Massive Vintage Barbie Restoration

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[@emmaphilo4049]

Love this. I use cold water for the clothes because they are not made to be washed like 'human' clothes so some of them can be delicate ie leech dye, loose their bright colors, prints etc etc For Madisons (they are my favorite Myscenes) I treated their hair like I do my curly annoying hair. I wash, condition, detangle. The detangling takes a lot more time and patience than a straight hair doll. If the hair is really matted I sometimes don't 100% of all the knots out. Then I do a dip in boiled water. While maybe not out of the box perfect, the process improves the look of the hair quite dramatically in my opinion. On a very old Madison I have used a bit of hair gel on the top of the crown and mane to tame flyaways.

[@richardswinbusk7787]

Another good way to dry the clothes is to put them on hangers and attach them by the hooks onto the grid of a fan then turn it on and you have a great mini clothes dryer The salad spinner idea is a great one

[@koaladolls7339]

That's a great idea! Thanks for sharing :)

[@vanessaivonne3863]

Pero unas son dosmileras

[@20bluebug]

That's a very nice, informative and complete restoration tutorial with lots of great tips! :) Just before the initial wash, you mention some vintages had their hair glued in, can you tell me what years Mattel did this?

[@koaladolls7339]

Thank you! I’m not an expert, just talking from my own experience but I believe it became common around the mid 2000s (I suppose that’s technically not vintage then, depends on your definition - I’ve heard it mean 20+ years old but some consider the word to mean even older than that).

[@20bluebug]

@@koaladolls7339 Thanks....you know more than I do :) Thanks for answering my question :)