Lovely and quick Otto ( Othello ) arrived today for the USA. Barely a week from door to door! Excellent service.
He came in his original box wearing all his original clothes. It looks almost minty and still had some sand in his torso.
Now when all my dolls arrive that have a quick wash, unless more is needed, and a nice new change of clothes. So I stripped off Otto and found some sand but also he had a strange feel to him. I ran my finger along his leg and it seemed to cause a smear?
So straight to the sink, I ran some water wet my hand and just wiped it over him, to find he started to get little soapy suds! So he was given a good wash over to rid him of the soap or whatever he'd had left on him. Very strange! I did wonder if it was something to hide a possible problem he may have but he was not smelly or appear to have any mould etc.
He does appear to have one leg slightly shorter than the other but apart from that nothing else at present.
So he's had a change of clothes and been out looking round the garden.
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He had a delve through the newly arrive assortment of items from Maudie May's and selected a pair of Giraffe cut offs and a skull top! An interesting mix..
Last time I saw him he was off in search of Obie, wanting to know how his box went right and off to USA and Obie's went left and off to a store in the UK! I don't think Obie will be able to help with that but at least it will break the ice after not seeing each other since they were born.
I've encountered the same thing when cleaning off Sasha dolls, particularly the more minty ones that have never been undressed. I think it's just some kind of manufacturing residue, as it doesn't actually foam like dish soap, just has a bit of 'creaminess' to it. Washes off with no problem. He's a lovely looking boy with very delicate features.
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly what it was like, just creamy not big bubbly! That's so good to know I was a little worried that some issue would appear later with his body.
DeleteOtto's face does seem a little slimmer than Obie's, He tells me he wants to be an actor, so he'll be used to that slimmer look while trying to find work when he's older ;)