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[MariaOcean]

Can you fix a pleo's skin with latex?

[Crewella]

Funnily enough I am experimenting at the moment with latex repairs on Pleo skin.  I'll report back when I have some results.

[snowy]

i will watch this space with baited breath xxx

[MariaOcean]

can bubble gum do the same?

[Crewella]

Sadly not - bubble gum will harden over time.  Unless you get Pleo to keep chewing it!  
 

[snowy]

do you  think you could cut up a latex glove and use that as a stretchy patch, or would it be too weak?.......

[Crewella]

Great minds - one of my experiments is trying to use patches from latex gloves as a backing before applying liquid latex.  You need something to stop the liquid getting into the parts, but I doubt they would be strong enough on their own.

[snowy]

Hmm,

Have you been glueing the latex glove onto the skin surrounding the tear, then painting liquid latex over the top while the latex is stretched, or relaxed........?

Would the superglue be strong enough to keep the latex on top of the tear....?

If not, if you sealed the edges of the tear with glue or latex to reduce further damage, could you stitch the latex over the wound/tear, or would the tiny holes you created with the needle sewing, in the long term turn into holes themselves.....



my brain now hurts 

[Crewella]

...... exactly, which is why I'm trying several ways to see what's best, and what lasts.  It ain't gonna be ready tomorrow, put it that way .......... I've only just started!  

FWIW I've been putting the panels inside the skin, behind the hole - you get a wider overlap to glue that way.

I don't want to be recommending things that might collapse three weeks down the line, or make things worse!  

*my head hurts too!*    

[MariaOcean]

I just found out that all pleos are 100% handmade.

Furby's skin condition is getting worst   2 big hole in neck,uncountable splits in tail and big holes in each leg
I think my head exploded