of adhesives ought to you use in the making of your reborn baby doll?
The favored choice of glue in the reborn supplies tool kit of experienced reborners is Aleene’s Tacky Glue. This may be found at a great deal of craft stores. You may likewise use special line of work craft glue E6000 which I would commend if you are making a doll in the hopes of marketing it as this is a higher quality glue with a very strong bond.
So there it is, 5 ways you may destruct your reborn baby doll!
Of course I hope you use this info so that you don’t have the same “oh no!” moments that others have had when working on a reborning project. It’s my hope that you DON’T ruin any dolls and that you rather construct adorable, lifelike baby dolls that will fetch smiles to the faces of those who hold them for some years to come, without any of these “oh no”s!
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