Restoration Troubles

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Bushwoolie
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Howdy, this is my first time restoring anything and I've run into a few questions ;; any help would be greatly appreciated

The most problematic of the three I'm restoring is this Gusty, this is what her body looks like after a toothbrush + dawn scrub, magic erased, and both rubbing alcohol and nail polish remover rubbed on these highlighter like areas.

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she has several hot pink dots, the worst of which being her hoof. Is there any method to help her here, I'm a bit stuck.

I'm also having a similar problem on this Moonstone and Wisteria
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I tried all the same methods as I had on Gusty and nothing seems to be alleviating these marks.

Any advice?
 
Sunfading would be your best bet on Gusty, not sure about those other gals. Just wrap her up except her higlighted areas and leave her outside in a safe spot within the sun’s reach. Will take a few weeks depending on how much sun your area gets :)
 
I live in the city so I have no idea where that would be...would putting her in a windowsill that gets sun work too ??
Yep! Just note that if it has a UV filter, it’ll take longer. I’ve heard a bright UV lamp would work too, but I’m not too sure on that. Maybe someone else could help me out on this.
 
I tried to fade some spot off my Dancing Butterflies by putting her in a window and had no such luck. Maybe I'll try it again, I haven't tried it since.
My best results were when I left my ponies just outside, but I wonder if putting them in a car would work...Since that car is outside all day...you know what I'm sayin...
I've never tried the UV lamp. I've sunfaded pen successfully but no highlighter yet. Maybe I'll prep DB again and see if I can get any luck.
 
Do you think they would melt in the heat of the car? I wonder at what temperature would the vinyl start to degrade
 
You can bake ponies in the oven at lower temps and they come out fine, they're quite resilient. I think technically vinyl is always degrading.
 
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