A cleaning tip for ’sticky’ G3 My Little Pony

June 25, 2008 | By Juliana Heng In Toy care |

While re-organising my toy cupboard, I came across my G3 My Little Pony Pinkie Pie (1st edition) and found that she had developed a layer of ’sticky and oily’ substance on the surface of her whole head and body.  

This had previously happened to the plastic rubbery wings of my She-Ra horses too.  For those detachable wings, I cleaned them up by rubbing handwash lotion on them and then rinsing off with water.  It worked very well.  See my earlier post on this.

For My Little Pony toys with this same condition, I use wet tissue to clean up the entire ’sticky and oily’ surface to avoid getting the hair wet and so that they dry off faster.  Read more about this topic here. 

For Pinkie Pie, she was ‘cured’ after just 2 rounds of cleaning with the same piece of wet tissue.  She dried off quickly and was returned to her usual spot soon after.  Thank goodness, she was the only affected pony in the lot of ponies that I inspected today!

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    • 2 Comments so far

    1. Cleaning tips on June 24th, 2010

      Good work =)
      Only I have not understood, why the toy became sticky and fat?

    2. Juliana Heng on June 24th, 2010

      Hi

      Well the hot and humid weather here can cause the chemical composition in the surface layer of plastic toys to deteriorate over time and break down, resulting in sticky or oily texture :(

      Usually rubbing with some soap and water will clean off the worst of the stickiness and oiliness.

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