An unusual rehab project - Coach Solid Perfume Charm - Pics!

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#33
Hi! If your asking me which attachment to use for the hardware I am clueless, I had only bought the dremmel last year to do my dogs nails :) It never entered my mind to actually see what all the other attachments can do.
ahhhh the info paperwork for the dremmel. I wonder what safe area of the house I have that filed away in? :)


katev said:
I was just buffing to minimize minor scratches and bring out the shine. The Dremel has all kinds of scary-looking attachments, which attachment do you suggest for polishing hardware?
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koach said:
Hi! If your asking me which attachment to use for the hardware I am clueless, I had only bought the dremmel last year to do my dogs nails :) It never entered my mind to actually see what all the other attachments can do.
ahhhh the info paperwork for the dremmel. I wonder what safe area of the house I have that filed away in? :)
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My goal for the Dremel was to make the steps involved in polishing hardware a lot easier and more effective. Right now I use Q-tips and soft rags to hand-polish hardware and it can be a long process and I can't always get into the tiny areas that I want to reach!

That's why I selected the felt-tipped attachments, but even though I was trying to remove dirt and tarnish and buff the shine, the felt pads also removed/minimized many of the tiny scratches. I was very gentle on the top of the charm because I was afraid of damaging the red enamel or the raised lettering but I probably could have gotten more of the scratches out if I'd kept going. I'm okay with the way it looks now, though.

I will have to ask dstalksalot for a "Dremel Tutorial," she makes jewelry and uses her Dremel a lot. She also recommended Wenol as the best metal polish and I really like it.

I never thought of using the Dremel on my Bunny's nails, thanks!
 
#39
katev said:
BTW, the product that I used to seal the metal of the reservoir that holds the solid perfume is called Diamond Glaze. I found it at a scrapbooking store and I have used it to seal the hardware on rehab project bags that had verigris. It was originally recommended by a TPFer named Alliemia, see the link below:

http://www.diamondglaze.com/
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a follow up question about diamond glaze .... After time has passed and you've had diamond glaze on your metal hardware, is it still holding up, with no residual effects to the metal, etc? and holding it's own against return verdigris? I am finally wrangling a really old British Tan bag with some verdigris issues, and don't really want to put on the glaze yet til I check back and see how it is working out now that some time has passed. thanks!!
 
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Jessi319 said:
a follow up question about diamond glaze .... After time has passed and you've had diamond glaze on your metal hardware, is it still holding up, with no residual effects to the metal, etc? and holding it's own against return verdigris? I am finally wrangling a really old British Tan bag with some verdigris issues, and don't really want to put on the glaze yet til I check back and see how it is working out now that some time has passed. thanks!!
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So far the green hasn't come back I'm happy to say. You have to dilute it and apply it thinly or it doesn't look great.

dstalksalot creates jewelry and she recommends a similar product called Paper Glaze that she finds at Michaels, see below:
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach/fi...ore-and-after-pics-701843-5.html#post19795714
 
#41
katev said:
So far the green hasn't come back I'm happy to say. You have to dilute it and apply it thinly or it doesn't look great.

dstalksalot creates jewelry and she recommends a similar product called Paper Glaze that she finds at Michaels, see below:
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach/fi...ore-and-after-pics-701843-5.html#post19795714
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Thanks- and yes, it's good to know there's another option. I had a hard time finding the diamond glaze and when I told the lady at the "bead store" what I needed it for, she was baffled LOL, since they use it for some kind of decoupage (sp?) type projects. But I'm gonna give it a go...
 
#42
I can't BELIEVE these are going for $50 bucks on the bay!!! I think I was walking out of the outlets with them by the handfulls years ago. At one point they were $9.99 PLUS it was during Tangers 20% of BCA coupons so I was getting them for like $7.99.

Looks brand new...great rehab!!!
 
#44
bagsALWAYSfit said:
I can't BELIEVE these are going for $50 bucks on the bay!!! I think I was walking out of the outlets with them by the handfulls years ago. At one point they were $9.99 PLUS it was during Tangers 20% of BCA coupons so I was getting them for like $7.99.

Looks brand new...great rehab!!!
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Thanks! I figured that they must have "come and gone" before I became a coachie or I would have bought one. If they were that cheap I probably would have bought a few and given them as gifts!

I'm glad that I found this one and had the fun of fixing it up and refilling it and lately I've discovered that it ccn be very handy, too!

I take the train to and from work and sometimes I find myself trapped in a seat next to someone that smells bad - cigarettes, body odor, or just plain nasty! So I just flip open my perfume charm, dab a little scent under my nostrils and the problem immediately goes away!
 
#45
ArmCandyLuvr said:
Wow! You're amazing! I never would have thought to do that with the refills. I probably would have cleaned it out, and it would have been just a charm.
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Thanks! Refilling it gives it a nice weight and keeps it functional. I thought about just wearing it as a charm but I am glad that I decided to go for the full rehab!
 
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