HOW TO: fix an EG broken hand. tutorial 1

What to do if your dolls hand has come off and the loop on the hand is gone.

Tools needed;
needlenose pliers,
round nose pliers,
hardend wire, (sewing pin or paperclips work nicely. beading wire is too soft and will pull out under the tension of the elastic
ribbon (8 to 12 inches will do)
small screwdriver,
bowl of very hot water,


101
. make sure that you have the wrist ball and that the s-hook is still on the elastic in her arm.

EG wrist101 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr

102
.the loop the hook was attached to in her hand was a pin that went through the center of a pearl bead which is in her hand, you need to get the bead out of the hand to fix it.

EG wrist102 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr

103
.get a pot of water really really hot, almost boiling
.useing pliers dip the bottom oh the hand into the water for a few seconds to warm the vinyl

EG wrist103 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr

104 - 107
.Use a small screwdriver to pry out the bead or you can use needlenose pliers to open the hole enough to grip the bead and pull it out.

EG wrist104 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr


EG wrist105 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr


EG wrist106 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr


EG wrist107 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr

108
.you will see that the hand has a large hollow space inside it.

EG wrist108 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr

109
.if the bead is broken you will need another 6mm plastic bead.

EG wrist109 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr

110 - 114
.get some new fresh hardend wire (sewing pins or paperclips work fine) make a loop on one end to keep it from pullin g through and thread the bead onto it, and make a loop on the other end big enough to put the hook through.

EG wrist110 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr


EG wrist111 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr


EG wrist112 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr


EG wrist113 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr


EG wrist114 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr

103
.dip the bottom of the hand back into the hot water to resoften the vinyl

EG wrist103 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr

115 - 117
.grip one loop with the pliers and shove the bead back into the hand while it is soft so that the loop is sticking out
.make sure that the bead is seated below the lip of the vinyl and continueing to hold the wire loop with pliers, run the hand under cold tap water to firm the vinyl back up

EG wrist115 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr


EG wrist116 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr


EG wrist117 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr

118
.if you can grab the s-hook with pliers or a small chrochet hook and pull it out, slip a peice of ribbon through the elastic loop and skip to picture 125.
.if the hook is not showing at the end of her wrist or if you cannot fish the elastic and hook out with a small crochet hook, you will need to remove the lower arm to get to the elastic and hook.

EG wrist118 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr

119 - 120
.get the pot of water really really hot again.
.dip the forearm into the water, you are trying to soften the area next to the elbow. Pull the lower arm away from the elbow until it slides off.

EG wrist119 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr


EG wrist120 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr

121
.thread ribbon through the elastic covering the hook (this keeps the hook from getting snagged on the way through.

EG wrist121 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr

122
.resoften the lower arm in hot water and then thread it onto the ribbon.

EG wrist122 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr

123 - 124
.push the arm straight up untill it seats snuggly with the elbow joint.

EG wrist123 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr


EG wrist124 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr

125 - 126
.pull the elastic with its hook out of the arm and slide the wrist ball over the hook and onto the elastic

EG wrist125 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr


EG wrist126 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr

127
.hook the wire loop now firmly in the hand

EG wrist127 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr

128- 130
.grab the hand and hold it out while you pull the ribbon out and slide the wrist ball back down to the hand

EG wrist128 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr


EG wrist129 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr

131
.allow the elastic to gently pull the hand up to the arm

EG wrist131 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr

132
.all fixed!

EG wrist132 by leopardessmoon, on Flickr

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