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How do people handle their dolls, gloves or no gloves?

Jul 18, 2007

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Do you use protection when playing?

  1. Yes

  2. No

  3. Sometimes

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    1. I try to handle my doll by handling in areas that are covered with cloth. I avoid like mad ever touching her face unless I have to. Though now that I have that sponge thing from Volks, I don't mind handling with my bare hands as much anymore. :)
       
      #201 Ligaya24, Jul 30, 2008
    2. I'm guilty and don't do anything!

      I do make sure I have no food bits on my hands though!

      My little Luna really has caused me to wash my hands more often. xD
       
      #202 Yaeba, Jul 30, 2008
    3. No, I don't use any gloves. I just wash my hands before handling the boys.
       
      #203 Immarre, Jul 30, 2008
    4. I wouldn't usually,if I had one -_-.I will get one!!!
      I would to protect the face-up,and for other people to touch them.
       
      #204 Soulofthedoll, Jul 30, 2008
    5. At my best, I use these white gloves that I bought from a tuxedo shop. They're not expensive, but they are clean and washed regularly. I know that the pH of my perspiration is more on the acidic side, so I try to avoid wearing out my dolls.

      It's not mandatory, but I try to do my best in some ways.
       
      #205 Daniel Falls, Jul 30, 2008
    6. Nope l don't use them but l make sure my hands are clean when playing or dressing them.
       
      #206 Captin Janeway, Jul 30, 2008
    7. No. I think use gloves is a bit too much. Just washing hands often is enough, though I am a little crazy about this.
       
      #207 Maurizia, Jul 30, 2008
    8. Some times I use gloves to play with my MSD.
      Not all the time though. I just hate the idea of my hands producing sweat on her.

      With my SD, my hands don't really sweat as much. So I've never put gloves on to play with him.
       
      #208 RoboDash, Jul 31, 2008
    9. Nope! I don't touch their faces and wherever possible I hold them round the middle so their t-shirt forms a nice protective layer between my hand and their resin, but it's not so crucial for me. I make sure that my hands are clean and I haven't got food or grease nearby, but for the most part I just pick them up and play.

      I think gloves are a bit much, my boyfriend would really think I was a nutter if I wore gloves to touch my dolls.
       
      #209 Jescissa, Jul 31, 2008
    10. I always wash my hands before play or took my doll. I wash more if i was eating something before.

      And when i go to took her head, i don't touch her face.
       
      #210 layka, Jul 31, 2008
    11. Oh please. I play with them, and just use common sense. I never damaged any, but sometimes they fall and sometimes they get dirty. What's the purpose of owning a doll if you dont get to play with it?
       
      #211 Gus251, Jul 31, 2008
    12. Reading some of these replies and how there are quite a few of you who wash their hands regularly before playing with dolls makes me feel guilty because I rarely wash my hands before playing with Dieter *_*

      I mean, obviously if I'd just had lunch or I've been touching something oily or have some dirt on my hands I would wash my hands before touching him, but if I'm just sitting around (like right now), typing on the comp, surfing the web and stuff, I wouldn't get up and wash my hands before touching my boy.

      I never wear gloves before touching my boy, though I'd probably wear them if I was doing a face up or something. I do try to avoid touching Dieter's face, but I'm not too paranoid about doing it. I don't rub his face with my fingers or anything, but at the same time I'm not too bothered with accidentally touching his face, you know? :sweat
       
      #212 Aralyne, Jul 31, 2008
    13. Hey, don't feel bad. I'm just like you, I'll only go out of my way to clean my hands if I've been eating or doing something messy. I'd wash my hands if I'd been painting, but if I just want to pick up my dolls and all I've been doing is wandering around, I'll go and pick them up!
       
      #213 Jescissa, Jul 31, 2008
    14. Do you use protection when playing?

      That could be taken in so many ways...
       
      #214 lyfeisgood, Aug 2, 2008
    15. Lol, the poll question startled me at first. I don't ever wear gloves, but I do try to wash my hands before handling my dolls. Once in a while I'm bad though and I don't even do that.
       
      #215 GenkiIchigo, Aug 2, 2008
    16. I just wash my hands. : D I wash my boy quite regularly anyway. And of course I don't touch his face or anything.

      But I'm not overly paranoid, or anything.
       
      #216 Roztastic, Aug 2, 2008
    17. I don't use gloves, wash my hands when their dirty. :)
       
      #217 Smile4you, Aug 2, 2008
    18. Um, seems kind of silly to me to wear gloves when handling my dolls. I can easily clean them with a magic sponge.
       
      #218 juumou, Aug 2, 2008
    19. I make sure my hands are clean ... doll or no doll (haha, there's a TV show that needs to be made! *headdesk*), I hate not having clean hands.
      I too try and pick her up mainly by her waist with my hands around her clothes, rather than her resin, and pose her head by grabbing the whole head with main pressure at her temples, so I don't touch her face-up more than I have to ^_^
       
      #219 kateb, Aug 2, 2008
    20. Gloves? I only use them while I'm doing their face-ups...I hardly keep my hands out of paints and I'd hate to see fingerprints on their freshly finished face-ups, that's the reason... :P
       
      #220 purplepaws, Aug 2, 2008
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