A new thread for renewed RM love including OS bags!

[Antonia]

So I used "magic sponges" from Lovin My Bags. And water. These sponges are slightly abrasive and I only use them on handles. Then the handles were kind of a light orange color, so I had to mix some colors of tarrago shoe cream, applied that, buffed really well (this is important!) and that was that!

AMAZING!!!!!

 

[Shelby33]

AMAZING!!!!!

Thanks!

 

[Shelby33]

Shoe cream? Hmmm...what color of tarrago shoe cream do you think would work on the handles of the paperwhite BW and RBBBW bags?

Let me look at mine tomorrow. Brown is a bit tougher to do. Also sometimes the color isn't quite right, so you need to mix it with a different color. They are about 6.00 each on Amazon and if you buy from Van Rees shipping is free. (Not sure if I spelled their name right.)
If you Google "tarrago shoe cream color chart" and click on images, you can get a good feel for the colors. And what looks like a perfect match on my screen may look different on yours.

 

[sdkitty]

So I used "magic sponges" from Lovin My Bags. And water. These sponges are slightly abrasive and I only use them on handles. Then the handles were kind of a light orange color, so I had to mix some colors of tarrago shoe cream, applied that, buffed really well (this is important!) and that was that!

you could start a business

 

[Antonia]

you could start a business

That's what I think too!! We would all be your loyal customers!!!!

 

[sdkitty]

That's what I think too!! We would all be your loyal customers!!!!

she makes it sound easy but we don't all have the skills and patience @Shelby33 has

 

[Antonia]

she makes it sound easy but we don't all have the skills and patience @Shelby33 has

You're absolutely correct!!

 

[samfalstaff]

Let me look at mine tomorrow. Brown is a bit tougher to do. Also sometimes the color isn't quite right, so you need to mix it with a different color. They are about 6.00 each on Amazon and if you buy from Van Rees shipping is free. (Not sure if I spelled their name right.)
If you Google "tarrago shoe cream color chart" and click on images, you can get a good feel for the colors. And what looks like a perfect match on my screen may look different on yours.

Okay. I'll play around with it. At this point, it's the crappy handles that turn me off of those bags. It looks like tarrago also offers a color repair cream. Have you ever used that?

 

[Shelby33]

she makes it sound easy but we don't all have the skills and patience @Shelby33 has

I could never run a business omg it would be a disaster!!

 

[Shelby33]

Okay. I'll play around with it. At this point, it's the crappy handles that turn me off of those bags. It looks like tarrago also offers a color repair cream. Have you ever used that?

No, and I was not even aware they had that. Will have to look into that, thanks!

 

[sdkitty]

I could never run a business omg it would be a disaster!!

well then you can continue to rehab your bargains and give the rest of us advice

 

[Shelby33]

well then you can continue to rehab your bargains and give the rest of us advice

Happy to!

 

[lightwave]

So I have been working on this new OS MAB. Here are pictures from the listing
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And here after restoring color and handles
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These pictures make it look more red than it is, but I can't photograph the color correctly.

Wow, you did an amazing job on those handles!!! They look brand new, as does the whole bag.

 

[Shelby33]

Wow, you did an amazing job on those handles!!! They look brand new, as does the whole bag.

Thank you!

 

[Shelby33]

SW chocolate MAB silver HW paisley lining