clothes materials colours what is good what is bad

[son of the silent age]

ok , i know (have heard and seen ) the problems with non colour fast materials
is there other stuff i need to know? (ill bet there is )is there materials im not going to think will cause harm to tpe or silicon doll

for example if ive got a cotton bandana thats been thru the wash loads ,its not likely to run is it?

i ask cause i dont know , and dont want to fall in a hole



(when she gets here, erika ,kimberdoll 2nd sept
cue im so excited song :whistle:)

[Dollscience]

ok , i know (have heard and seen ) the problems with non colour fast materials
is there other stuff i need to know? (ill bet there is )is there materials im not going to think will cause harm to tpe or silicon doll

for example if ive got a cotton bandana thats been thru the wash loads ,its not likely to run is it?

i ask cause i dont know , and dont want to fall in a hole



(when she gets here, erika ,kimberdoll 2nd sept


cue im so excited song :whistle:)

I've not had any problems with old well washed clothes on my Kimberdoll. I've put a nylon body stocking on her, so if the cheap lingerie I've bought from eBay does stain it should protect her. Hopefully.

Afterthought: I reckon if you put any clothing in warm water and it turns the colour of the clothes that's a good test that it will stain. I'll be doing that with the black set I just bought. Enjoy ��

[Tighes1]

Its pretty easy that one. More expensive good quality clothes give you a much better chance of not staining.

Cheap shitty stuff from cheap Chinese sites.....almost guaranteed. Even after multiple washes they still stain.

I buy a lot os stuff that is used good quality and never really have a problem. With dark jeans always put a pair of leggings under the jeans Makes jeans easy to get on and jeans cant stain if they cant touch the skin.

Anywhere you have pressure on the skin is a risk. My girls are in jeans a lot and sometimes will go a good couple of weeks with no leggings and no problems.

Check out your second hand clothes shops or Facebook Market place for cheap clothes.

I did a post ages ago about a sizing guide for your Kinberdoll. Ill have a dig around on here for you. Makes it easy to buy clothes with the right sizes than waste your money trying to get it right.

Cheers
Tighes

[son of the silent age]

thanks for replies , this is what i thought some good sht in second hand shops ,
as long as its clean and fresh ..:rolleyes:

i just have this vision of "erika " roaming around in a white cotton blouse , all paranoid about other colours :24

[son of the silent age]

Its pretty easy that one. More expensive good quality clothes give you a much better chance of not staining.

Cheap shitty stuff from cheap Chinese sites.....almost guaranteed. Even after multiple washes they still stain.

I buy a lot os stuff that is used good quality and never really have a problem. With dark jeans always put a pair of leggings under the jeans Makes jeans easy to get on and jeans cant stain if they cant touch the skin.

Anywhere you have pressure on the skin is a risk. My girls are in jeans a lot and sometimes will go a good couple of weeks with no leggings and no problems.

Check out your second hand clothes shops or Facebook Market place for cheap clothes.

I did a post ages ago about a sizing guide for your Kinberdoll. Ill have a dig around on here for you. Makes it easy to buy clothes with the right sizes than waste your money trying to get it right.

Cheers
Tighes i may have read that before i clicked buy !:b

[revoL annaerB]

When I had TPE dolls I always dressed them in light coloured clothing for that very reason, tights for darker pants or a body stocking are excellent ideas.


It is the oils in TPE which draw out the dye. As has been said, good quality well-washed second-hand clothing will be much less of a problem and a white blouse will be no problem at all:tu

[algaeholics]

Try eBay: Search "clothes bundle age 12" or "clothes bundle age 13". they will fit Ms Kimber nicely and will likely have been washed time and time again.

Don't just worry about colours though, she won't help you put them on and button up fronts/backs are a godsend!

[son of the silent age]

:b strangely i was just reading your wren post .
so much info and help here :):)

[Dollscience]

Oh dear, glad you posted I mighta put this £5 set on look at the colour run :eek:.

http://www.uklovedollforums.co.uk/forum/picture.php?albumid=3692&pictureid=85233

[Gavla82]

Side note, if you are going to sit her on the bed or sofa, stick her / a light fleecy blanket under her bottom. You will get Arse prints if not. Even on walls if you stand her leant against the wall.

[son of the silent age]

thanks!

[Adam&Emma]

Ive yet to find a hard and fast rule on clothing. I buy a majority of used stuff from ebay in all colours. Sometimes dark stuff stains and sometimes they dont. Ive got black t shirts that are safe but a pink dress that stained. A dark burgundy dress which is safe yet a red bikini stained after only 10 mins.
I agree that more expensive items seem to be safer and nude tights always help. I tend to just buy what i like and keep checking it when they first wear it.
Skye could wear this outfit forever safely and its nearly all black

https://i.ibb.co/tK1nNLs/IMG-20210830-105716-resize-88.jpg (https://ibb.co/V9kbhwS)

[ecobod]

http://www.uklovedollforums.co.uk/forum/picture.php?albumid=3289&pictureid=76027

See that white on the dress? yeah, that left purple and violet stains on her tanned skin. Not even all white things are safe and a lot of it will come down to material.
I've found this really is a matter of trial, error and chance.
If you want her to to able to wear anything she want's then body stockings will be needed, as others have said.
You may need to pay attention to your own clothing, too. It is possible to cause stains from sitting together on the sofa. Those new indigo jeans you may be wearing can transfer colour onto her bare legs/arms/hands and so on.

eco

[shamus]

Just to add to the above.

To date I have never had an issue with anything purchased from Primark.

I've bought a lot from China as Elves have a very specific fashion sense seemingly developed in the mid 1400's and I've had no issues with their clothes.

The shiney tarty stuff that girls like Natasha opt for on the other hand. I've got a black boob tube that might as well have been dipped in black ink just before putting it on her.

There is of course also different TPE's react to the same clothes in different ways. General rule is that the more oily the skin, the more they will pull the colour from clothing.

Being oily is not always as obvious as it sounds but if your hands are smooth after handling them then they are losing oil.

In general white TPE tends to hold more oil than (say) tan. Its not that white shows it more, it is genuinely that white goes to work on colours more than tan does.

An example of that here is the light tan WM 166C wore a black net top for months and no sign of a stain. Put it on the White SM 156A and had a couple of pots of stain remover on order the next day! :wall

remember that you can always put them is white or nylon body suits under their clothes which reduces (but does not completly remove) the risk of staining.

HTH,

Shamus

[shamus]

http://www.uklovedollforums.co.uk/forum/picture.php?albumid=3289&pictureid=76027

See that white on the dress? yeah, that left purple and violet stains on her tanned skin. Not even all white things are safe and a lot of it will come down to material.
I've found this really is a matter of trial, error and chance.
If you want her to to able to wear anything she want's then body stockings will be needed, as others have said.
You may need to pay attention to your own clothing, too. It is possible to cause stains from sitting together on the sofa. Those new indigo jeans you may be wearing can transfer colour onto her bare legs/arms/hands and so on.

eco

Hiya eco,

got the same issue with Charlottes head at the moment.

She sleeps on white sheets, under a white duvet with white pillow cases, and I sleep in nothing so its not off me. So WTF!

I have been pondering how she got a stain and my only conclusion is that she used to have a black wig which left a stain. Cleared it up but thinks, do we really clear all of it up? How deep does the stain remover go and how much have they drunk in? Short of taking the head skin off and turning it inside out (not ever going to happen) you would just never know.

Got some more stain remover on order to pull this out thats found its way back to the surface again... That has to be the explanation as I just cannot see any other explanation for how white pillowcases can stain TPE?

[Willendorph]

Some of it seems to be material specific - I've had great luck with swimsuits even in black. They don't seem to leach out colour like regular fabrics, which is lucky as I definitely have a fetish for ladies in tight fitting swimsuits!

[PDutus]

I agree with Shamus about Primark. I dressed Helga in a nifty red number and no staining whatsoever.

http://www.uklovedollforums.co.uk/forum/picture.php?albumid=3547&pictureid=81298

I try to get second hand, originally expensive clothes off eBay, brands such as Karen Millen (discovered KM because it's a favourite of my girlfriend :)).

The body stocking or white jumpsuit does indeed help protect against staining and I have yet to have a problem when one of my girls has been wearing coloured clothing with a jumpsuit underneath.

It's certainly true that the lighter the TPE, the more likely you will get staining. Rashona, my cocoa-skinned WM172B, has very little trouble with dark clothing, even black (provided of course that it is quality stuff).

http://www.uklovedollforums.co.uk/forum/picture.php?albumid=3465&pictureid=79555

This dress has a black lining and the white singlet and pink nickers under it still left parts of her skin exposed to the black lining, but no staining at all :)

Interestingly, though, there was pattern transfer to the wall she was leaning against:

http://www.uklovedollforums.co.uk/forum/picture.php?albumid=3186&pictureid=80073

But no staining on her skin!

[shybob]

Interestingly, though, there was pattern transfer to the wall she was leaning against:

[CENTER]http://www.uklovedollforums.co.uk/forum/picture.php?albumid=3186&pictureid=80073[/CENTRE]

I now have a new theory about the Turin Shroud.
Maybe Sihtric could be persuaded into a crown of thorns for a quick test?
SB

[PDutus]

Good theory, SB :tu

I second the motion to persuade Sihtric :)

[carlys_guy]

from what i have read on here even if the clothes have been washed a lot watch out for lace and elastic they hold the dye even after washing. i also read with a tpe doll watch thigh high stockings the tops can have silicon bands that can harm the doll.

carlys_gy

[ecobod]

from what i have read on here even if the clothes have been washed a lot watch out for lace and elastic they hold the dye even after washing. i also read with a tpe doll watch thigh high stockings the tops can have silicon bands that can harm the doll.

carlys_gy

Spot on :tu

Coming back to what shamus said about stains coming back. It's possible, if the deeper oils make their way to the surface, they could push the dye out. But I think the dye, once 'soaked in,' would dissipate as it travels deeper. We know tpe is porous, so the dye is filling those little holes, and I'm assuming the stain remover dissolves the dye in those holes thus allowing it to travel further in.
Just as an addition. When I catch my white sheets in the right light I can see their true colour: violet.

eco

[PDutus]

from what i have read on here even if the clothes have been washed a lot watch out for lace and elastic they hold the dye even after washing. i also read with a tpe doll watch thigh high stockings the tops can have silicon bands that can harm the doll.

carlys_gy

That's true about the silicone bands, but so far I haven't experienced any issues. Not that I have kept thigh highs on the girls for more than a few days at a time.

[Amydoll]

I now have a new theory about the Turin Shroud.
Maybe Sihtric could be persuaded into a crown of thorns for a quick test?
SB

If she puts a crown of thorns on him for the December photo comp then none of us should even bother to enter. Although I imagine by now she's already experienced the second coming. :D and the third and forth and.....

[son of the silent age]

wow !!

[Lulu1971]

I now have a new theory about the Turin Shroud.
Maybe Sihtric could be persuaded into a crown of thorns for a quick test?
SB

:24 He might need a lot of persuasion - he's a Pagan and wears a Thor's hammer necklace :D

[son of the silent age]

eek eek Erika comes tomorrow , im excited and paranoid at the same time ,

body stockings all round :24 aint gonna look that good on me :24

[Lulu1971]

If she puts a crown of thorns on him for the December photo comp then none of us should even bother to enter. Although I imagine by now she's already experienced the second coming. :D and the third and forth and.....

:21:21:21 *cough* Keep counting!

[algaeholics]

:rolleyes: remember to breathe SOTSA...

...also drink plenty of fluids...

[son of the silent age]

ha ha if only you knew the hurdles i gotta climb ha ha , more scotch for now