Painting doll furniture
 Dear Mattel:      Everything does not need to be pink and purple.    Also, your sculpture/designers do amazing work. It deserves to be seen!     -Love, Ginger         Fear not, plastic can be repainted. I found a wonderful clawfoot bathtub for $1.50 at a thrift store. (My husband says it's called a slipper tub, as in Cinderella's slipper, describing the higher back.) How beautiful it would look in normal colors!          You need:   Barbie furniture   steel wool   spray paint   super glue   protective plastic or newsprint   optional: beads to replace missing knobs   optional: clay or tape    optional: paint thinner     I disassembled the tub just by pulling hard or banging against something hard. (The tube was harder to remove- I wedged a tiny screwdriver from a watch repair kit along the inside to break the hold)       I cleaned the tub and scrubbed it with steel wool. (I think it would have been wise to remove the little painting with paint thinner, but I didn't t...