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Step 6Barbie Trys to Pull Herself Together
After you are fairly certain that Barbie's new high tech appendage is secure, we must begin to pull her back together. There are many ways to do this, I choose the overkill method. Here is what worked for me:
First, I replaced the arms and leg holder as they had been originally placed. Then using the posts I managed to salvage back in step 2 and the empty body cavity I covered everything in the bottom half with silicone. Next, I made a line of silicone along the lines of the body and pinched the halves together.
To help hold the body in place long enough to dry, I placed rubber bands in areas of concern i.e. chest, belly and crotch. Fearing and in some cases noticing that this still wasn't enough I finally clamped the body to my table and put a lot of weight on it. If you broke some section of the body, now is a good time to repair it with silicone. Don't worry about bad looking edges, they will get covered up later.
First, I replaced the arms and leg holder as they had been originally placed. Then using the posts I managed to salvage back in step 2 and the empty body cavity I covered everything in the bottom half with silicone. Next, I made a line of silicone along the lines of the body and pinched the halves together.
To help hold the body in place long enough to dry, I placed rubber bands in areas of concern i.e. chest, belly and crotch. Fearing and in some cases noticing that this still wasn't enough I finally clamped the body to my table and put a lot of weight on it. If you broke some section of the body, now is a good time to repair it with silicone. Don't worry about bad looking edges, they will get covered up later.
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