Yellowhead Sticky Syndrome: Can it be fixed? 🎀🧼💛 Doll restoration

[@thatdollguy813]

Soaking in Denture Tablets for several days, changing it out daily, using two tablets each time, works better, and you can monitor the progress until it's the shade you want.

[@gio_ser5120]

Does it also works for green ear? It is difficult to get CLR remover in Europe

[@thatdollguy813]

@@gio_ser5120 It may make a tiny difference, but not much. CLR really is the best remedy for green ear

[@Barbination]

Thanks for the great tip! 🙋🏼‍♂️💖

[@memorykeepersarchive3953]

@@thatdollguy813 Is there a remedy for 70’s Barbies that have fading of face color?

[@thatdollguy813]

@@memorykeepersarchive3953 I know denture cleanser soaks help with that as well, but it’s recommended that using a blend of copic markers to recreate the original skin shade works! I’ve never done it, but there are several FB groups on vintage Barbie that may help if you go on and ask! One FB in particular to ask is Andrea Collum! She’s an expert at restoring

[@alex_dollz3994]

That glue that mattel used before is disgusting some of my monster high dolls have a yellow face too 😿

[@JustinArtistry]

Everytime when I buy Dolls from 2nd Hand Stores they sometimes have a glue seepage, but I was able to fix it with cornstarch.

[@helenh.9702]

The Hello Kitty and My Melody dolls with the Steffi face sculpt are so beautiful and (in my opinion) perfect. I wish they would re-issue these dolls. You did a great job with the doll.

[@Barbination]

🥰💖

[@LindaSees]

Adding doll restorer and CURLING MASTER to the resume, I see! She looks awesome!

[@Barbination]

haha! Yas! learning and improving along the way! 🙋🏼‍♂️💖✨ *8 bit sparkle sound* LEVEL UP ⭐️

[@tinadrew6104]

Barbination to the rescue! Miss Kitty is forever grateful!

[@Siansonea]

I find that 'retrobrighting' works well for removing yellow discoloration. This is just a matter of using peroxides with UV light. Not all plastics respond the same to all peroxides, so it's often a good idea to try retrobright with hydrogen peroxide, benzoyl peroxide, and creme developer for hair in succession. Often one of these will do the trick where others barely do anything. I like to use a UV light chamber with LED lights rather than natural sunlight, but I don't have convenient access to sunlight all year long.

[@Barbination]

Nice! Thanks for the info dear! 🙋🏼‍♂️💖✨

[@kristinmary4025]

She is fabulous maybe my favorite face. Well done😘✨👑

[@e.d.t.]

Congrats on getting her. I used to want this doll so bad but she cost so much. I'm glad you were able to fix some of the yellowing.

[@Barbination]

🥰 me2! I never got her because of her price so this was perfect! 💖

[@solesticia]

She looks fantastic! And what a nice decor you have for her too with all the little details in her bedroom

[@Barbination]

🥰💖✌🏻

[@savannah5397]

Wow!!!! Look at you, you did a fantastic job restoring her from the yellow head to even curling her hair! She looks amazing friend you should be so proud of yourself!!!❤️❤️❤️

[@Barbination]

haha Thank you sweetheart! I’m leveling up my gig right in front of you all! 🤓💖✨

[@DonnaandHarvey]

This is absolutely brilliant! My mom gave me my childhood's Little Orphan Annie doll from the 80s. The doll is so sticky, her face is oily. I'm definitely trying this and will report the results. I'm excited and super happy that I can save my old doll!

[@Barbination]

Yay! 🥰💖 Hope you will be able to save her! let me know! 🥰

[@MaxineAndrew]

Wow, those are impeccable results! 😮

[@Barbination]

🥰🥰🥰

[@kimberlyhlava9079]

She turned out so pretty!!! Glad it worked out so well...

[@Barbination]

Love this doll 🥰💖✨

[@treeshapedsnacks4078]

She's beautiful! You did a fantastic job!

[@Barbination]

Thank you so much!! 🩷🙏🏻

[@jovs579]

I'm so glad that the entire process turned out so well on her 💞.

[@Barbination]

🥰💖 me 2! haha 😆 Love this doll so much

[@OhItsLoveExOh]

Omg Arjen you’re amazing!! I wish i could give you all my dolls and have you give them all makeovers!😂 you should feel so proud💖💖💖

[@Barbination]

haha! 😆💖 aahh thank you dear!

[@jisuskitty]

awww she came out great! i’m glad the stickiness went away 💖 also love the restyle

[@erfanmodaberi3241]

Omg I saw this doll on marktplaats and just because of her yellowhead I didn't buy her so proud of you for bring her a new beautiful life😍😍😍

[@JonToons0208]

Wow she looks adorable 😍🥰

[@barbieonthewestcoast]

Great work with her. She is so cute. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[@Barbination]

Love me some Hello Kitty!! 🥰💖✌🏻✨

[@dmeyer7425]

Wow she came out great! I’ll have to check out my dolls , I may have a few with this problem. Sunlight can do some real damage. I’ve had pink boxes get bleached and faded, the plastic will go yellow. So if you have windows with a lot of sunlight use some window shades or re-arrange often. I love her curls as well!!! 🙂

[@Barbination]

Yeah keeping these girls in good condition is a real job 🤓💖 Thanks hon! 🙋🏼‍♂️✨

[@omarrodriguez-xu2wl]

It's an amazing doll, you made a great job!

[@Barbination]

🥰💖✌🏻

[@barbiehospital9648]

Repainting is sooo hard! The eyes are really tricky to make them look normal - def noob club here too 🙋🏼‍♀️ - I can reroot but it takes forever!! Great vid ❤️

[@ΛευτερηςΣιδερης-ο6μ]

This is one of the most beautiful barbies I ever seen, I would like to buy her in the near future... 😉

[@vickinoeske1154]

Good job. She's very pretty.❤

[@Barbination]

🩷🩷🩷

[@myloveylove123]

She turned out so good great price too so lucky ♥️😘💕

[@Barbination]

IKR! so lucky! 🥰💖🙋🏼‍♂️✨

[@magdlynstrouble2036]

Great job in leveling up your restoration skillz! Yay! Clap clap

[@Barbination]

haha Yay! LEVEL UP! 🙋🏼‍♂️💖✨🎀⭐️ Thanks hon!

[@TheRngreg]

That stickiness is due to the plasticizer leaching from the vinyl. Even dolls that were made prior to Mattel securing hair with glue has this condition . Plasticizer is what makes the head pliable. Over time, the plastic starts to degrade and the plasticizer leaches out. Not sure if heat or sunlight accelerates the condition or causes it.

[@Barbination]

Ah! oke, Thank you so much for adding this info! 🤓📚

[@rorensworld]

I recommend checking out a thousand splendid dolls as they have a tutorial on saving decaying dolls. Also your tutorial is quite good too.

[@Barbination]

Thanks for the tip! I love these kind of videos! 💖

[@mii3910]

I was rooting for you the entire video, OH MY GOD I WAS WORRIED

[@scrapfancy]

She looks amazing. Good job. 👍😀

[@nettiezdolls6742]

Bravo! Barbienation to the rescue! She is all shiny and new. Absolutely purrrrfect!

[@Barbination]

haha! 😆💖 Thank you darling!

[@angelaprayerpoems]

Omg you are the Fairy Doll Father as far as doll content goes Arjen i've been looking for ways to get rid of glue since i go thrifting for a lot of my dolls thank you!

[@Barbination]

🥹🙏🏻❤️✨

[@sparrowemerald2396]

Beautiful! You did an awesome job styling her hair.

[@mel_issa__]

Fabulous and learned something new today. Thanks Arjen!! 😻

[@Barbination]

🙋🏼‍♂️💖✨ Awesome, thank you dear!

[@dianathorpe2280]

Great job! She’s beautiful! Good to know about the baby powder. I have a couple rescue dolls with sticky hair. I will try that. Thank you!!

[@Barbination]

🥰💖✌🏻 happy rescuing ! ^^

[@YuBeace]

"I'm not a chemicist." LMFAO me neither. 😭

[@Barbination]

😂😂😂

[@stephenHolloway88]

I had no idea that this could happen 😮 what a beautiful doll though! Her face is so pretty, so much like the OG Barbie.

[@Barbination]

Thank you! 🙋🏼‍♂️💖✨ I’m obsessed with this Steffie face mold! ^^

[@juliusmaloney]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have a Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz who’s yellowed over time & I thought this irreversible! 😩 But not now! I’ve used Oxi-Clean to remove stickiness & glue from hair but I’d never thought that it could help with yellow discolouration! ☺️

[@JoshuaNicholsJoshybearhuggies]

She turned out so well😇 really enjoyed this video!!!!

[@Barbination]

Thank you!! 🥰🤞🏻💖🎀✨

[@LeBlondReroots]

Great work as always, restoring dolls is amazing! Keep it up!

[@Barbination]

🙋🏼‍♂️💖✨ Thank you so much!

[@LeBlondReroots]

@@Barbination You so welcome!

[@adrianaisabelzaratesoto9314]

Congrats she turn out awesome! Thank you so much for the great tips. I love the doll she is so pretty

[@lindabodkins1288]

Thank you for taking us through this journey! Awesome tips and your doll looks great! 🤗

[@Barbination]

🙋🏼‍♂️💖✨ Thank you dear!

[@Iheartreviewingstuff]

Such a gorgeous doll I love hello kitty Barbie and the tokidoki Barbie great to know these tips ❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍🤗🤗🤗

[@Barbination]

🙋🏼‍♂️💖✨

[@perfumedelight66]

That’s a gorgeous doll. ❤️

[@Barbination]

🥰💖✨

[@SunshineDawn7]

That was a really great show and tell ! Thank you so much ! This was very helpful! I love your new doll and i love your Barbie pastel world 😊😊💖💖🤗🤗

[@Barbination]

Ahh thank you so much! I’m glad this helped you out! 😌🩷

[@SunshineDawn7]

@@Barbination 💖💖

[@MrCarlosaugusto1]

Great technique!! Thank you so much this video saved me! I’ve also been using this method to remove old plasticky smell and cigarette smell from my dolls and it’s been working wonders! For smell I only leave for a day.

[@Barbination]

aaahh that’s so awesome!! 🥰💖🙌🏻

[@centurycountess4949]

Ive to agree it might of been the glue but also the product gel they used in the barbies hair the glue inside her hair may have reacted with the gel when it got too hot due to humidity wherever it was and and since some glues and gels do have a faint residue in color may have caused the discoloration. kind of like what happens with the old earrings in barbies ears there's a chemical reaction as the item decays and causes the nasty green ear ( which is hell to remove and just as annoying as yellow face syndrome for barbies)

[@Barbination]

Thank you so much for the info! ✌🏻✨

[@kimmystewart6959]

Your moving on threw the restoration process. Is it weird that I'm proud of you? Darlin I love watching you grow.

[@Barbination]

Thank you so much Kimmy! 🥰💖

[@igloinor]

Thanks for posting, Arjen, keeping to know more and more about collecting and "cute makeover" thanks to your channel :) It's keeping me at least 20 minutes positive those days. I'm from Kyiv and left all my collection into my apartment when the bombarding started... Enjoying at lest watching other's dolls

[@Barbination]

😔💔 My heart breaks for you sweetheart. I can’t image what that must be like leaving your hard earned collection like that. I’m happy to show some light in your days of darkness 💛💙 Stay Strong! 🙌🏻

[@juliusmaloney]

💙💛🕊🙏🏼

[@magdalena-lisarobertson4143]

🙏🏻☦️❤️

[@EvansFamilyLegoProject]

I'm so so sorry, I can't even imagine. I sincerely hope it's there to return to. I'm so so sorry.

[@kristinmary4025]

💜

[@juliamenezes8053]

This is a lovely doll the only Hello Kitty theme I see recently are the outfits. Thats really great the process is effective none of mine have yellowed faces but a few legs were becoming sticky I just dressed them with stockings it might be the rubber or silicone casting material because the Barbie has different volumes for the torso or arms and hands. Acrylic plastic is more resistant

[@Barbination]

🩷 Always a challenge see that happen. Don’t think there’s a cure for the legs though 🤔

[@davidmcclellan9959]

I KEEP MY WINDOW DARK SHADE AND CARTAINS CLOSEED TOO LOVE DAVID

[@Barbination]

Great! 🙋🏼‍♂️✨🤞🏻

[@sharongallagher3443]

Great job.

[@Barbination]

❤️❤️❤️

[@raquelporter2588]

Great job!

[@Barbination]

🩷🩷🩷

[@EthanWolf.]

I use 40 volume hair peroxide for my yellow sun damaged girlies, It works amazing and it's cheap and quick! It doesnt take more than a sunny day :p just put it on the yellow parts and put her on the sun and thats all 🥰❤️

[@letsmoveyouandme654]

OMG you make me smile everytime 😊😊😊😊😊 Loooooooooove it and soooooooooo cute 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@Barbination]

😄💖✨ Yay! Thank you darling!

[@nolasdollsandaquatics9386]

That's wonderful 👏 she's gorgeous 😍

[@Barbination]

🥰💖✨

[@Mary-rj5yq]

Quedo muy bella =), bien hecho =D.

[@Barbination]

🥰💖 Thank you!!

[@angelabolden5390]

Enjoyed the video! Very interesting products for removing the yellow/ sticky problem! Also, Twin Pines of Maine has Formula 911 to remove "sticky" ness from vinyl dolls. Of course, formula 911 smells much like Pine Sol.

[@allenchuck1425]

Wow beautiful doll ❤️😮

[@Barbination]

🥰💖

[@RibasNath]

If only I knew ab this trick when I still had my bride Barbie... ;-;

[@Barbination]

😲🙏🏻

[@h.r.puffinstuff7099]

Jaundice! That’s what the Barbie has!

[@Barbination]

🙈😆

[@paisliesplace3921]

I love love the Hello Kitty and My Melody Barbies with the Steffie mold!!!! We have Oxy Clean and others like it here in the States. I have a doll that got ruined an has sticky legs, thank you so much for sharing this!!!! I can fix her now!!! Thank you Thank you for sharing this!!!! May I ask, why the talc? Does that absorb the scalp glue or break it down? She looks so beautiful again!!!🥰

[@PanicAtTheBleach3177]

I'm not sure why KZbin decided to recommend me a video with lots of pastels but I like it. I dressed like I'm attending a funeral all the time I'm trying to restart my doll collection after donating them years ago and I want to start customizing dolls so I've been watching a lot of doll content so that might be why. I collect action figures from shows I like so It would be funny to see a bunch of action figures next to a bunch of fashion dolls. I want to create a Ben 10 doll so that would be really funny to see it next to the Alien Force action figures.

[@kissthefrog9179]

Beautiful!

[@Barbination]

💜💜💜

[@PandoraBoxPanda]

The baby Powder is a really good tip I’m gonna use that. We will start calling you the curl master 😁

[@Barbination]

whaha! 😆 I’m so happy practice finally paid off 💖

[@PandoraBoxPanda]

@@Barbination Did you try my method with the twist?

[@fernan9993]

El molde Steffie es el mejor, de ahí que me gusto coleccionar Barbies👍💖

[@Barbination]

🥰❤️ Love Steffie forever!

[@Twilightmia]

omg you are dutch! I don't come across a lot of dutch folks who do this! instant sub

[@Barbination]

haha 😉✌🏻🩷 Thanks! or in this case: Dankjewel!! 🥳

[@kelseypeterson5172]

On the glue still being in her hair after soaking, I usually change the water and add new oxi clean more than once to ensure all the glue is gone from their hair. Now a question: does anyone out there know if this will work on the plastic barbie horses too? I have marzipan from the nutcracker movie and she has some yellowing on her but I don't want to ruin her just testing it out.

[@Barbination]

Oke! Yeah it really does take some good patience to do this with the best results 😅💖 I actually pinned a reaction from someone who had a great tip, maybe that will work for the horse aswell?

[@kelseypeterson5172]

@@Barbination I'll keep that one in mind too. Like I said before, I don't want to ruin her, so I've been gathering tips and asking around for the best option before I do anything.

[@jonathanflores9874]

I tried getting rid of the sun damage on my Jewel Secrets barbie with acetone and messed up the plastic. But I know acetone works well on stained heads as well but of course you have to be careful not to wipe of their face paint completely lol. I will try the denture tablet method for sure. Have you seen the Treasa Barbie with articulation and comes with a bike yet? She has the 1990 Treasa face sculpt and is reminiscent of the late 1990s early 2000. I just bought her after weeks of looking.

[@FarrahLily]

Thank you so much for this! I have a Birthstone Barbie with a slightly yellow head, so I will try this! ✨💖✨

[@naud01]

She turned out wonderful! ❤ Do you think baby powder would also work on a sticky face? Thanks!

[@Barbination]

Oh defenitely ! ✌🏻🩷

[@brinac1.6.scaledolls]

That was awesome, I love your videos cause they get me thinking. I have 2 mermaid barbies that I have washed several times and their hair still feels stiff and grubby so I may try this on them.

[@Barbination]

Hope it works for those ladies! 🤞🏻💖✨

[@lindanoreika893]

You are so adorable. I wish you were my grandson🥰🥰🥰

[@Barbination]

🥹🩷✨

[@lynnthompson6796]

Love your videos 📸👍🙂

[@kactga]

Thank you for this video clip. Helped me a lot. I'd like to know more about that. If the doll has yellow stains Can the same method be used?

[@Barbination]

Hm, don’t know for sure! You might wanna use benzoyl peroxide cream and sunlight for that one. Put it on the spots and leave it in the sun for a day.. That method always works wonders!

[@jaehyunjungwoo1732]

Very thankful❤❤❤❤

[@Barbination]

😌🩷

[@tataakalulu9450]

Hi!! Good job!! I'd love to find that doll!!!!!

[@Barbination]

🩷 Thank you !!

[@kimmystewart6959]

AJ you're actually using the foam rollers and the boiled dip I know you love the result of that and I am just like so happy that you took that advice I mean I'm sure other people gave you the advice to but I told you use foam rollers boiled dippet let it dry completely for a couple of days and you put that up forgetting you see the results I learn these things through trial-and-error myself so when I give you the advice to do this or that it's because I've experienced the worst and the best of the results that I can get when I put that enough, and hot water always works so freaking fabulous when it comes to the setting curls or crimps like I said thank you for listening to me and probably many others. It's so cool when you have that ahh haaa!haha moment and the light bulb go's off in your head than you start giving all your dolls with straight hair curls and crimps the boil dip way. That what us girls are doing when we boil synthetic wigs .

[@Barbination]

haha I know !!! Finally getting the hang of it 😅💖 Hoping others will improve their skills just like me and hopefully gave them a little faith that anyone can learn this skill 😇💖

[@kimmystewart6959]

@@Barbination it's totally worth that little extra time to just allow the hair to dry full with no heat.

[@kimmystewart6959]

@@Barbination once you find out it's ahh has. No problem I got this. Now you can style your dolls hair anyway you like. Aj ya just move to the next level.

[@thbnlbl]

I have never had this happen to my dolls, but I have to say, I agree with you, the sun and heat must be the cause here. I store my barbie inside my closet where the temperature always cooler than outside, and window or sunlight, and it seem like my dolls are still in perfect condition.

[@Barbination]

That’s the best way to store your dolls! Sunlight and heat aren’t a doll’s best friend 😄😅🙈

[@kellymorell1397]

Thanks for the video. I have any expensive dolls with this problem (Marylyn Monroe for example). But their body is yellow and not the head. I think in the the temperature in my doll room was the problem.

[@Barbination]

🧐 Keeping these in good condition is a real job! 😅

[@bbsdollsandtvarchive]

Can oxy cleaner gets rid of stains?

[@hannahberkelouw3338]

Hi Gues you're from the Netherlands too. I am a starting barbie collector. I am still finding my way in the searvh. Can you tell something about the ways you find your dolls. Marktplaats and ebay I already search but the most dolls on ebay are from usa and expensive in handling fees as you know. Like your sweet collection. I am especialy searchingfor 70ths dolls

[@Barbination]

Try Vinted! ✌🏻 I like to search for my dolls there the most ☺️🩷✨

[@love4real684]

fabric softener is really really bad for synthetic hair fibres and can degrade them over time, make sure you wash that out and just put conditioner in or boilwash with a bit of conditioner.

[@Barbination]

Good to know! ✌🏻✨

[@MyStitchinDolliverse]

So is it the talcum powder that works or baby powder? I want to try this! So many glue heads! (Baby powder doesn’t have talcum anymore)

[@Barbination]

Talcum powder 😉💖

[@Dollssspain]

En algunos casos el humo del tabaco también la exposición de la muñeca hace que se ponga las cabezas amarillentas también..

[@Barbination]

Oh really?! didn’t know that! thanks for the info! 💖✌🏻✨

[@Restless318]

love her

[@Barbination]

🩷🩷🩷

[@canisgraffias199]

Oh thanks, I was not goi g to buy a doll at a good price because the head looked orange 🍊 maybe I can fix it! . I had no idea this doll existed. I want to include her in my collection.,,,

[@Barbination]

She’s a classic! 🥰💖

[@Felixotica]

omg i love her lips.

[@Barbination]

🥰💖

[@michaelmcgee8543]

Great ! it looks like the mold that was used for bowling barbie in 1998 or was it 99 or 2000?

[@Lars1996]

Bowling Barbie has the vintage 1959 face sculpt. This doll uses the Steffie face sculpt from the 70’s.

[@michaelmcgee8543]

@@Lars1996 She looked a little similar ,not much.

[@Barbination]

She has the Steffie face actually!😄💖

[@Barbination]

🤓💖 jup!

[@CosyPetals]

I just got a draculaura monster high doll and her arms and thighs are yellow this helped thanks

[@kara_sevda4255]

Thank you for the video. And now about the green face?

[@Barbination]

I have not come across this issue yet 😉💖 But if I do, expect a video on it ✌🏻

[@chickpea]

Maybe Retrobright can help?

[@Barbination]

I think so! 🙋🏼‍♂️✨💖

[@elizabethrollins9662]

Lovely❣️

[@brianaguilar8283]

I might try this method with the gold label Pink in Pantone Barbie, she has really bad glue head. Also with the playline Spongebob Squarepants Barbie, she has a sticky head

[@Barbination]

Especially the baby powder method works quite well! 💖 leave it in for a day ^^

[@brianaguilar8283]

@@Barbination her head is rock solid, I can’t even squeeze it. Definitely glue head

[@jeanpyzanier5998]

bravoooo👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💋

[@Barbination]

😇💖✨

[@connierohall4248]

Usually the stickiness comes from the oil leaching out of the plastic

[@Barbination]

😑 Yikes! 🙈

[@AxelAxelAxel24]

Hello there, I have a question about a Barbie from the 90's I just bought. She is in almost perfect condition except the torso of the doll which is different from the rest of the body. Is there anything I could do to fix it?

[@lissadownie5084]

I soak the head in Dawn for the greasy face and gluey hair. I heard WD 40 takes the glue out of the hair as well. I had one with clumps and clumps of glue in her head. 😳

[@Barbination]

😮 Oh my!