Toy collecting tip of the day - 17
Some toys deteriorate in tropical climate - I’ve had vintage My Little Pony and She-Ra toys from the 80’s whose plastic surfaces became oily or sticky with age and exposure to our hot and humid climate. Most of the times they can be salvaged by using disposable wet wipes to rub onto the affected surfaces to remove the oily and sticky layers.
If you are comfortable with washing your toys, you can also consider running them under tap water, then rub them thoroughly with soap before rinsing them. Sometimes a few rounds of washing are required to remove all the oil and dirt.
Toys with rooted hair can have added steps of having their hair shampooed, conditioned and then rinsed. Leave them to dry off naturally or under a fan, instead of using a hair drying on them.
Sometimes in the most unfortunate circumstances, the rooted hair becomes too brittle with age and exposure that they break off easily, especially when you wet the hair during washing. At this stage, the toy is ruined. By then, you either have to discard it, or send it to a customizer to re-root it with replacement hair. That would mean extra costs!
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Great advise to clean up toys. I would at times wipe my toy figures with plastic care solution ( bought from DIY shop) & cloth to remove the dirt and sticky stain especially on figurine.
Yes bath them. Hee
Hi Katsuden,
Then the cleaning materials become part of the hidden costs of collecting toys!
Hi hippo,
Yes it works, for waterproof toys like action figures