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Body Beautiful! How to clean and finish
our Papier Mache Body Kits.
1. You'll need the Aral Papier Mache
Body Kit for your doll, Body Sealer, Body
Tone, Body Wax, Papier Mache File,
Sand Paper, Compo Brush and MultiWipe
Towel
2. Dip your Papier Mache File
in water and file off the seam
lines on all pieces. Finish off
with a final sand using sand
paper.
3. Use a Compo Brush to
apply 1 - 2 coats of Body
Sealer. Brush the paint out
well to avoid brush marks.
Allow to dry between coats.
4. Using a Compo Brush apply
1 - 2 coats of Body Tone body
paint (No.5 Dark Champagne
Ivory is our most popular).
Brush the paint out well to
avoid brush marks. Allow to
dry between coats.
5. For a beautiful protective
finish, apply 1 or 2 coats of
Body Wax with a Flat Nylon
Brush. Polish off the excess
wax immediatly with a
MultiWipe Towel.
6. String you body with the
stringing kit that comes with the
body.
Top Tip: Stringing
clamps make the job easy!.
7. The finished body.
Papier Mache Bodies are
the most authentic
composition bodies for
your antique reproduction
dolls and lovely for modern
dolls too!