Whenever the rehabs get too challenging the best thing to do is buy more bags! I'm down to the lost causes now but I'm not ready to give up on them. I don't think I've ever gotten a bag covered with shoe polish. Now that I've said that, the next one probably will be!I didn't realize she had shoepolish until she had been soaking awhile..at that point the only thing to do is throw them in the washing machine with towels(my poor rehab towels)..the towels absorb the polish, but its really a pita..and a waste of water!! 3-4 cycles!!..then more scrubbing..then more rinsing! I have rehabbed 2 black duffle sacs with black polish in this past couple weeks...yuck! the bags didnt appear to have been polished..It must be OLD polish..then there is the fun task of using a toothpick to clean out the verdigris PLUS shoe polish from under the brass grommet holes..Holey Moley..Fortunately,I've been rewatching/listening to TREME &THE SOPRANOS & other great HBO shows on my 30 day Trial Amazon Prime while rehabbing ~wuffing &picking..and cursing..My goal is to get these bags done during my yearly amazon binge!! It keeps me going!!! But then I went & bought a few more bags , so I'm not getting to the bottom of the pile too quickly...I know you understand this...!
I've been relatively good lately! On ebay, I bought 3 bags in September and only one in October. It's become too much of a chore figuring out which bag to carry since there are way too many choices! The bag I just got is one I've been obsessed with ever since I saw it on the Wayback. It has that delicious Coach smell.
