Preventing stains from Black fishnet stockings from AliExpress/Amazon?
This is a combined PSA/ request for tips. I like putting hose (stockings) on my fashion dolls because it gives the outfit a finished look. AliExpress and Amazon sell inexpensive alternatives to buying hard to find and/or expensive Mattel or name-brand hose.
I mistakenly thought I’d solved the issue of the dye transferring and staining the dolls’ legs by washing the hose first in hot water and adding a cold rinse with white vinegar. I’d checked some dolls I’d dressed with these a while later, and it seemed like there were no problems.
Checked more recently, and, nope, I’ve screwed up, as you can see in the pics. The stained set includes two bodies from Barbie Basics You Create 😫 Two might get better with a hydrogen peroxide, saran wrap, and heat pad treatment, but the Xian Xian Princess body (one the far left, hard vinyl like the You Create ones) is toast.
Wanted to warn folks—and also ask if anyone has a workaround? I’m guessing saran wrap covering areas of contact?
(For those interested, the blue haired head on the far right is a mermaid Odile-type from AliExpress, which some clone fans think is a playline Defa Lucy. The blue wig on the middle Audrey You Create Barbie is from a vintage ‘80s wig set I got in eBay.)