You wanted it, you saved for it, you bought it, and now you have to take care of it. Buying something when you have money is easy, but keeping them is the hard part. It takes a lot of patience and perseverance just to let somebody or something stay for a long time. Although it is a fact that things do come and go, but what matter most is how you took care of that thing. Things get broken and you thought you did something wrong, although that’s just how life is, or you really did something wrong.

Things do happen unexpectedly because you did something wrong or the thing just does not have enough life span left. The thing that you could only do is to prevent it from getting destroyed at a shorter period of time and prolong its life. But because there are a lot of information with regards to do’s and don’ts, you sometimes doubt the information you gathered and so you do nothing instead or you are about to do all kinds of stuff which might damage the thing you wanted to take care.

Taking care of something is knowing first what it is made of. Ball Jointed Dolls in their origin, are initially modeled in clay, commonly polymer clay. The hardened clay body parts are used to form molds for multiple parts to be cast in synthetic polyurethane resin. Cured resin has a hard, smooth, porcelain-like feel, but is less brittle. Unlike porcelain however, polyurethane tends to turn yellow and decay over time depending on exposure to UV light and heat.

So, how do you take care of your BJDs? Below are list of the basic care and proper handling tips to take care of your doll.