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Angela

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The sad story of Guy of Gisbourne...
« on: May 05, 2013, 04:09:27 AM »

Guy of Gisbourne, a little dino of great darkness and sin, meets the woman who will be his redemption...Sir Guy is a fierce, brooding knight. He is both feared and scorned by those under his command. But under his harsh exterior lies a tortured skin, haunted by past abuse...Angela is a healer, with a secret longing for the fearsome lord Gisbourne. When fate thrusts him into her hands, she soon finds he lives up to his fearsome reputation of bad skin. But she also learns there is more to him than meets the eye...
(The Tempest: A Guy of Gisborne Story, Charlotte Hawkins, bit edited by me)

hahaha ;D

I promised you that I would make a topic about Guy. Guy has problems with his skin. First, it's very dirty and secondly torn in many places.

Before cleaning, repairing:

His head:
On his head is a lot of dust, it is difficult to remove with just water and a cloth. Paint is already well on the decline.
How I love his eyes...

Neck:
Big hole.
Big holes and tears...
Neck under:
Guy's side:
a nail tear?!  :o

Tail:
Again big holes and tears...

Legs:
All his four legs have these cracks...

His hind leg. As you can see his plastic hardware is sticking out.:
more small cracks and holes on the bottom...

Belly:

The cleaning product that I used:
The glue / silicone I used:
Bison Poly Max

Guy after cleaning and using Bison:
Guy in glueing position

Neck:
The Bison has filled the gap well. It seems to hold. Since it seems to hold, I decide to treat several places.
His leg:
I use a glue clamp to hold the skin together.

Well, this story doesn't have a happy ending...(yet?)

When I turn Guy on, his skin begins to tear at the places where I have glued him. It's a terrible sight.

Pieces glue that I could draw off his skin:

I'm pretty mad at Bison, because they sayed that this glue / silicone had to work .... looking for another solution now...
Mission failed....but yeah, he has at least a nice clean skin...
Vinylex works well. Makes the skin cuddly. He is no longer static.

How he goes through life now:
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Re: The sad story of Guy of Gisbourne...
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2013, 09:17:30 AM »

Have you tried Sil-Poxy? I'd used it before on silicone products and other rubbers that had tears and it works great. Never tried it on a Pleo, though, as my tube got punctured and it all dried up. Only problem is it's super expensive, but it's very durable. I put it on stuff and let it sit for a whole 24 hours or more before anything, though, to make sure it's set completely.

http://www.smooth-on.com/Epoxy,-Silicone-an/c11_1189/index.html

Just don't over tighten the cap on the tube or the cap will break and split as I experienced as well.
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Re: The sad story of Guy of Gisbourne...
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2013, 06:15:59 PM »

So sorry to hear about your pleo's really bad skin.
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Re: The sad story of Guy of Gisbourne...
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2013, 11:10:49 PM »

Oh dear he has been abused  :(

Good on you for attempting to repair him, if the glue and stuff doesn't work you can always hide the scares with clothing  ;)
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Re: The sad story of Guy of Gisbourne...
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2013, 03:10:38 AM »

Have you tried Sil-Poxy? I'd used it before on silicone products and other rubbers that had tears and it works great. Never tried it on a Pleo, though, as my tube got punctured and it all dried up. Only problem is it's super expensive, but it's very durable. I put it on stuff and let it sit for a whole 24 hours or more before anything, though, to make sure it's set completely.

http://www.smooth-on.com/Epoxy,-Silicone-an/c11_1189/index.html

Just don't over tighten the cap on the tube or the cap will break and split as I experienced as well.

I found a Dutch supplier. It is indeed quite expensive. I think I'll go try it soon. Fortunately there are small tubes. Thank you for your advice! :)

Maybe you have a picture?
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Re: The sad story of Guy of Gisbourne...
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2013, 04:50:29 AM »

Poor Guy, he has surely seen a lot of epic battles. He wears his wounds with valour and pride!

You need a flexible glue, something with a bit of give and stretch in it. Unfortunately I don't know if such a thing exists.
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Re: The sad story of Guy of Gisbourne...
« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2013, 08:24:16 AM »



I found a Dutch supplier. It is indeed quite expensive. I think I'll go try it soon. Fortunately there are small tubes. Thank you for your advice! :)

Maybe you have a picture?

Unfortunately no. The stuff I repaired I no longer have. This was a few years ago. But I do remember it working very very well. Just know that it leaves a glossy coat, so try not to smear it all over if you don't want your Pleo looking shiny.
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Re: The sad story of Guy of Gisbourne...
« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2013, 04:39:31 AM »

Innvo should invent something for this old pleos with bad skin issues, like patch or somethins that you can glue on the old skin  >:(

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Re: The sad story of Guy of Gisbourne...
« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2013, 05:22:00 PM »

If you want to fork over the money for postage and $50 for the work they'll reskin a Pleo for you. I looked into it once, would have cost me more than a new Pleo :(
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