In this video, the author discusses various methods for fixing broken doll necks, including using acrylic powder and liquid for fake nails, general doll rejuvenation, stain removal, and non-structural repair methods. The author shares a personal technique for patching broken doll necks using acrylic nail set, which works for people who don’t want to rebody their doll. If the vinyl is badly damaged, Gorilla Glue may be used for a stronger fix.
For loose doll heads, the author removes the head, strips the old glue, heats the neck, and re-glues it with a hot glue gun. The Fix-It Guide on doll repair provides information on how a doll works, what often goes wrong, how to identify a problem, and what parts and tools are needed to fix it.
To fix a broken neck on a doll, follow these steps:
Use a screw driver to slightly open up the neck hole a little larger. Angle the peg in the head out and gently heat the ball end of the four-way connector with a hot blow dryer to soften the ball end. Wrap the doll’s head in a towel to protect the hair and lashes from heat and gently heat the underside of the neck connector. Use force to pop the neck connector onto the four-way connector/armature.
Heat up the opening in the doll body and pop the joint back in. Use a hair dryer or boiling water to do this.
Use hot water to soften the plastic and remove it with tweezers. Warmed up the plastic of the neck. Fill the doll with tightly compressed cotton balls or cotton batting to avoid the problem. Seperate the neck and head to properly attach the cord/wire to give the correct tension for the head to move correctly.
In conclusion, the author provides a comprehensive guide on how to repair broken doll necks using various techniques and tools.
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OMG I have two american girl dolls with the same hair condition and i have never found a article that can fix my case due to how badly damaged the dolls hair was until i found this article! Thank you so much but i remember that my dolls hair was water damaged so i am a bit hesitant to try this but since i saw my doll’s hair is similar to your and you said it can’t get worse i will try it!
Aluminum foil…genius! I had a Shirley Temple doll with cloudy eye, I made a paper cone, placed it over the eye (keeping the eyelashes outside of the cone), at a very low setting used a blow dryer checking the eye every few minutes. It worked! (Try at your own risk) Cloudy eye is actually a fungus. But I like the denture cleaner, that method may work for other things as well. Oh and also drying the clothes on a bottle great tip!
I give you tips on long hairs: I apply fabric softener on hair so heavy as it will loose tangles, put it in hot water and left it for few hours. Rinse it in water, comb it so smooth instead of struggling to straight out hairs. Short hair you trimmed, may be curled with small rollers to make it style.
Crissy is looking brand new! Beautiful job on her eyes, I had not seen that trick before. When I have a doll with damaged hair like Crissy’s I add the step of dipping the hair in boiling water for a few seconds, then remove from the water and comb smooth. Since the hair is plastic it reacts well to the heat and the hair is smoother and shinier when finished. I’ve seen many doll restorers dip a doll’s head in boiling water to soften it and make it more pliable to remove it from the body. I wonder if that may have worked with Crissy. I enjoyed the article and am a new subscriber.
I know hindsight is 20/20 but for a future project you may consider adding a step. After detangling shampooing and. Conditioning. Do a final rinse with boiling hot water and give it another good comb with your metal brush while it’s still wet.. This will prevent the hair stiffness. Also dipping the head in boiling water works a lot better than a heating tool to help make the plastic more malleable. This was a great job she looks amazing
I love this website, Sue is a very wise woman who seems to be knowledgable on everything, and I find it fascinating. I”m not that well educated or knowledgable, but I’m smart enough to appreciate someone who is. I love all of Sue’s articles especially the “Just Chattin” ones, she breaks all the information down to bite size pieces and does it with great humour, What more could you ask for???? :))
When I got my Barbie in 1963 (she is a 50s ponytail style), the first thing I did was take the rubber band off her ponytail and spoiled it by trying to comb it. It now looks as if she has perfect head hair, but a dreadlocks ponytail. Is there someway I can improve this? She also has a green neck thanks to my storing her wearing a cheap necklace. Thank you for your info on how to correct this! 🙂
I want to add that original Mattel hoop earrings do not cause green ear, especially in the 1-3 Ponytail unless the doll is improperly stored in a VERY humid environment or a damp environment. Pearl earrings almost always cause some form of greening, but on the early fading vinyl it’s usually just right at the earring holes.
Hello Susan and piesusan ; Sue, you’ve got to know that instead of making myself a couple pancakes and an egg this A.M on a Sunday I come to you. I never popped my barbie and Meg dolls heads off. Today they’d send a little girl or boy who did that to be evaluated for Psychopathic tendencies!! I can only smh and be glad mine are grown; it’s my grands that I have to worry about and this age of woke!
You’ll have to take the head off the doll. Submerge the head in hot water to soften up the plastic so it won’t damage the doll. Wait for it to dry and you can apply Remove-Zit to it. Reapply it if you see it turn from its original color to green or every day till it’s gone. Just know It can take days to remove the green ;-; hope this helps ? ? 😮
Thanx for posting this. Back in the day I decided my Johnny West would look ever so much more macho with a Magic Marker mustache. It turned out pretty bad, it was all over around his mouth, cheeks and nose, in the end very little got below his nose. Do you know if Removes Zit will take that off, or is Johnny fated to live to eternity with a dirty face? I’ve heard in the past Magic Marker is permanent. I was hoping in the future new technology would save Johnny’s mug. And hey, don’t let that stuff go to waste. If it’s so expensive put it up for auction. I get rid of partial bottles of designer perfume that way. In 1965 or so I was gifted the Barbie with the wigs to go along with it. Last I remember the blonde one was the only one left.
To clarify. The green is not caused by a reaction between the vinyl and the metal. The metal corrodes and turns green (like an old penny). The metal corrodes due to moisture (environment, hands) as well as the acidity of your hands. Since vinyl is porous, the green discoloration moves through the vinyl, staining it. In moving through the vinyl, the staining pulls corroded tiny metallic particles with it, which is why you can never 100% cure green ear (even after treated, it can come back) The Remove Zit contains “organic peroxides” (bleach) so it’s basically bleaching our the stains.
Sue, I love your website. I have had success treating green ear on vintage bubble cut and Fashion Queen Barbies with Remove Zit from Twin Pines of Maine, but now I have a TNT bendable leg Stacey with green marks on her thighs. Do you know what I can use to treat that? Should I try Remove Zit? She is a beautiful doll other than those green marks on her legs and I don’t want to mess her up. I hope you can help me. Thank you.
I almost forgot to ask…. when you posted the article about reshaping Barbie’s legs, you also mentioned that you would show us how to get the dent out of the Tessy? dolls shoulder. I just went back and looked at that article again and couldn’t find the information. Are you still planning to show us how that’s done? Thanks for the articles Sue!
I’ve used Remove-Zit for years and it IS expensive, especially if you live in Canada. Worse though, is that it doesn’t stay viable for more than a few months so what you don’t use, you end up throwing out. Because of that, I don’t order the product until I’ve saved up a good quantity of stained project dolls and clean them all in one go. Good thing Remove-Zit works for much more than Barbie green ear!
This is fascinating! I might’ve mentioned before – I was a weird kid (no surprise) and I used to chew the feet off of my barbie dolls… the ones where there was rubbery material over ‘bones’ made of harder plastic. I don’t suppose there would be a fix for that! LOL. But thank you for this lesson! I looked up the company (Twin Pines of Maine) and saw that they sell things to help clean mohair bears & animals, as well! Cool! I am a collector of handmade artist bears, and I will definitely keep their products in mind 🙂
Thank you so much for this article!!! Is it safe to boil and remove a head that already has a repaired neck split? I have a bubblecut I bought for cheap with green ear, but I’m nervous to boil it and take it off and possibly “undo” the neck split repair. If I can’t remove it, can I carefully use remove-zit while it’s still attached to the body and not apply it internally? I don’t plan on selling this doll; I just wanted a bargain vintage doll to model vintage fashion sets + a practice doll to repair.