How do you strip back

I decided a while ago to strip back my Harry, I never liked his colouring and limbs, so I've got new limbs but need to strip back his head, I would ideally like to leave his hair on, as it was rooted nicely and a good mohair.
Anyntips and ideas would be most welcome

Hugs Doris

Morning Doris, Wow I don't envy you that job but if I were to do it I would try to keep the head as covered up as possible possibly with a small plastic bag and elastic bands on top to keep it on then I would try with acetone gently with cotton clothes to start stripping (the dolls head not you!) Could you not practice on the limbs that you are taking off?then before repainting I would gently wash to the hairline befor painting again. Something else are you using the halogen oven to reset the paint,well if you are I don't know how the mohair would react in the oven when you heatset. Would it be a good idea to use airdry paints on this one?I use them all the time and find them ok. I have just got a halogen oven to have a go with the genesis paints so it is all new to me.Good Luck Doris with this project I am sure it will turn out ok I hate it when you are not happy with a project, its called being a perfectionist! Let us know how it went. Have a great week Sharon x

Thanks Sharon, I've stripped the paint back with acetone, it came off quite easlily, so need to wash, I had opened his nose up and backed it with some black ribbon....big mistake, inside the vinyl has stained black which you can see slightly from outside, so I now have oxy10 on the inside and outside to see if that will remove it. I have left the hair on, but may decide to take it off, it is a very light baby brown , so may change it now to dark brown, I really am not a lover of this sculpt, it was a freebie in a .Santa grab bag that I won, but will work on him.

Hugs Doris

Here he is all stripped.

you can see the dark stain around his nose, that is from the inside off the black ribbon, but it didn't show up before I stripped him.... I hope to be able to cover it..

A couple of veins under the hair I would like to thin down a bit, might give that a try next.
hugs Doris

Hi there Doris he is looking good,should be no problem to sort him out and the hair is lovely too. Sharon x

You have done a good job Doris. I went for a class on how to paint a reborn about 2 years ago. Black felt was put behind the nose. He never had hair and someone else did the rooting for me. I discovered about 3 months ago that around the nose it became very black. Could it be that the felt got wet.

I would never put anything black behind the nose ever again, in fact I think i have only opened up about four of my babies noses, I wonder how they are doing?

I am retrying to neutralise the vinyl, it is very orangey, so far he has ad four blue/green mix washes, and doesn't look that much difference, also if you look close at the photo, the tip of his nose still has some colour on, I didn't notice this, the camera picked it up, so will strip that back again.

I put him in the halogen oven with a dampened pop sock covering his hair, I'm trying to take the colour up as far as to the hairline possible , hope it works.

Hugs Doris