Opening her head and discovering this mess was somewhat satisfying. I am one of those freaks that enjoys hearing about weird medical issues or popping a blister.
It looks as though there was some kind of insects nest inside her head or someone has shoved wood in there which has deteriorated and spread. That dark brown stuff had the consistency of mud though, like a wasps nest so I think it may be a bit of both.
The other side of her head was even freakier. More brown mud and a weird straw has been inserted in an attempt to re-attach the neck. When I opened her head the little neck piece that had snapped off, fell out as I expected. Immediately I got to work cleaning out that mess inside her head. Had to soak it in more water and then use a screw driver to scrape away the remaining glue/mud.
I cleaned up the broken neck part and got it ready to re-attach. With my father's help, we drilled a hole into the neck part of the body and used a screw which went about 1 inch down into the body to stick the snapped piece back on. As this part of the neck is hidden inside the head, it didn't really matter that the glue used to double strengthen it, was slightly visible.
It fit neatly back into the now clean head and I was able to put the head back on by re-attaching her spring, closing her head up and putting the screws back in. Her neck is now super sturdy but still turns easily.
There are a couple of stubborn yellow stains on her forehead, I have tried to buff them a bit with a nail buffer and it worked quite well but I do not want to change the colour of her forehead by buffing it more. Cotton balls have been used on the rest of her face and body. There is a large amount of glue residue still firmly on the back of her head which I haven't been able to remove yet too. Any tips?
Next up - I haven't finished fixing up her hair yet so when I've done that I will post pics.
2 comments:
Wow! That is so strange! You did a great job of sorting it out though. Congrats on your Kenner!
The poor Thing.
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