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Did your Barbie doll's head become disconnected from the neck down? Or maybe the neck snapped and your Barbie no longer has a properly moving neck! This guide will walk you through the steps of putting your Barbie Doll back to what it once was! You will need: The broken Barbie Doll, tweezers, plastic container with hot water, towel, acrylic nail set, glass jar/container, toothpick, and mask/gloves. Move to a well ventilated room and remember to be patient!

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Passo 1 How to Repair a Broken Barbie Doll Neck

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Soak Barbie Head in hot water for 3-5 minutes.

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Passo 2

Remove the Barbie head from hot water and immediately pinch/squeeze the head to widen the neck hole.
With your available hand, use the tweezers/long nose pliers to gently remove the neck joint from inside the head by pulling and carefully wiggling the neck joint side to side.

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Passo 3

Once the neck joint is free, place the ball/round end of the joint into the neck.
The neck joint may look different but it will always have the ball end inside the neck. If there are two ball ends then it will be the larger ball end.

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Passo 4

Put on gloves and a mask then set up acrylic nail set supplies (acrylic liquid, acrylic powder, brush).
Pour a small amount of acrylic liquid into the glass dish.

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Passo 5

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Dip the brush into the acrylic liquid then immediately dip it into the acrylic powder.
Slowly apply the acrylic to the missing section on the neck a little at a time.
Caution: Be sure to work in a well ventilated room
Make sure the acrylic is not runny when applying.
Before it cools, you may use a toothpick to adjust and shape the acrylic to match the curvature of the neck (optional).

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Passo 6

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Let cool for 2-3 minutes then wiggle the neck peg around gently and slightly until it disconnects from the acrylic and moves with ease.
After a couple more minutes, wiggle the neck peg again.

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Passo 7

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Once the acrylic dries, soak the head in hot water again for 3-5 minutes.
Pinch/squeeze the base of the head and gently reapply the Barbie head to the top of the neck peg that is now attached to the neck base.

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