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News / Re: Playmobil in the News
« Last post by JLMatterer on April 03, 2025, 19:58:27 »
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How-To / Re: Cleaning torsos the Tahra-way
« Last post by Tiermann on April 03, 2025, 02:42:01 »That's an interesting sounding technique, I will have to give it a try.
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How-To / Re: Cleaning torsos the Tahra-way
« Last post by klickyklack on April 02, 2025, 08:09:18 »I think there is a big difference in prints too... in my experience, some are WAY easier to remove than others.
Lately I have been using fine wet sandpaper.. much easier, and finish with magic cotton (metal cleaner)
I thought that might be the case (some prints being easier to remove) but so far the rubbing alcohol & magic eraser has made quick & easy work out of each I've tried (i, & no need to do extra work to remove scratches or dull areas after.
It's worth a try anyway if you already have rubbing alcohol & a magic eraser at hand. I think probably using a q-tip with the rubbing alcohol on would waste less of it, & I always cut my magic eraser into smaller cubes before using them.
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How-To / Re: Cleaning torsos the Tahra-way
« Last post by tahra on April 02, 2025, 07:31:39 »I think there is a big difference in prints too... in my experience, some are WAY easier to remove than others.
Lately I have been using fine wet sandpaper.. much easier, and finish with magic cotton (metal cleaner)
Lately I have been using fine wet sandpaper.. much easier, and finish with magic cotton (metal cleaner)
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How-To / Re: Cleaning torsos the Tahra-way
« Last post by klickyklack on April 02, 2025, 00:55:37 »Was just revisiting this topic because I'm working on a custom atm & had some printing i needed to remove.
I've used the rough end of an eraser method that's mentioned here before & found it hard going + the dull finish afterwards (though I have a way around that).
Thought i'd try something tonight based on some of the other stuff people have talked about.. Rubbing alcohol (regular, not denatured) PLUS magic eraser.
I wanted to remove the printing on the chest of 7176 (My Life lady with dalmation). I put rubbing alcohol on a piece of folded up kitchen roll & wiped it over the area I wanted to remove, then went over it right away with the magic eraser, kept on doing that (wipe, eraser..) & the printing came off SO much easier.
I thought I might end up with a dull finish at the end, but no, it doesn't look any less shiny than the back of her torso (which i did nothing to). If it had I would have tried some fine Novus polish (polish for plastic, great stuff) but it totally wasn't necessary.
Feeling pretty jazzed right now. I'll try & do some more another day & take photos before & after (I have a pretty busy schedule with hospital stuff over the next few days, but will hopefully fin the time & energy over the weekend).
ETA.. tried another with a larger & darker print (the b&w no1 racing car guy that comes free with orders) & that came off really easily & quickly too (with this one it helped & made the removal go faster when I put some of the rubbing alcohol on the sponge itself).
I've used the rough end of an eraser method that's mentioned here before & found it hard going + the dull finish afterwards (though I have a way around that).
Thought i'd try something tonight based on some of the other stuff people have talked about.. Rubbing alcohol (regular, not denatured) PLUS magic eraser.
I wanted to remove the printing on the chest of 7176 (My Life lady with dalmation). I put rubbing alcohol on a piece of folded up kitchen roll & wiped it over the area I wanted to remove, then went over it right away with the magic eraser, kept on doing that (wipe, eraser..) & the printing came off SO much easier.
I thought I might end up with a dull finish at the end, but no, it doesn't look any less shiny than the back of her torso (which i did nothing to). If it had I would have tried some fine Novus polish (polish for plastic, great stuff) but it totally wasn't necessary.
Feeling pretty jazzed right now. I'll try & do some more another day & take photos before & after (I have a pretty busy schedule with hospital stuff over the next few days, but will hopefully fin the time & energy over the weekend).
ETA.. tried another with a larger & darker print (the b&w no1 racing car guy that comes free with orders) & that came off really easily & quickly too (with this one it helped & made the removal go faster when I put some of the rubbing alcohol on the sponge itself).
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Mystery Figures Series / Re: Series 27 - 71760 and 71761
« Last post by JLMatterer on March 31, 2025, 20:33:25 »Thanks for the pics. I got mine through the usual Greek dealer on eBay, but have only opened a few so far.
