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Hello Barb.  

It really shouldn't matter if you heat the limbs laying down horizontally or standing vertically.  However, I always lay my limbs down horizontally on a towel that covers a cookie sheet.  It's really important to make sure the vinyl is not touching the metal rack or the metal surface that may be used to hold the doll parts.  I also try to leave some space between each of the limbs so they don't touch.

I think would be a tight fit for me to bake them upright because I have limited space in my oven.  I would also be afraid the limbs would fall over if I baked them upright.

Hope this helps, and WELCOME to the forum!

I agree with you, Barb.  Those who set this forum up did a great job, but it wouldn't be worth much without the members.  I am always amazed at the friendly, helpful forum members.  When someone needs help, they just jump right in.

About the paint question.  The paint should not smear when you bake by laying the painted vinyl on the towel because the paint will not that wet and smeary.  You put very thin and light layers on the doll.  The very pigmented paint is thinned down with thinner so that the color is sort of a transparent rinse.  The layer that covers almost the entire doll is the flesh color that you use for the first flesh layer.  However, the paint is pounced into the vinyl and so it will end up being fairly dry in appearance. On the off chance that you end up with an area in which you think the paint may smear, you could always lay the limb with a different side down.

I think it will be so much easier to understand once you are doing the actual painting.

I always make sure that I leave the painted parts sit for about 15 minutes so that the thinner evaporates. This gives the limbs a dry appearance. Then I gently set them on the towel on the baking sheet being careful not to scoot or move them once they are on there. That way smearing of the paints is minimal. :)

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