Coach Rehab and Rescue Club
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she's looking good. You guys have so much more patience than I do!!! But this bag is so cool, so what do you have to lose!!!
Welcome back, we've missed you! The Cashin bag looks great, the ink lines have faded quite a bit.
This is my first stewardess bag. She's an NYC model, and came to me quite dirty. So I washed her in my machine, safely secured in a pillow slip, and pre treated with laundry stain remover. The after pictures here are before conditioning. I just used a leather conditioner when she was dry and the colur stayed much the same as before. I like it, she's kind of blond!
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Thanks! I've been a bit busy and away from the computer lately - plus my bag collection is over flowing!
Welcome back, we've missed you! The Cashin bag looks great, the ink lines have faded quite a bit.
Thanks, and that's exactly what I thought. I found the tip about dry cleaning fluid in a book full of cleaning hints, and I guess I always had the redye option in the back of my mind too.
NO more hand washing for me - straight into the wash with the towels! Although I washed a non Coach (but well respected Aussie brand name) bag last weekend, and it near fell apart. Not impressed! It was given to me though, so no major loss
Your bags look great! I think that the stewardess may be a camel color (or putty?)
I have sent quite a few bags through the washer myself and they usually come out just fine (and much cleaner!)
I have some 100% pure emu oil but I haven't tried it yet. How is it and does it darken the bags? Any tips for working with emu oil?
Emu oil is good to work with. I have found it is best to apply thin coats, let them sink in and then buff off any excess or it dries to a white residue. I've been working on one coat a day, with the excess buffed off within a couple of hours of applying it and then letting it rest for a day before the next coat. The residue can take a day or so to appear and is mainly around the stitching or places where the oil can 'pool'. I do tend to be a bit heavy handed though.
It hasn't darkened any of my bags, but does make them very soft and supple.
It hasn't darkened any of my bags, but does make them very soft and supple.
Hello, everyone! Thank you for all of the wonderful advice; I certainly would not have made it this far into the rehabilitation process without all of your help! With that said, My purse just about dried completely today, by the time I returned home from work, and I was ecstatic! I just finished conditioning it for the first time with Leather CPR about an hour ago. The color of the leather after drying and after the Leather CPR are, basically, identical to the purse's original color.
I have pictures of the purse in natural sunlight, taken before the bath, and pictures of the purse taken a short while ago after the first application of Leather CPR. I am definitely seeing improvements! As for the pesky, mysterious mark on the back of the purse, I noticed it looks less severe than it did before, and my hope is that the Blackrock will help deliver some wonderful results.
Please excuse the picture heaviness of this post!
Before the bath:
The bath:
After the first application of Leather CPR (excuse the darkness; I couldn't really capture the leather's natural color in artificial light):
We love pix! She looks great! Can't wait to see if BlackRocks makes a difference. It usually does, sometimes it's temporary but it still usually ends up better overall than before.
I just packed away (well put in dustbags on the shelf) my two green finds, the Anderson and the Willis. It made me a little sad but I'm looking forward to bringing them back out in a few months.
aww! She looks Fab!
This poor bag has got to be wondering what she ever did to deserve all this torture! First Neko's treatments, then flown halfway across the world, and then YOU! LOL-I'm impressed, love this one!
Thank you!!! I'm probably going to apply another layer of conditioner tonight and see how she looks in the morning. I'm excited to receive the Blackrock, I think it'll help!
I still think the machine is gentler to a really dirty bag in the long run than a lot of scrubbing. If it just needs a reshape and a rinse I'll dunk in the sink, but for the really dirty ones I try the washer.
I love the Stewardess! It's a great color. I have only used my Red Stewardess a bit but can't wait to drag her out a bit more soonish.
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