How to remove ink stains from a plastic baby doll, what a great tip! I received this advice from The Mom-tage with her heartbreaking story of how her daughter wrote on her Mom’s 50 year old doll.
I bring you the antique that my mom has cherished for over 50 years. The ONLY doll my mom had as a child. The one that her parents really couldn’t afford and probably sold a kidney for.. I think I remember a story about someone walking three miles in the snow up hill both ways to get this doll!
How to Remove Ink Stains From a Plastic Baby Doll
Use this very unlikely remedy of Clearasil Stayclear Vanishing Acne Cream. HA! That’s right.
1. Pull back the doll’s hair and remove any clothing that is near to avoid bleaching it.
2. Liberally apply 10% benzoyl peroxide acne treatment cream to any areas with ink. Be careful to avoid the eyebrows. We now have a Barbie without eyebrows. So much for Barbie being perfect.
After removing one doll’s eyebrows, I began to use a q-tip to make sure I avoided any areas that I didn’t want to be bleached.
3. Lay the doll in the sun. Emma’s dolls took two applications to completely remove the ink. My mom’s took four since Chloe had skillfully and repeatedly scribbled in one spot and it had sat on the doll longer. Just keep reapplying until the ink is completely gone.
Just a quick note to say go gently with the sunlight and don’t leave those baby dolls out for too long. My mother’s “precious baby” doll has a very darkly pigmented head after receiving too much sunlight when she was young, having left her under a tree at playtime. Broke her heart at the time.
Just a quick note to say go gently with the sunlight… my mother’s “precious baby”
THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!!, my friends will appreciate this A LOT!!!!! here in Spain…great!!!
WOW!! I’m so happy that I found this great advise…my five year old decided to write on her not one but two new American dolls that she just received from santa. I used about ten different remedies before I came across this one! It worked on the first application.
Soak the doll’s hair in shampoo conditioner. Work it through with your fingers and wash it out with warm water. That will do it. Use a lot of conditioner! Good luck!