I just purchased 2 musical porcelain dolls from eBay and they were very smoky and had what appears to be water stains. I opened the seams and removed the music box. I also removed the hands, feet and head. Basically they are glued on. I basted the open seams and arm and leg openings and put in the clothes washer, low temperature and on delicate. I have a very gentle HE washer. They came out beautiful. I even put them in the dryer on low heat and gentle.
These are Collector Choice dolls and the clothes are sewn onto the body. Previously, I purchased a lot of 9 porcelain dolls. I removed all the clothes and washed the same way in my washer using a small amount of Wisk laundry soap. Dried in dryer in same manner as above, they also turned out beautiful. The bodies of this group, I put in a closed bedroom with an air ionizer turned on high and left for 3 days. The smoke and musty small was removed.
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how big were these dolls? We have approximately 20 porcelain dolls that were kept in the original boxes, but my mother in law smoked. There were a couple of them that were in a flood.
I have porcellin dolls that were in a grese fire and have smoke damage and have been boxed up for 14 years because they need to be cleaned any suggestions on how to clean them?
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