[sophie]

Hi everyone!
Poohki's obitsu tutorial on here is wonderful, but I think I must just be incompetent at this    A while back, I switched my Chill, Eponine, to an obitsu and just encountered every possible problem.  First the new type of obitsus seem to be too floppy and there wasn't a way to fix that, so I ordered the old style of SB2 for her.  The body itself was fine, but the plastic around the neck hole on her head keeps melting.  I had been using some of those clear hair rubberbands on the first body, but even though I haven't used those on her second body, her head keeps melting around the neck such that it's very hard to turn her head.  I tried cutting away the melted plastic earlier, but this doesn't stop future melting it seems.  I don't know whether this is a continued reaction to the rubberbands (though I was pretty sure the clear ones wouldn't cause melt) or to the obitsu body itself.  Help!   

[Deneb]

 Can you get any pictures of this melting? This sounds like a very interesting problem.

[Yun]

I opened my Papin, Eleanore today and she had some melt there too, only slight melt, but it's there. (So you're not the only one!)

I used those clear hair rubberbands from Claire's (the tiny, tiny ones) I checked her body and head, but they look fine, I think it's just the rubberband that melted...

[Deneb]

I opened my Papin, Eleanore today and she had some melt there too, only slight melt, but it's there. (So you're not the only one!)

I used those clear hair rubberbands from Claire's (the tiny, tiny ones) I checked her body and head, but they look fine, I think it's just the rubberband that melted...

 I think that may be it because I know that those things definitely fuse together after awhile...not even a year like it takes maybe a few months.

[poohki]

Yes, I've had those rubberbands melt too.   Unfortunately, there's no better way to thicken up the neck peg at this time.  It's one of those necessary evils of Obitsuing.

[Cauldroness]

I'd recommend spending the extra $2 and buying the more expensive rubber bands!

I've never encountered this "melt" on any of my girls -- and Niz and Panda have been obtisued for over a year and a half.

I buy Scunci brand "no tangle" mini rubber bands and they've worked wonderfully for me.

[vanie]

I also recommend teflon tape that you use for plumbing. I've used that on my girls that I've obitsu'd and have had no trouble melting. I also used it on Paja's loose arm. 

I still haven't figured out how to fix the floppy neck though in the new obitsu's. My poor Eternia wants a better body but until I have the time to fix it...

[ichinose]

Or craft foam. It works, but I put two thick strips in it (since when you press it down it becomes thinner)
But over time it becomes thinner and thinner... barely a week and Cayenne's head is all bobbly again  (but I was using Mr. Magic Eraser  )

[kaoko]

Or craft foam. It works, but I put two thick strips in it (since when you press it down it becomes thinner)

Where exactly do you put it? Aki has a floppy neck too. :(

I also recommend teflon tape that you use for plumbing. I've used that on my girls that I've obitsu'd and have had no trouble melting. I also used it on Paja's loose arm. 

Sounds like a good idea, Aki has melting at her neck area too. Might try teflon tape instead.

[ichinose]

Or craft foam. It works, but I put two thick strips in it (since when you press it down it becomes thinner)

Where exactly do you put it? Aki has a floppy neck too. :(

Around the spot where the rubberbands go.

I dunno about you guys, but I obitsued Ciel without anything in the neck. Yup, no elastic bands, no craft foam, no teflon tape, nada, zilch. It was weird, but after I sawed the largest peg I realised the eye-hook was off. But I installed the peg anyway. With a little tweaking and all I got the neck part into her head. But it's so stiff, she can't turn her head

[wombatgirl]

I'm going to try the apoxie idea that I read about on requiemart - has anyone here tried it? 

[kaoko]

I'm going to try the apoxie idea that I read about on requiemart - has anyone here tried it? 

I think the apoxie's for HBs, since SBs come with replacement pegs. I'm going to try vanie's teflon tape idea, I was thinking the same thing too, since I noticed the plastic melt around Aki's  neck hole when I took her apart for my pre-new year's day cleaning. It's reassuring to know I'm not the only one with the problem and it looks like a normal issue. Will replace Aki's bands with teflon tape once I obitsu Sachiko later.

[sophie]

Thanks for the replies everyone :)  I guess I hadn't realized before that this was one of the hazards of obitsu-ing a pullips, since many of you have the same problem.  It does, however, make me afraid to obitsu the rest of my girls even though I love the way the obitsu bodies look....

[Heartplace]

I'd recommend spending the extra $2 and buying the more expensive rubber bands!

I've never encountered this "melt" on any of my girls -- and Niz and Panda have been obtisued for over a year and a half.

I buy Scunci brand "no tangle" mini rubber bands and they've worked wonderfully for me.

Could you tell me where you bought those^^? I may be obitsuing my girl sometime soon~

[Cauldroness]

I get them at Walgreen's, in the hair section. They're more pricy than other brands, but worth it, I think. I opened up Paja the other day, who I had put on a Type 1 with lots of rubber bands... last summer, I think? I don't really remember! But she was perfectly fine, too.