Thanks to everyone for the kind words. I just posted this to warn others not to assume the timer will work. The funny thing is I’m usually an overly cautious person. I sat close to oven for the first few bakes. I’ve never left the house before with anything cooking. The one time I do… it could have been worse, but I don’t want it to happen to others.
@shandeni I got mine last month. I tried again this morning without parts and it seemed ok once. Tried again and the timer stopped moving before the oven was off and never rang but the oven did turn itself off. I’m glad yours fixed itself. Very odd.
@melcurll I used to use a heat gun for everything too but I started having issues with the painted hair not setting.
@ludmila Glad you were able to salvage the parts. I might have been able to stuff and reheat the legs to restore the shape (the legs sagged a lot) but the white towel they were on left nubby indents in the vinyl.
Well, I would like to know how these evil little machines “know” that you aren’t watching. It’s like they have a mind of their own and wait for you to trust them, then BLAMO, they melt your babies! I’m thinking “I, Robot” here.
I doubt they would improve because of how they are shaped. And the limbs are beyond glossy. Like patent leather. The legs collapsed and sort of twisted.
That would indicate that you bake too hot to start with. The time my oven did not switch off it was hours and the doll was fine. i cannot remember which kit it was, but I have posted about it here on this forum. Here is the link
That’s odd. I bought an oven thermometer to check the temp in my oven before use and it was running too hot so I adjusted the temp until I found the right one. I never have melting or dents or shiny vinyl when I bake the right time.
Of-course, different kits are made out of different vinyls and so some might take more baking than others. I was just stunned that the doll was OK after couple of hours.
Oh no … . so sorry to hear this ! I am just glad you didn’t burn your home down ! I had a similar occurance , but with a regular oven . I was baking a baby , when my hubby came in and decided to turn the oven to broil to make his lunch !!! LOL! Go figure . . . He was un aware that I was reborning , and I had a set of twins in the oven at the time !! When I came up to the kitchen , I saw smoke pouring out of the oven !!! I opened the door and saw one huge puddle of vinyl !!! EEEELKKKK !! Yes , I cried !!! LOL! He felt so bad , but at that point I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry !! I guess it happens to all of us !! I hope you can get your baby together in time for your mom’s Birthday !!
Oh my… your hubby (and you) must have felt awful. I’m sorry that happened to you. He must have been distracted to not notice the oven was already on. Happens to almost everyone at some point to make a mistake with the stove if you cook enough.
I once turned the burner on under a pot to get it boiling and went to the washroom. My rice cooker was also on the stove because I have very little counter space. I was still getting used to a new stove at the time and the buttons on the left were inversed from the buttons on the right, so I accidentally opened the backburner where the cooker was instead of the front. My kid was little and was pointing into the kitchen from the dining room as I came out of the washroom, yelling “Fire!” The rice cooker had caught fire. Thank goodness I always keep lots of baking soda on hand in case of kitchen fires. I’ve rarely used it (knock wood) but that time it really saved my kitchen from serious damaged. It was quite the mess to clean up. The plastic had melted all over the stove. Thank God I had always taught my kid about the danger of fire and telling an adult immediately in case of danger. I don’t think I could handle it if anything ever happened to my little sweetheart.
My husband who is not the emotional type, felt badly when he saw how the limbs had warped and knew it was for mom’s birthday. He actually said how sorry he was that the doll melted 3 or 4 times and he hadn’t touched the oven. He just felt badly for me.
Good news: He exchanged my oven last night for a new one at Walmart. They have a 90 day return policy and I had bought it 5 weeks ago. He drove a good 25-30 minutes one way to get it last night while I got the kid to bed. My hero! I’m going to replace the limbs with others from another kit. Off to reborn now…
We’ve been together 28 years, since we were 18. He’s a good guy.
He’s a man, though, as sexist as that sounds. I was peeved this morning when he told me at the moment he wanted to leave that he would have liked our son, whom he drives to school before work, to have been ready 15 minutes earlier than usual. Could have told me the night before, no? Especially since I have to do physical therapy with our son every morning and evening at home. It was impossible. He was ready at his regular time but now he wants him ready 15 minutes earlier every day. And last night at 3AM our son had a nose bleed. Thank goodness I was up at that moment. Took a good 15 minutes to stop the bleeding and the night before the school had an event so he was in bed later than usual. It was not the time to tell me, "Is he ready?"
Sorry I took everyone on a tangent there.
Back to our regularly scheduled reborning.
He’s 11. It’s not the first time, either. He is ok but I think the nasal spray we had to use for his asthma and allergies for a while thinned his mucosal membranes because it was after using it that he started bleeding. He is not on it right now but I think it had something to do with it as it can be a side effect (cortisone sprays). I’m glad we were able to wean him off it and am praying he will be ok this allergy season.
Yeah, it makes me sad to see him struggle with the health issues he has. I try my best to help him through it and make sure he gets the help he needs. Nothing life threatening, but quite a few unusual things that need to be followed up on or treated. I’m a bit disabled myself (walking is limited, need a cane) so it makes it more of a challenge. But lots of folks have it worse, and I’m grateful to have him in my life. So, so grateful.
my kids used flonase for allergies and it gave them horrible nose bleeds we stopped using it and they where put on clariden (spelling isn’t right sorry) instead
He was on Flonase and Aerius (similar to Claritin) plus Atrovent to control the asthma andVentolin for attacks and it wasn’t enough. Had to change the Flonase to Mylan-Budesonide which was not even recommended for kids which finally worked to control the asthma. He is off all of it now, thank God.
I’m going to replace the limbs with others from another kit. Off to reborn now…
