How To Care And Preserve Your Dolls

Do you have old dolls that you play with when you were a child and you are now all grown up, but you still want to preserve it because it reminds you of your past. Or do you merely collect antique dolls for your collection, however you have no clue on how to properly preserve them. Then this guide will help you keep your dolls in an exceptional condition.

Packaging
Before you do anything you must make sure your doll's box is in store condition because this is required for the rest of the steps plus it helps your doll endures natural causes and minor accidents. It is fine for the package to have tiny pieces torn off, however do not act like an animal and completely shred the box until there is nothing left. Also make sure to be cautious when taking the doll out since if it breaks there is no point of attempting to preserve it.

Rust and other material
If you are a person who wants to resale your doll then this is very important plus this is important for people who just wants to preserve their doll from the elements. Dolls usually have tape concealed below your doll's bow. This is something that can gradually impact your doll over a long period of time. Reselling values will drop significantly if you do not pay attention to this minor detail. Rust is the most common and deadly enemy against dolls. Anything metals that you can find in your doll's packaging must be disposed of or your going to be in a pickle. Rust will guarantee a drop in reselling values of that doll. Not only will the packaging will ruin, your doll may be affected as well.

Doll Lifetime
Whenever when you want to preserve your doll, you should have a plan on how long will you keep your doll. If you plan to keep it as long as you live which most people plan to do then you are going to need to have a large reserve of acid free tissues paper in stock. Acid free tissues paper is needed because you are going to need it to wrap it around your doll's body before you store it away in a box so it will not be torn over time. You need a large reserve because the acid free tissues are likely to break and without it you cannot preserve anything. You only need a  few acid free tissue paper when you are preparing it for resale on the internet. Even if you plan to keep your doll for a short while consequences can still occur if you do not wrap it. The dye on your dolls fabric might bleed all over the places. Leaving you with a peculiar colored doll and that will put you in a bad position.

Conclusion
After all this is done just place on your shelve and act as if nothing ever happened. Most doll's value will not increase over time so if you plan to keep them till the value is up educate your self about your specific doll. Keeping dolls should be for a hobby or for memories of you're past not for profits and investments, however if that is your wish nothing will stand in your way. Now you see how to preserve your doll properly.