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Sun and dolls: Which skintone do you use the most caution with?

May 18, 2007

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Which skintone do you protect the most?

  1. White

  2. Normal

  3. Tan

  4. Colored (i.e. Blue, Red)

  5. I use the same amount of caution regardless of skintone.

  6. I don't use caution regardless of skintone.

  7. I only have dolls in one skintone.

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    1. I have tan, white and "normal" skinned dolls and I don't really exercise any caution towards sunlight exposure. Thus far, none of my dolls have been damaged from sunlight.

      However, I do not leave them in the sun for long: only for brief photoshoots.
       
      #21 Snitter, May 21, 2007
    2. It's weird, but I've had my Crystal Rose-skin AR boy for two years now, and he's been outside for photoshoots repeatedly, kept in indirect sunlight for months, and I've generally not been TOO careful with him as far as sun. He doesn't sit in it directly or anything, but still. I had a couple of his spare hands in a box in my closet, and when I switched the hands he'd had on since I got him with hands that had been in the box, there was barely any difference. The body was a teeeeeeny tiny bit darker than the hands, hardly enough to notice in person, and not at all enough to notice unless you're looking for it.

      Moral of the story: AR Crystal Rose is amazing about not yellowing. :D

      Keep the answers coming, folks! Purely for personal curiosity. :)
       
      #22 aikoe, May 25, 2007
    3. I'm most careful with my colored misty rose. She's fading already despite it
       
      #23 AreeElf, May 25, 2007
    4. I use caution with all dolls regardless of skin tone, or material for that matter (french resin or not).

      Sera~
       
      #24 CherryStreet~Sera, May 25, 2007
    5. I would never buy a tan doll, but I exercise extreme caution with both my normal skin and white skin dolls--it's more readily apparent when a white skin doll yellows, but both yellow just as easily! I tend to keep them covered and/or in boxes about half of the time (I love having them out to look at, but I don't need *all* of them out all of the time~ :lol:)
       
      #25 Lelei, May 27, 2007
    6. Definitely NO sun for my french resin girl whenever possible!
       
      #26 wesleymoo, Jul 10, 2007
    7. I am more than slightly worried about my new DOC girl...a friend has a DOC with the same body (the new girl one) so they can't have been made too far apart. My friend's doll has insane yellowing on the lower half of her face...she got her cheap for a reason, methinks :x And I do NOT want my girl to yellow!

      My Volks NS I'm not so worried about, her skin is yellowy in the first place, lol. We go outside and go places all the time.
       
      #27 OpheliaB, Jul 10, 2007
    8. I find it slightly amusing that the skin type most people fear exposing to the sun is Tanned Skin, as it is counter-intuative. Guess you can't get a tan skinned doll by allowing him/her to sun bathe :P

      *cancels Sofi's Tanning Salon membership*
       
      #28 Gravmatrix, Jul 10, 2007
    9. I'm guessing you missed the horror stories about tan dolls turning green and/or starting to melt from sun exposure. :sweat
       
      #29 aikoe, Jul 11, 2007
    10. Green? o_o; I have ordered my first doll (still haven't gotten her in yet) and have heard excessive sun can yellow the resin, so I plan to be careful, but a tanned doll will green instead?
       
      #30 Gravmatrix, Jul 11, 2007
    11. I've seen one definite thread about a particular brand tan doll turning green, and the unfortunate Bambicrony problems have been well documented here. But I haven't seen any definite stories and pictures, other than third-hand/fourth-hand-plus stories about other alleged instances of tans turning green or melting. Anyone have links to the source information on any of these occurrences?

      Myself, I don't sit in the sun if I can avoid it. Some sun exposure does appear to be unavoidable at doll meets or taking them outside for pictures. Mine are just going to have to take their chances. However, in comparison, the sun's effects on MY skin are much worse (at least the dolls will stay wrinkle-free), and I know I'll always look in far worse shape than they will! (Anyone else ever cringe at seeing that first close-up picture with your skin texture in the picture next to theirs?)
       
      #31 hobbywhelmed, Jul 11, 2007
    12. Random but slightly slow question: Would using a parasol for a doll kind of slow down the effects of yellowing for taking a doll outside? o_o
       
      #32 TandemPonyRide, Jul 11, 2007
    13. Vespa is a french resin Tan doll, I am protecting her 24/7. . . .
      But that's mostly because she's from french resin.
       
      #33 TiggTea, Jul 11, 2007
    14. it makes sense that a tanned doll would have more problems, since darker colors absord heat more... *shrug*
      i'm a bad mommy, i didn't know that dolls could yellow so i took my abio angel (normal skin) out a LOT. i even left her in the car in the heat and sun when i had to run into stores (now i wince at the thought). but, to be honest, i would rather have fun with her than hide her away. when people come over and she's sitting on my printer, they always comment. they love her! she likes the attention, lol.
       
      #34 takeowizard, Jul 11, 2007
    15. If you live in Australia, with the big ozone hole and all, UV damage is VERY important here. My friend's narae body yellowed badly in just a few months of Australian, mostly diffuse sunlight.

      I'm planning on being very careful with my whiteskin and UV coating all of him. My Moon, on the other hand, is a big boy and certainly isn't likely to yellow worse that the much paler DoD resin which has been abused with sunlight by me for the last two years. ^^;
       
      #35 jemisard, Jul 11, 2007
    16. French Resin. I have two french resin dolls and they yellowed like crazy. Beyond that, I don't really bother. None of my other dolls, including my tan camine I have had since Jan 06, have changed color. And my tan Camine sat next to a window for a little bit.
       
      #36 dechanique, Jul 11, 2007
    17. I have no idea, but to take a slightly slow question one step further, has anyone tried putting actuall Sunscreen on their dolls on days (like meets) where you know you are going to be outside? Like either a cream/lotion or spray sunblock that they sell for humans?

      I am fully aware this may be a rediculous question but it can't hurt to ask!
       
      #37 Gravmatrix, Jul 11, 2007
    18. I only have one, outside of taking her out for pictures I've been her away from the window and behind glass. Though she can get indirect light. With this heat wave I moved her downstairs to the coolest room in the house until fall.
       
      #38 MelancholyWings, Jul 11, 2007
    19. You do not want to put anything that is oil on your dolls. It's going to be sticky, messy, probably ruin the faceup and be a pain in the butt to clean off.
       
      #39 dechanique, Jul 11, 2007
    20. Heh, yea I figured there would be a good reason not to do so, I just wanted to hear someone say what it was. I have heard people mention something called "UV Protect" I belive, and I figured it may just be some sort of permanent sunblock.
       
      #40 Gravmatrix, Jul 11, 2007
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