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Submitted by: Michelle Diann
Cleanliness is next to Friendliness!!!
If you have a pony that has a bad mark on it, or overall looks kinda dingy, try this: you may wast to cover the ponie's eyes, symbol and blush with tape before you start this cleaning process. Dampen a rag or sponge with nail polish remover and scrub down the dirty areas. Yuo may want to put some time into this process. The more scrubbing the better! After you've scrubbed her down with the remover (being careful not get any on removable symbols like her eyes) take of the tape and gentley wash the pony with an old tooth brush and anti bacterial soap. She'll look twice as nice when you're threw!! :)

Submitted by: Boysenberry Pie
Surface Dirt
It is easy to clean off surface dirt with comet and water. Use a tooth brush and scrub (gently) in a circular pattern. If the pony has a metallic symbol (like Moondancer, Glory, or the rainbow ponies) do not scrub it. It can easily wear of if scrubbed hard. Instead gently run the comet over it with your finger.

Submitted by: Tracy
marks on bodies
The best thing I've found for cleaning a non so soft pony is to use Crest tartar control tooth paste on a cotton swab. Rub the spot gently and it should remove most of the dirt. This is also better for the plastic and won't remove eyes/blush/symbols.

For a so soft pony, I use Woolite on a dry pony, lather it up and then rinse with cold water.

Submitted by: Shelley
White Ponies
I find scrubbing white ponies with whitening tooth paste helps gets them brighter!

Submitted by: Suzanne Frye
Saving a pony with cut hair!
To repair a pony who has had a hack job done on her hair you have to reroot the hair.

Supplies for rerooting:

Scissors
tweezers
doll hair
large needle

Start by removing the pony's head. Cut the down as close to the scalp as possible. With your tweezers, go inside the head and yank out all the knotted ends of hair until you have a bare scalp. Begin by taking approximately 15-20 strands of hair , thread them through the needle and knot the end. Go through the neck opening and out one of the holes in the scalp. Repeat again and again until you have filled all the holes. Make sure you fill EVERY hole- cheating will make your final product look cheap. Before you know it, your pony will have a full mane of hair. See my other tips for more info on dying reroot hair and permenant styling.

Submitted by: Suzanne Frye
Dying reroot hair the perfect pony color!
Matching a reroot mane color to the tail color is easy and fun.

Supplies:

Liquitex acrylic paint in the desired color
a pet flea comb
small paper cup
small shallow dish
newspaper or rags
masking tape

Make sure your reroot hair is shiny and thick- thin, fiberous strands do not work as well.

Squirt a dime-sized drop of paint into the dixie cup. Fill the cup 3/4 full of water and stir. Pour the thinned paint into your shallow dish. Place the reroot hair on newspaper or rags and tape down. Dip the comb in the dish and comb color into the hair. Repeat until the hair is thoroughly colored. The roots may need to be touched up using the dye and an artist's brush. Tape the newspaper to a surface so that the hair hangs down. To speed the drying process you can use a hair dryer set to cold, but this is not recommended. The hair will take between three and four days to completely dry, but you must brush it with the flea comb twice daily so it won't stiffen up. Dried hair is completely washable with soap and cold water and is long lasting! Paint color to dyed color may be slightly different, so do a strand test first. It is best to use white reroot hair. This process will also work on ponies who have their hair- just be sure the dye doesn't get on the pony. If ! it does it will have to be removed with nail polish remover. Have fun!

Submitted by: Suzanne Frye
Permentantly styling your pony's hair- the boil perm
curling your pony's hair the regular way usually falls out withen a month or so, but this way it will stay curled for life!

Supplies:

Brush
small comb
plastic drinking straws/ perm curlers
pins
paper towel and/or perm papers

Cut your drinking straws to the length of tiny rollers- no shorter than 3/4 of an inch. You can also use human-size perm rollers for a bigger curl- the straws will create very tiny curls. Brush through the pony's hair until there are absolutely no tangles. (This is a good time to wash it with conditioner if it is damaged.) Wet the ponie's hair with warm tap waterand comb again. Beginning with the bangs set the pony's hair- wrap the end of hunk of hair (bang-size) with paper towel and roll in the roller. Once rolled to the scalp, pin in place. (Do not roll to the scalp if you just want the ends to curl in.) Make sure the pin goes into the scalp- otherwise it could leave a mark. Continue setting the hair until the entire mane (and tail if you wish) has been wrapped, rolled, and pinned. Trim away any fly hairs now. Now it's time for your pony's torture treatment. Take a saucepan of water and heat until it thoroughly boils. Place the pony's mane (and tail if it has been set) in the water for 15 seconds. Any longer and you will have an unbelieveable frizz job. Take the pony's hair out of the water and blot with paper towel. Allow to dry overnight and then! remove the rollers. This technique will give a pony beautiful curls if done right. Experiment with different roller sizes and how far you roll. I have restored awful hair to store-bought curl this way.

Submitted by: Katie/Gusty the HockeyPony
Curls!
When ponies were still in their packages, their curls weren't extremely stiff and perfect. Here's an idea for getting a nice "flowing" curl. Take three or two barbie sized curlers. Wet the ponies mane (wash it if you'd like). Then spread out part of the mane so it wraps evenly around the curler. Don't wrap it tightly, though. Do NOT curl tightl---that is very important. do NOT start from the very roots, either. Lightly wrap the ponies mane in the curlers. When it is almost dry, and just the tiniest bit damp, undo the curlers. If it's not cry enough, this will not work. It has to be SLIGHTLY---BARELY damp. With careful and slow hands, take a comb and brush the mane slowly. however, if you are unsure of whether the hair is dry enough or not, take out the curlers and examine the hair. If it is to your liking, just leave it be. If it is too tight of curls, take your fingers and carefully extend them. Then put the mane under and book of heavy object to keep it exactly how you want it until it dries completely. Any questions and comments are appreciated! Thanks

Submitted by: mered@dcn.davis.ca.us
Wild Hair Days
I find that if you pony has wild hair (not frizzy, just wild,like oging it every dirrection) sometimes hand lotion works to tame it. All you have to do is get soem on you're hands, and just rub the pony's ahir with it, just comb yor hand threw it and the ponie's hair should be tamed. This may not work with ponies with stiff hair.