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Hybrid resins reacting?

Sep 16, 2021

    1. Hey guys! I recently got a doll body (Soul Doll) and wanted to put it together with a head from another company. However, I think I saw somewhere many years ago that if resins from two different companies touch, the resin will eventually melt/break. Is this true?
      I know that when I had Pullips and had to mod them with obitsu bodies, that was the case (which is why we wrapped their necks in Teflon tape).
      If this is true, how can I remedy this? :sweat
      Thank you!
       
      #1 BlackCatNova, Sep 16, 2021
    2. I have a hybrid iplehouse migidoll boy with no ill effects 12-ish years later other than the head yellowing slightly more than the body. I've never heard of this happening.
       
      #2 nyaaain, Sep 16, 2021
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    3. Pullips are soft vinyl and, especially in the early 2000's, when hybridised with obitsu bodies, WOULD melt at the neck. But that is a problem with vinyl, not resin which is just elaborate, HARD, plastic.

      So no, not true, you'll be fine, have fun!
       
      #3 huzangkor, Sep 16, 2021
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    4. No, it's not true lol
       
      #4 Demiurgo, Sep 16, 2021
    5. I have several hybrid dolls that are over 10 years old and this has not happened, nor have I ever heard of it happening...
       
      #5 namika, Sep 16, 2021
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    6. I think that's a bit of a BJD myth

      I've got mostly hybrids in my large BJD family and some of them are around 15 years old with no signs of anything liek that happening - It can sometimes hapen between the vinyl and harder plastic parts of (off-topic) vinyl dolls, but I've never heard of it happening with resin dolls.

      Teddy
       
      #6 Teddy, Sep 16, 2021
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    7. It should be a very common operation to have different heads on the body. I've never heard of this happening.
       
      #7 Allen, Sep 16, 2021
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    8. Polyurethane resin used for BJDs is inert once it has cured. It would not be chemically possible for two bjd resins to melt into one another over any length of time. Resin outgassing will continue over years and can do things like accelerate the oxidizing of silver jewelry worn by a doll or stink up your doll storage boxes, but melting or increased brittleness isn't going to happen just from two different resins being adjacent.
       
      #8 St. James, Sep 16, 2021
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    9. Thank you everyone! It’s such a relief to hear that nothing will happen. Now I can’t wait to put her together :D
       
      #9 BlackCatNova, Sep 17, 2021