Keypers snail 'Fancy' cleaned up!

Yesterday I cleaned the Keypers snail I found at the flea market and I thought it would be nice to show some before and after photos.

Before : You can see how dirty she was. The hair was also very tangled, but it still felt nice and wasn't all that frizzy.





After some cleaning she looks so much better and has nice hair again :)






For cleaning I used a normal washing cloth and water. A bit soap makes the cleaning a bit easier. Just don't use any colored soap. You can also use an old toothbrush to scrub the most dirty parts. Just be carefull not to scrub off any paint. If there are little dots of dirt or paint that does not belong there you might carefully scratch it off with something sharp.
But simply with water and a cloth is often enough :)

Haircare : I washed them with shampoo to get rid of the dirt and smell. Try not to get the hair wet right at the head because the water will soak inside the plastic body. Then I put some conditioner on. Of course it won't repair the syntetic hair or of the toy, but it makes the hair much easier to brush. Carefully comb the hair beginning at the tips. You might wash the conditoner out a bit if you used too much. As a last step I put hot water on the hair. Not boiling water (that will maybe just melt them off and make them frizzy), hot water. I just boiled some water, put it in a cup and let it cool off for one or two minutes. Now use a towel and let the hair air dry in any position you want it.

On the last pic you can see the discoloration of the snail house. Sadly there is nothing you can do about it. Plastic will get this yellow tint if it gets old and was put into sunlight for long (most super nintendo consoles look like this, too).

Well...as you can see you can still make a lot to make an old toy look nice again. You don't need any special products, is easy to do and doesn't take much time :)