How much are 1980s Barbies worth?

Price tag: $1,000 The Glory of the ’80s Barbie was released quite recently in 2017. Its value comes from its limited quantity of only 100 manufactured, and a boxed, pristine version could reap $1,000.

How do you sanitize Barbie dolls?

Non-absorbent/ Plastic

Clean toys with warm soapy water, then rinse with clear water, and dry them off.
Disinfect the toys by spraying them with the diluted bleach solution.
Place toys out to allow them to air dry.

How can I make my Barbie hair pretty again?

Soak the doll’s hair in fabric softener overnight. Exactly! If your doll’s hair is in bad shape, consider soaking the hair overnight in fabric softener. Rub the softener into the hair and place the doll’s hair in a bowl to let the fabric softener work its magic.

How do you fix frizzy doll ends?

Here are the steps I took to turn this dolls hair from scary to silky!

Brush hair as best you can, don’t worry if you can’t get a comb through it.
Wash hair with mild shampoo, rinse well.
Condition with about 1/4 cup of conditioner.
Comb through the hair with the conditioner in then rinse in hot water.

How do you fix Barbie hair with conditioner?

To use the conditioner method, you’ll need to:

Squirt a dime-sized amount of conditioner into the palm of your hand.
Gently massage that conditioner into the doll’s hair.
Let the conditioner soak into the hair over several minutes.
Rinse the conditioner from the hair.
Gently brush out any remaining tangles.
Pat dry.

Can you straighten Barbie hair?

Can you use heat tools on doll hair? The safe answer is ‘no. ‘ Curling and straightening irons are generally too hot; they will melt the plastic hair and trust me, you do NOT want that to happen. However, if you are very, very, very careful about using heat tools, you can do it.

How do you fix chewed Barbie hands?

Basically, you dip the withered hand into boiling water for a few moments and the heat kind of triggers the plastic to move back into it’s original shape. It works better with some plastic than others and the type of damage.

Can you flat iron a doll’s hair?

For best styling results, lightly mist your doll’s hair with water as needed before you brush or pick it. Never use a blow dryer, a curling iron, hot rollers, or a straightening iron on your doll’s wig. The fibers are made of a special acrylic and any heat source can dry, stiffen, frizz, or even melt them.

Can you fix frizzy doll hair?

Two steps to fix frizzy hair First, we combed all the knots out. Second, we boiled water, poured it into a shallow bowl, dipped the doll’s hair in, and combed it. Once the hair was all smoothed out, we towel dried it, combed it so it was laying the way wanted, and then let it dry.