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

I don´t wear gloves at all, but I do always wash my hands before touching my dolls. And try to touch their faces as less as possible.
Luckily, nobody in my family has ever tried to touch them except for my sister, of course, as she´s co-owner of them, but she does wash her hands always.

 

I only use gloves when doing a face-up, but not on a daily basis when playing with my dolls.

 

Ehh...Nah.....I just wash my hands before handling them. No gloves for me.

 

This is an interesting question, because in many of the postings on Yahoo!Japan the sellers make a point of saying that the dolls have only been handled while wearing gloves. I always thought it was weird. I wonder if that's common in the "adopted child" culture. No gloves here!

 

No, I just wash my hands like a mad lady all the time

Sera~

 

Nah, just make sure my hands aren't like... smothered in oil or anything. As for touching their faces and ruining the faceups... I do all my own faceups so I figure if they get mussed up I can just redo em.

~Giovanna

 

No gloves here! Whenever I visit the Volks LA store, I always come away thinking I need to buy a pair of gloves to handle my dolls with after watching the employees with their little white gloves XD; Never got around to it though. Probably won't ever. ^^;

 

I don't ever wear gloves or anything like that. I just make sure to wash my hands before I play with my girls and I *try* not to touch their faces, but occasionally it does happen, but their face-ups are still as perfect as ever.

 

Hmm... I can see where it would be handy but I don't use gloves when i'm handling the dolls..
It would be kinda odd wearing protection to touch stuff your own stuff..

*still snickering at wording of the poll*

 

I don't cover my hands when playing with my dolls, but I make sure thay are clean and usually try to handle them from above their clothes.

lol, the wording for the poll made be laugh as well XD

 

Good grief! Life is too short to put on gloves every time I handle a doll.

Two of them went camping with me this weekend. They may need a bit of a clean now we're home, but it hasn't done them any harm.

Teddy

 

No gloves, but I do wash my hands before handling them, just in case.

 

I don't use gloves, I just check that my hands are clean.

 

I've found I'm a very tactile person. I love to touch things. And things that are pretty are even more at risk of the wandering, lusting fingers!

I bought my boys to be fondly fondled.

Smudges? That's what soap or Mr. Clean is for!

 

^^ No gloves. I don't want to have to mince around so much with my own possessions. I tend to wash my hands first, but I do that before I start touching a lot of my things. Well, I just wash my hands quite a bit as it is.

 

I handle my dolly with bare hands. I don't see why people buy dolls if they don't really enjoy and play with them

 

Nope, I make sure my hands are clean but their gonna get a bath every so often anyway >.>

 

I wash my hands if I feel they're greasy or dirty if I'm just playing with my doll, but if I'm changing eyes or doing anything that involves his face, I'll put vinyl gloves on (mostly to stop my hands from reacting to the eye putty... silly latex allergy)

That and I dont want to mess up his face-up. I haven't quite decided on how I want it repainted.

 

..."Do you use protection when playing?"- oh god my mind totally went to the gutter there. LMFAO XD
So. Back on subject. *cough* I shower them with kisses and pat them all the time, though I will wash my hands if they are dirty/greasy. Other wise? Nope, no protection or cleaning-ritual before playing with them.