Restringing a Gotz doll

This is a Gotz doll who has arrived for re-stringing.

Her elastic has lost it's sprung and she is very floppy.

Here is the elastic as it goes into her head.

And here is the elastic as it goes into one of her limbs.

Once you heat the area with a hairdryer to soften the plastic it is easier to extract the bits.
The limb insert looks like this once extracted.

And the head bits look like this.

Here she is deconstructed.
She has new elastic in place ready to attach her head and legs.

All done and hair combed.