How do I remove stains from a TPE doll? I think they’re bed sheet stains.
If they’re Light stains they’ll typically go away within a week or so but some people like to use a benzoyl peroxide blend (acne cream) for darker stains. Apply to affected areas, leave for several hours then wipe off with a damp cloth or wet wipes. Repeat if needed.
We use “Pond’s Cold Cream Makeup Remover” and use the same process as others do with the benzoyl peroxide and it works great too! We also use some baby oil sometimes and it pulls the color into the TPE. Then a good shower and powder!
1 Like
Thread moved from Doll Showcase to Maintenance.
If she’s TPE, “Oxy 10” zit cream works well! Don’t get “Oxy 5” it won’t do anything!
As Mr. Fix stated above, many people use acne cream containing 10% benzoyl peroxide to help remove stains! Lather her up and let it sit for a while! Possibly 24 hours. Oiling her with baby oil will also suck the color into the material and help. We use the “Pond’s” brand cold cream makeup remover for our stains… we use it the same way as the acne cream. We slather it on, leave it, wipe it off many hours later. Sometimes we will put the cream on multiple times over the course of a week. We also like to wash our dolls after this process and after she air dries, powder her. Some stains will soak in on their own over time too!
If the stained area is large, fill a bathtub with lots of OXY CLEAN stain remover laundry detergent and DAWN diswashing soap and mix well and let doll soak in it 2 days, it will help a lot. Process can be repeated as many times as necessary. Soap and clean between. I recently had a doll standing on a piece of black neoprene and she soaked up black stain to the ankles, looked really bad. I soaked her feet in the above solution for three days and it almost dissappeared.
Everyone of my girls has had a stain of some sort and they’ve all faded over time. We curse tpe for not holding make up or tattoos but its good really. Zit cream or toothpaste can speed things up but it will fade eventually
It looks like the stained area is quite large, but the stains themselves don’t seem to be very deep.
Usually, because oil is added during the manufacturing process of TPE dolls, and TPE material itself also releases some oil, these stains can be gradually diluted over time by the oil secreted from the doll.
If you want to remove the stains more quickly, you can try using olive oil or makeup remover (https://www.coeros.com/product/sex-doll-cleanser/) to dilute the stains. If the stains are still difficult to clean, you can consider using a specialized stain remover cream (https://www.coeros.com/product/tpe-sex-doll-color-remover/).
How are the stains on your doll now?
In the future, you can use white or light-colored sheets, which generally won’t cause staining. If you want to use dark-colored sheets, you can treat the sheets first to fix the color by soaking them in salt water or water with white vinegar for at least 30 minutes before washing.
1 Like
From our experience with modelling many different outfits, stains on TPE are easy to achieve. But don’t worry! We find it almost as easy to remove these stains.
We have experimented (like a mad chemist) over the past year and a half, and here is what we have discovered.
I tested small stains on an old TPE torso and found the best active ingredient for stain removal is the hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) contained in many of the over the counter solutions mentioned above (acne cream, etc).
We first tested toothpaste, two acne creams from Canada, and an acne cream from the US. The toothpaste contained baking soda and hydrogen peroxide, one Canadian acne cream had 5% H2O2 (maximum allowed in Canada), the other contained Salicylic acid and benzoyl peroxide. The US acne cream had a 10% H2O2 concentration.
The results showed that the toothpaste did nothing, the cream with Salicylic acid and benzoyl peroxide did nothing, but the 5% and 10% solutions of cream with H2O2 worked, with the 10% performing better.
We extrapolated from these results that the hydrogen peroxide was the key, so we started looking at increasing the concentration of H2O2. Finding H2O2 in high concentrations was difficult, but we found a product used in cleaning hydroponic gardening tubing at a 29% concentration.
We found a thickening agent used in cosmetics and started playing around with making a paste. We formulated a 20% H2O2 solution and found that worked well.
Here are the photos from our big test.
We started with a clean TPE torso, oiled her up well, and applied the worst black nylon / polyester gym shorts.
Prepare yourself for the stain results.
This could be traumatic for some.
We apply the paste (we found that doing it this thick was not required).
After one application and 24 hours:
After 2nd application and 48 hours:
We did 2 more treatments and she looks pristine again. No visible deformations or damage on the surface of the torso.
We attempted this experiment again, and oddly, we were not able to get the same level of staining to reoccur. Perhaps this treatment helps increase stain resistance? unsure.
We have found this paste has been able to get stains and dye transfer off our SmartDoll as well. However, the results are less dramatic and require additional applications and increased exposure to UV light.
That is what we have found and we just wanted to share.
apologies for the length of the post, and we hope this helps.
3 Likes