Petite Blythe Tutorial

Petite Blythe after a re-root and new face up.

Petite Blythe Opening

•  Select the petite to be customized.  I selected a petite with a scalp color close to the mohair I would use. 







• Using a screwdriver, I removed the screw in the back of the head.  I pried the head open and removed the body.



• Use an Exacto (x-acto) knife to slice open a little bit of the scalp line. Do NOT push the knife all the way through.  You want to preserve the inner mold/scalp.  
• After making the initial incision with the X-acto, remove the back plate by pulling it away from the scalp.  I use my fingers for prying and pulling.
• Proceed to remove the front plate from the scalp. (This is not necessary but it makes a re root easier.)







• Here she is now without a back plate.

• Showing you more details of what she looks like.  :)

After removing the front plate, I proceed to clean up the scalp line with the x-acto knife.  It will make it easier to place the scalp back.

• Pointing out the inside scalp mold that makes gluing back the head much easier, in my opinion.

• Note that I cut her hair short.

• Proceed to make the bottom of the scalp big enough for a pair of pliers to fit.  It also makes re-rooting easier.

• Now you can see the inside! 

• Make sure you don't cut that little scalp all the way through.

• Proceed to pull hair from the inside using a pair of pliers or tweezers... whatever you have

• All the parts have been separated and cleaned

• Clean scalp

• Eye mechanism

• The chips can come off if you want to swap them

• Getting ready for the re-root.  In this case, I used a Tibetan lambskin.  I got the mohair wet first and only made a few plugs at a time... maybe 3 or 4

• Make knot on the top end of your plug and use the needle threader to pass through the needle.
• Start re-rooting the scalp one plug at a time.  It's very tedious!
• I use the pliers to pull the needle through the scalp

• Keep on going!