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Category: DOLL RESTORATION & CARE

Gentle restoration, repair, rerooting, wigs, cleaning, and preservation.

This section shares practical restoration guidance, condition-assessment tips, and ideas for long-term doll care. Discover how to make informed decisions about cleaning, repair, preservation, and when it is best to leave an original detail untouched.

Rushton-Style Vinyl Face Plush Doll: Before & After

Here, you can see the step-by-step transformations of antique and vintage dolls brought to Dolls’...

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Rerooting a Vintage Vinyl Doll: Before & After

Here, you can see the step-by-step transformations of antique and vintage dolls brought to Dolls’...

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Canadian Reliable Baby Dolls: Before & After

Here, you can see the step-by-step transformations of antique and vintage dolls brought to Dolls’...

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Madame Alexander Bride: Before & After

Here, you can see the step-by-step transformations of antique and vintage dolls brought to Dolls’...

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Ideal “Miss Revlon”: Before & After

Here, you can see the step-by-step transformations of antique and vintage dolls brought to Dolls’...

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Step‑by‑step restoration guide for composite doll heads using hide glue and shellac

The instructions are suitable for late 19th–mid 20th century composite and papier-mâché heads STEP 1....

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Step-by-step instructions for repairing composite doll coating problems using bone glue and shellac

The instructions are suitable for old composite/papier-mâché heads from the late 19th to mid-20th centuries....

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How to Make Cork Pate for a French Antique Doll

Every French antique doll has a little secret hidden under the wig: its cork pate....

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How to restore partial destruction of the coating of an antique doll

Here is an illustrated guide to restoring a problem area on the surface of an...

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How to Restore the Voice Box of an Old Doll

Quite often in the bodies of old toys, I find similar sound devices. They are...

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