....The indestructible hair fiber
Usually when hair fiber has felt OFF to me in the past, I always thought it was nylon by exclusion (clearly not saran, clearly not kanekalon, so prolly gotta be nylon!). So I assumed this stiff, dry fiber on this Defa Lucy doll was nylon and would take regular Rit Dye.
No ma'am. NO. MA'AM!
If a doll's hair fiber is obviously not saran or kanekalon by touch, and won't take regular Rit dye, does that make it polypropylene? For all of the screaming and wailing over polypropylene in the past few years on fashion dolls(looking at you, Clawdeen), I've never seen a guide to identifying it that has actually helped me to identify it (apparently it disintegrates over time, but that doesn't help me NOW!).
Except for maybe now that I know the hard way that whatever this crap is it will just NOT take Rit dye 😬 But then what is acetate hair? Something old and crappy that doesn't get used anymore? Whereas polypropylene is the new and crappy fiber? So since this is a newer doll who's hair feels like total gross crap and doesn't take Rit dye, it's probably poly? And nylon is more plasticy and dry than saran but not as plasticy and dry as poly? I don't know. I would like to know.
Anyway, I tried three or four times to do this! The first time I thought I'd just picked the wrong colors, didn't use enough dye, didn't get the water hot enough. And the second time I thought I washed the hair too soon with soap. But it just kept washing out completely. And the last time I was just so pissed. I dropped the doll in the hot water and left her there, following the instructions on the dye to a T and used vinegar (ugh) and soap along with the dye and scalding hot water. It stained the vinyl on her HEAD (which I didn't even know was possible with Rit for non-synthetic material) but washed completely out of this accursed hair.😒 It left the plastic ties in her head leftover from her packaging basically, like, BLACK, but the hair is still snow white. She was a cheap doll so I don't care too too much, but GEEZ.
WHAT IS IN THIS HAIR, ASBESTOS? I just wanna know😭
....The indestructible hair fiber
Usually when hair fiber has felt OFF to me in the past, I always thought it was nylon by exclusion (clearly not saran, clearly not kanekalon, so prolly gotta be nylon!). So I assumed this stiff, dry fiber on this Defa Lucy doll was nylon and would take regular Rit Dye.
No ma'am. NO. MA'AM!
If a doll's hair fiber is obviously not saran or kanekalon by touch, and won't take regular Rit dye, does that make it polypropylene? For all of the screaming and wailing over polypropylene in the past few years on fashion dolls(looking at you, Clawdeen), I've never seen a guide to identifying it that has actually helped me to identify it (apparently it disintegrates over time, but that doesn't help me NOW!).
Except for maybe now that I know the hard way that whatever this crap is it will just NOT take Rit dye 😬 But then what is acetate hair? Something old and crappy that doesn't get used anymore? Whereas polypropylene is the new and crappy fiber? So since this is a newer doll who's hair feels like total gross crap and doesn't take Rit dye, it's probably poly? And nylon is more plasticy and dry than saran but not as plasticy and dry as poly? I don't know. I would like to know.
Anyway, I tried three or four times to do this! The first time I thought I'd just picked the wrong colors, didn't use enough dye, didn't get the water hot enough. And the second time I thought I washed the hair too soon with soap. But it just kept washing out completely. And the last time I was just so pissed. I dropped the doll in the hot water and left her there, following the instructions on the dye to a T and used vinegar (ugh) and soap along with the dye and scalding hot water. It stained the vinyl on her HEAD (which I didn't even know was possible with Rit for non-synthetic material) but washed completely out of this accursed hair.😒 It left the plastic ties in her head leftover from her packaging basically, like, BLACK, but the hair is still snow white. She was a cheap doll so I don't care too too much, but GEEZ.
WHAT IS IN THIS HAIR, ASBESTOS? I just wanna know😭