White dust on Schleich animals? (issue)

I have just bought a seal from a second hand store today and It has some white, dustlike, residue around the eyes and down all the other little 'cracks'. A female elephant, camel foal, and lion also have this problem. Does anyone else have this problem? I am really curious about how to get rid of this stuff. Could someone please tell me how please if anyone knows?  

Hmmm Strange,  

I was at a Walmart one time, and there was A whole lot of White stuff on a few of there figures. Could it be the same I wonder?

Also, I bought a Schleich Dinosaur and it had some white spots on it too that did not appear to be part of the figure, yet they wont come off with a simple washing.

Yes ! I know it ! And it is almost impossible to get off   

But I never saw it on new models ! Schleich should be told. It seems they could have a problem here   

Hello
I believe it's a normal degradation of plastic with Atmosphear. I wash my guys one time per month with soft soap in a bit hot water.

Menphis wrote:

Hello
I believe it's a normal degradation of plastic with Atmosphear. I wash my guys one time per month with soft soap in a bit hot water.

I think not   

My models do not get washed, and usually this does not happen, not even to the very old ones.

An example here :
The dog to the left is much the oldest :
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Oh wow Susanne!   
Did this happen over time or was the dog like this when you purchased it?

I know it sounds desgusting, but could it be some kind of fungus growth?

I once had some action figures stored in a cellar, and a day I took them out in daylight, some of the rubbery material parts of them were covered in something that looks exactly like that Susanne show on the dog.. I threw them out... quite a shame.. bye Agent 47 and Sephiroth...   

  I've never seen this before!    

Yes, that is exactly it! I don't think its degradation of the plastic, as the outermost layer is still intact. I also realized that in my case, only the models made around 2006 or 8 have that stuff on it. None of my really old or really new animals have the dust.I tried to remove it from my seal with a toothpick, and so far that is working, but I need one with a fine tip as the one I'm using now is square. Water seems to do little to make it easier to remove.

I did some Googling and apparently it is the plasticizer coming to the surface.  
Don't know what that means, but it can be fixed with heat.
Apparently if you hold your figures under a bright lamp for 20 to 30 minutes the warmth of the light should remove the frost.
You can also use a blow dryer.

Who is willing to experiment?   

I got him this way from Ebay, thinking it was a colour variation.
At that time I did not know the "Clairet-sickness" which is infectuous, so this dog has been in a box with lots of others for years, and it does not infect, fortunately   

Geospiza fortis : I think you are right. The few I have seen are from that time.
That is also why I am so surprised that it has appeared in a shop with new models   

Bloodrayne wrote:

I did some Googling and apparently it is the plasticizer coming to the surface.  
Don't know what that means, but it can be fixed with heat.
Apparently if you hold your figures under a bright lamp for 20 to 30 minutes the warmth of the light should remove the frost.
You can also use a blow dryer.

Who is willing to experiment?   

I think I will try ! I used to have a squirrel with the same problem. I will try on him, if I can find the little fellow

You'll think, I'm crazy but I use hair spray with my animals. You can use it and tell me about that.

Menphis wrote:

You'll think, I'm crazy but I use hair spray with my animals. You can use it and tell me about that.

Welcome back   

widukind wrote:

Menphis wrote:

You'll think, I'm crazy but I use hair spray with my animals. You can use it and tell me about that.

Welcome back   

Thank youuuu  

I have never had white stuff on my schleich animals. So I don't know what it is.  


Stef

SUSANNE wrote:

I got him this way from Ebay, thinking it was a colour variation.
At that time I did not know the "Clairet-sickness" which is infectuous, so this dog has been in a box with lots of others for years, and it does not infect, fortunately   

Geospiza fortis : I think you are right. The few I have seen are from that time.
That is also why I am so surprised that it has appeared in a shop with new models   

Bloodrayne wrote:

I did some Googling and apparently it is the plasticizer coming to the surface.  
Don't know what that means, but it can be fixed with heat.
Apparently if you hold your figures under a bright lamp for 20 to 30 minutes the warmth of the light should remove the frost.
You can also use a blow dryer.

Who is willing to experiment?   

I think I will try ! I used to have a squirrel with the same problem. I will try on him, if I can find the little fellow

Good luck, to me this is frightening. I've had figures come to me that were played with in a hot tub and the soap scum was never properly washed off, therefore making it extremely hard to get it to come off. But in this case I don't think its the same thing.... Hope this problem can be figured out!   

Didn´t know about this problem... So thank you for opening this topic...