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katev said:
Well, I started some new rehab projects today and they each present different challenges. But first an update on my smoke stinky navy willis! She is much better but still has a little odor! I bought 2 large mesh bags of charcoal fish tank filters from the pet store the other day and put them inside the biggest compartments in the bag and then sealed it up in 2 plastic bags and put it away for awhile to see if that helps. I haven't even thought about starting on my stinky green laurel yet!

I bought 2 of my current rehab projects at a garage sale for a total of $5 for both and Hyacinth has authenticated them as genuine, made in the USA, near-vintage bags. The authentication pics are at the links below.

The first is a periwinkle Casey bag. She is in good structural shape but the inside is a beautiful blue color and the outside is a dirty gray color. I am hoping that she is just really dirty and that I will be able to restore that gorgeous color. I also have to call Coach and ask for a gold hangtag to replace the missing tag.

Periwinkle Casey Bag, style 9923, USA from around 1993:
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-shopping/authenticate-this-coach-763164-8.html#post22428319

The second garage sale bargain bag is a black Janice's Legacy. She is very dry, worn, scuffed, faded and generally "badly beaten up" but she is my first Janice's bag - and for $2.50, why not try to fix her up?! The AT pics are below.

Black Janice’s Legacy 9950 (USA, 1996)
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-shopping/authenticate-this-coach-763164-8.html#post22428292

The last bag is also a US made vintage bag and I am rehabbing it for a friend. It is a black Collegiate bag and she bought it in 1989 and she has been carrying it almost exclusively ever since! The bags looks great, which proves that there is no need to abuse a much-used bag, the way many of our rehab projects have been treated!

I thought that this was going to be an easy rehab but when I started working on her I realized that all the hardware has verdigris! I pryed off both parts of the turnlock before bathing her and that ugly green color was everywhere, yuck! So forget about an easy rehab!

I knew that this bag was genuine but I posted the pics at the link below in the ID thead and Hyacinth kindly gave me a lot of information about her.

Collegiate Bag, style 9815, from around 1989. Listed then for around $126:
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach/id-coach-item-post-any-coach-item-name-355205-327.html#post22509497

They have all been bathed and are stuffed and drying right now. We will have to see what adventures they will each offer in the future!

Wow katev, you have some gorgeous bags! I love the before and after pictures of all your bags. What a difference!!!

I have gotten a couple from eBay to rehab, but they were all in pretty good condition so other than dunking them to clean and reshape them, not much had to be done. Of course I didn't get the fantastic price I've seen some pay either! While on vacation, I got my husband to stop at every place we passed to look for vintage bags across three states! Guess I hit all the wrong places, someone beat me to them or people kept their vintage Coach bags because I didn't find a single one! :-( Guess I will have to settle for watching you and the other ladies here rehab all these beautiful bags!!! :-)
 
katev said:
Well, I started some new rehab projects today and they each present different challenges. But first an update on my smoke stinky navy willis! She is much better but still has a little odor! I bought 2 large mesh bags of charcoal fish tank filters from the pet store the other day and put them inside the biggest compartments in the bag and then sealed it up in 2 plastic bags and put it away for awhile to see if that helps. I haven't even thought about starting on my stinky green laurel yet!

I bought 2 of my current rehab projects at a garage sale for a total of $5 for both and Hyacinth has authenticated them as genuine, made in the USA, near-vintage bags. The authentication pics are at the links below.

The first is a periwinkle Casey bag. She is in good structural shape but the inside is a beautiful blue color and the outside is a dirty gray color. I am hoping that she is just really dirty and that I will be able to restore that gorgeous color. I also have to call Coach and ask for a gold hangtag to replace the missing tag.

Periwinkle Casey Bag, style 9923, USA from around 1993:
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-shopping/authenticate-this-coach-763164-8.html#post22428319

The second garage sale bargain bag is a black Janice's Legacy. She is very dry, worn, scuffed, faded and generally "badly beaten up" but she is my first Janice's bag - and for $2.50, why not try to fix her up?! The AT pics are below.

Black Janice’s Legacy 9950 (USA, 1996)
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-shopping/authenticate-this-coach-763164-8.html#post22428292

The last bag is also a US made vintage bag and I am rehabbing it for a friend. It is a black Collegiate bag and she bought it in 1989 and she has been carrying it almost exclusively ever since! The bags looks great, which proves that there is no need to abuse a much-used bag, the way many of our rehab projects have been treated!

I thought that this was going to be an easy rehab but when I started working on her I realized that all the hardware has verdigris! I pryed off both parts of the turnlock before bathing her and that ugly green color was everywhere, yuck! So forget about an easy rehab!

I knew that this bag was genuine but I posted the pics at the link below in the ID thead and Hyacinth kindly gave me a lot of information about her.

Collegiate Bag, style 9815, from around 1989. Listed then for around $126:
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach/id-coach-item-post-any-coach-item-name-355205-327.html#post22509497

They have all been bathed and are stuffed and drying right now. We will have to see what adventures they will each offer in the future!

I love that Casey...so cute! I hope you're right and that gorgeous blue comes back to the outside as well. If anyone can bring it out of her, it's you! Can't wait to see the progress of all three! :)
 
An update...I decided to take the plunge and dunk my Bonnie Cashin for Meyers bag to both clean and reshape her...many thanks to Ledobe for helping to boost my courage in doing so!

Here are some pics. So far, she's quite the trooper! And...look who's standing up all by herself? She's currently letting a coat of Leather Therapy sink in. No cracking at all and the leather already feels supple and 'thicker' than it did pre-dunk. So glad I decided to give it a try!

I took a pic of the wrinkling on the back. I think she may have had some water damage or something in the past that caused the wrinkling in this one area as the suede inside at the same spot was affected too - the nap is longer and shaggier. I got some pure, refined emu oil, so will be trying that to see if it helps.

For those that have used emu oil...do you apply with your hands?

What a beauty, glad you went for the bath! My theory about that type of wrinkling is that it forms as the leather dries out - sort of a precursor to the cracks and wrinkles of dry rot. So be sure and keep her from drying too quickly!

The Janice's legacy that I am working on has some wrinkled areas so I gave her some emu oil after she had been drying for just a few hours and was still pretty wet.

Good luck!
 
katev said:
Well, I started some new rehab projects today and they each present different challenges. But first an update on my smoke stinky navy willis! She is much better but still has a little odor! I bought 2 large mesh bags of charcoal fish tank filters from the pet store the other day and put them inside the biggest compartments in the bag and then sealed it up in 2 plastic bags and put it away for awhile to see if that helps. I haven't even thought about starting on my stinky green laurel yet!

I bought 2 of my current rehab projects at a garage sale for a total of $5 for both and Hyacinth has authenticated them as genuine, made in the USA, near-vintage bags. The authentication pics are at the links below.

The first is a periwinkle Casey bag. She is in good structural shape but the inside is a beautiful blue color and the outside is a dirty gray color. I am hoping that she is just really dirty and that I will be able to restore that gorgeous color. I also have to call Coach and ask for a gold hangtag to replace the missing tag.

Periwinkle Casey Bag, style 9923, USA from around 1993:
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-shopping/authenticate-this-coach-763164-8.html#post22428319

The second garage sale bargain bag is a black Janice's Legacy. She is very dry, worn, scuffed, faded and generally "badly beaten up" but she is my first Janice's bag - and for $2.50, why not try to fix her up?! The AT pics are below.

Black Janice’s Legacy 9950 (USA, 1996)
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-shopping/authenticate-this-coach-763164-8.html#post22428292

The last bag is also a US made vintage bag and I am rehabbing it for a friend. It is a black Collegiate bag and she bought it in 1989 and she has been carrying it almost exclusively ever since! The bags looks great, which proves that there is no need to abuse a much-used bag, the way many of our rehab projects have been treated!

I thought that this was going to be an easy rehab but when I started working on her I realized that all the hardware has verdigris! I pryed off both parts of the turnlock before bathing her and that ugly green color was everywhere, yuck! So forget about an easy rehab!

I knew that this bag was genuine but I posted the pics at the link below in the ID thead and Hyacinth kindly gave me a lot of information about her.

Collegiate Bag, style 9815, from around 1989. Listed then for around $126:
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach/id-coach-item-post-any-coach-item-name-355205-327.html#post22509497

They have all been bathed and are stuffed and drying right now. We will have to see what adventures they will each offer in the future!

I LOVE that Casey bag, what a great color (inside lol) can't wait to see pics!
 
Wow katev, you have some gorgeous bags! I love the before and after pictures of all your bags. What a difference!!!

I have gotten a couple from eBay to rehab, but they were all in pretty good condition so other than dunking them to clean and reshape them, not much had to be done. Of course I didn't get the fantastic price I've seen some pay either! While on vacation, I got my husband to stop at every place we passed to look for vintage bags across three states! Guess I hit all the wrong places, someone beat me to them or people kept their vintage Coach bags because I didn't find a single one! :-( Guess I will have to settle for watching you and the other ladies here rehab all these beautiful bags!!! :-)

Thanks! Hey, it is garage sale season so be sure and check them out, you might get lucky!

Recently I have found several genuine vintage coach items at garage sales, including a Legacy zip for $8, a Sonoma zip wallet for $3, and my 2 current projects for $2.50 a piece - not too shabby!
 
I love that Casey...so cute! I hope you're right and that gorgeous blue comes back to the outside as well. If anyone can bring it out of her, it's you! Can't wait to see the progress of all three! :)

Aww thanks! I will be watching her carefully as she dries to see her true colors.
 
katev said:
What a beauty, glad you went for the bath! My theory about that type of wrinkling is that it forms as the leather dries out - sort of a precursor to the cracks and wrinkles of dry rot. So be sure and keep her from drying too quickly!

The Janice's legacy that I am working on has some wrinkled areas so I gave her some emu oil after she had been drying for just a few hours and was still pretty wet.

Good luck!

That's what I was afraid might be the case! I actually dunked her Friday afternoon and she's still pretty damp, so hopefully it's not drying too fast!

Question...is there a way to moisturize the inside? It's actually pretty rough on the inside back of the bag, and I'm afraid that section may be drying too quickly (I'm more worried about the inside than the wrinkles on the outside). Is there a moisturizer/conditioner I can use on the inside to try and keep that section from getting too dried out?
 
NCBDTeam said:
Hey There my lovely Rehabbers!! It's been too long since I have been on here! But I have a big big problem :( my husband found me this adorable Willis bag at the GW yesterday for $15

it's in excellent shape except its smooshed, there is a bad pen mark on the front and the dang GW wrote $15 on the inside pocket...IN permanent marker!!! :( so, when I tried to spot clean with water this is what happened...

I was going to bathe her anyway to give her a "lift" but not I'm wondering, what do I do about the "15"? :(
Any suggestions? On that and the pen on the front?

Alrighty...hours of soaking and scrubbing later I have the willis stuffed and drying
No luck on the ink yet :(
Soak, hairspray, or alcohol worked on that sucker, think she is just too light
I think it may have faded but not much


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Alrighty...hours of soaking and scrubbing later I have the willis stuffed and drying
No luck on the ink yet :(
Soak, hairspray, or alcohol worked on that sucker, think she is just too light
I think it may have faded but not much


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Wow, she is looking a whole lot better, too bad about the ink mark - any luck with the $15 mark inside?

If it was my bag, after it dries I would try to touch it up with acrylic paint. I would take the hangtag or the bag to the hobby or fabric store and find a close match, and be prepared to buy a few colors and experient with mixing. The small bottles of paint are usually around a dollar each.

I would mix the paint with conditioner, like leather cpr or apple, and use my finger to gently rub it in. It might take several thin applications and it might not cover the mark completely but it may make it less obvious.

If it doesn't look good you can wash the paint off with water, but don't let it sit 24 hours because that makes it more difficult to remove.

Keep us posted on your progress. Does the bag have the strap and handtag?
 
That's what I was afraid might be the case! I actually dunked her Friday afternoon and she's still pretty damp, so hopefully it's not drying too fast!

Question...is there a way to moisturize the inside? It's actually pretty rough on the inside back of the bag, and I'm afraid that section may be drying too quickly (I'm more worried about the inside than the wrinkles on the outside). Is there a moisturizer/conditioner I can use on the inside to try and keep that section from getting too dried out?

Your bag is unlined, correct?

When I rehabbed my red Bonnie Cashin for Meyers bag I also gave it at least one application of Leather Therapy Oil on the inside. I wanted to keep it from drying too fast and also to prevent the mildew from coming back. The bag stunk of mildew when I got it! DemRam had to discard a BC Meyers bag because it dried too fast and cracked!

My bag absorbed the oil and I didn't have any problems. But the Leather Therapy Oil has a distinctive odor. It's kind of wholesome and I don't mind it. It fades with time but may linger for quite awhile.

If you don't care for the odor you may not want to try putting it on the inside of the bag. Emu oil is odorless so that might be another choice?

When I have a bag with wrinkles I tend to overstuff the bag for drying to try and straighten out the wrinkles a bit.
 
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Thanks! It is unlined. I have both the Leather Therapy and the emu oil, so will give one of those a try on the inside. I did stuff her up quite a bit at first, and it did help the wrinkles a little - I have a feeling I'll have to get used to them being there in some capacity. At least they are on the back. The front is pristine and gorgeous.
 
katev said:
Wow, she is looking a whole lot better, too bad about the ink mark - any luck with the $15 mark inside?

If it was my bag, after it dries I would try to touch it up with acrylic paint. I would take the hangtag or the bag to the hobby or fabric store and find a close match, and be prepared to buy a few colors and experient with mixing. The small bottles of paint are usually around a dollar each.

I would mix the paint with conditioner, like leather cpr or apple, and use my finger to gently rub it in. It might take several thin applications and it might not cover the mark completely but it may make it less obvious.

If it doesn't look good you can wash the paint off with water, but don't let it sit 24 hours because that makes it more difficult to remove.

Keep us posted on your progress. Does the bag have the strap and handtag?

Oh thanks Katev! It does still have the strap and handbag, I just took them off to dunk her
Cause they are in great shape.
I may try the paint. I couldn't tell if the "15" faded cause the bag was So So wet, I'll post a pic when I swap out the wet towel for a dry one :-)
I'm so sad about the ink! I think I can get it to lighten a bit more with some Apple Care Leather Cleaner. I'll work at it while it's still damp (in the past this has helped)
I think a last last resort is going to be to go darker but I'm keeping my hopes on NOT having to go there :D
 
Oh thanks Katev! It does still have the strap and handbag, I just took them off to dunk her
Cause they are in great shape.
I may try the paint. I couldn't tell if the "15" faded cause the bag was So So wet, I'll post a pic when I swap out the wet towel for a dry one :-)
I'm so sad about the ink! I think I can get it to lighten a bit more with some Apple Care Leather Cleaner. I'll work at it while it's still damp (in the past this has helped)
I think a last last resort is going to be to go darker but I'm keeping my hopes on NOT having to go there :D

This probably is of no help to bags, but you can take sharpie off of lego bricks by going over the mark with a dry erase marker and then wiping the lego with paper towel.

I have never tried that, but I have heard of using a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser to remove marks. I just bought one recently but I haven't tried it yet.
 
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