Repaint Skin Color On Vinyl Dolls

Before painting the doll you must remove all paint and surface sealers that are on the doll first.

Repaint skin color on vinyl dolls.

Some doll artists like to dip all the white doll pieces in. However sharpie should never be used on vinyl dolls because it bleeds like what happened to your doll. Oil paint advantages oil paints have been used on reborn dolls for a relatively short time so there is a lot to be learned yet about the long term affect of oil paints on vinyl dolls. Rather than do an all over skin color.

Use some kind of remover or stripper that won t harm vinyl. If the doll has just a light smattering of grime and looks a tad grungy you can wipe down its skin with baby wipes. Sharpie markers are permanent and stain terribly by soaking into the vinyl and sadly there is no helping that. I discovered using vinyl spray as an option for repainting doll bodies through a tutorial written up by mymonstercrush.

Want to know how to change a skin tone of a doll body. I chose heath as an experimental subject because colors available for vinyl spray are pretty limited and. I liked the results and i especially liked the fact that vinyl spray allows you to recolor the soft vinyl head too. The acrylics are not suitable for blushing the reborn dolls or creating skin tones but they are useful for eyebrows fingernails and lip color.

Baby wipe your doll. Check my diy craft tutorial and blush your monster high ever after high and other bjd dolls like a pr. The oil allows dirt and debris to stick to the doll s vinyl skin.