Before and Afters - Share Yours!

[tackygoods]

Please post your before and afters on this thread.  Big or small, whole rehab or just a refreshing....and tell us how you did it!

I will start.  Here is Ideal 14" Sonja Henie doll before and after.  The crochet ensemble is "Bare Back Rider" by Mary Hoyer.....

Here is Before:

[marym52]

Compo Aunt Jemima before & after

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[tackygoods]

Oh Yaay!  Keep em coming!  All are awesome!  Here's my latest from the tlc lot I got from ebay....here's the before...

[tackygoods]

And after....

[classicfilmsshirley1949]

She looks like a perfect diamond,beautiful! You should be proud !

[tackygoods]

Thanks, and here is the last of the lot.  Honestly, I didn't know what to do with this one!  Her whole face was smashed in and I couldn't for the life of me decide how to clothe her.....here she is before...

[tackygoods]

So I figured, what the heck!  Have fun with her!  I "put" her in a little red union suit and gussied her face and hair up a bit....After

[nieve]

Miss Revlon, found in a toy bin in a flea market type setting, $15:

[goldiegirl500]

Before and after of a vintage Cissy doll.  Please bear with me, I have never posted here before.   Just found this thread!

[goldiegirl500]

Here is another vintage Cissy Doll.

[goldiegirl500]

Here is a little Wendy-Kins:

[nieve]

Beautiful work GoldieF!   Please tell what you did to make them come out so wonderfully and an especially, your first Cissy!    I'd love to know the details on how you got the little Wendy dress so clean.

[goldiegirl500]

I think the most fun in collecting dolls is bringing an "orphan" back to the beauty it was before.   It is so satisfying and I loved looking at every photo in this thread after finding it last night.   It is always so great to find kindred souls,  lol.

My Cissy restoration:   I took her apart and totally cleaned her up.   She was filthy.   I replaced her eyes (eyes from another Cissy that was beyond help).  I would have left them and just put in new eyelashes, but they were rusted out and couldn't be cleaned.  She was then re-blushed (using an air brush).  I fixed the splits in her hips with Epoxy putty, and then splurged on an original outfit for her.    Restoration on Cissy dolls is tedious and frustrating, so it takes me months to do it, lol. 

The little Wendy-kins Angel Baby's gown was first soaked in lukewarm water and Perk! from Twin Pines.   It was still not white, so I soaked it in lukewarm water and Oxy.   I kept checking it often because I have heard horror stories about Oxy damaging the fabric.  Fortunately, it survived the cleaning. 

I am looking forward to seeing more dolls brought back life!

Goldie

[nieve]

thanks for sharing your methods!   I just do tiny things that help dolls to look better, but really appreciate the skill I see from others here, and hearing their stories. 🙂

[goldiegirl500]

Here is an American Character Sweet Sue that I felt sorry for.

[nieve]

beautiful! was it mostly clean up and new wig, or what?