Any way to repair dents in bubbles?

[IMTech]

Does anyone have any tips for repairing the dent in bubbles?

I have a Trilogo Vader that is badly dented so after a few beers at the weekend I had a go with some double-sided sticky tabs.

Before: -



After: -



As you can see from the before and after pictures I had some success and did not damage the seal to the card ââ'¬â€œ the item will never be perfect, but it has made it fairly presentable and avoids the dreaded U grade!

The bottom right corner still has a sizable dint though and I would like to try and pull out, so if anyone has any advice let me know.

..............Now I've just got to figure out how to turn the figures head!

 

[edd_jedi]

nice one mate. i've tried it a few times, even on my tri logo yak which scared the **** out of me :lol:

 

[Dom]

I tried it once with a hair dryer, it just shrink wrapped the figure to the card

 

[IMTech]

Thanks for the advice Dom, the hair dryer was going to be my next attempt - I don't think Vader is ready for vacum packing just yet!

 

[spoons]

Well done, I've tried it a few times with no success

how is the hairdryer method meant to work? Does the heat make the bubble contract?

 

[sith-smith]

Someone told me once that you could literally suck certain dents and dings out of a bubble.

Personally I think they just had some kind of kinky fetish.

But you never know.

 

[TWOFOOT]

The trick on really squashed trilogo bubles is to try and bend the creases the other wayand the dents and dings should just come out.I did it once with a anakin figure whos bubble was really squashed and it looked quite good when i had finished. But you can overbend a trilogo bubble and end up with it cracking. So be carefull.

 

[jayjedi]

dont buy figures with dints in :lol:
sorry

i have popped out 2 with some success

 

[Graham_Marshall]

Someone told me once that you could literally suck certain dents and dings out of a bubble.

Personally I think they just had some kind of kinky fetish.

But you never know.

I tried that and made a few funny noises. My Mom accused me of "getting off with my Star wars dollies"!!

 

[spoons]

The trick on really squashed trilogo bubles is to try and bend the creases the other wayand the dents and dings should just come out.I did it once with a anakin figure whos bubble was really squashed and it looked quite good when i had finished. But you can overbend a trilogo bubble and end up with it cracking. So be carefull.

twofoot, how do you bend the bubble without creasing the card? Or do you use tape or suchlike?

 

[Fitzy]

Someone told me once that you could literally suck certain dents and dings out of a bubble.

Personally I think they just had some kind of kinky fetish.

But you never know.

I tried that and made a few funny noises. My Mom accused me of "getting off with my Star wars dollies"!!

Would one of those little keyboard hoovers do the trick? May give a good seal and a bit of control.

 

[TWOFOOT]

twofoot, how do you bend the bubble without creasing the card? Or do you use tape or suchlike?

Its difficult and should only be done on a card that is completley ****ed because then if you crack the bubble or split the seal etc it doesnt matter.