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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!!! :-)

I know the feeling. Not much in my area either.

However, someone here posted this link and after looking through it I found out that there are more thrift stores in my area than I realized! I'll be hitting some new places soon. If you haven't seen it, check it out. Maybe you'll find new stores you didn't know about, too.

http://www.thethriftshopper.com/
 
Thanks Katev! That means a lot - your projects are so much fun to read about and you are so generous with tips and encouraging comments.

I do think that the CPR has done what it can. I want the dry piping to smooth out and camouflage those little worn spots but I have decided I am not going to try acrylic paint. It isn't broken and I think I would rather stick with conditioners.

I have the hang tag and ball chain resting on a shelf. I used Cape Cod polish cloths on all the hardware. That's all I have at home. I will think about getting Wenol at the hardware store but I am ok with the buckles for now.

I just can't believe how a brief bath and dry allowed the shape to come back and got rid of so much lint that was there before. I am slowly making my way through this thread and love it!

Guess what? I was at a garage sale on Saturday, sadly there were no great deals on bags but I found a brand new, still in the package pair of Cape Cod polishing gloves for $3! It's so funny, I had never even heard of CC cloths or gloves before you mentioned them and then I find a pair! I look forward to using it for my next hardware polishing job. Thanks for the info!
 
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I know the feeling. Not much in my area either.

However, someone here posted this link and after looking through it I found out that there are more thrift stores in my area than I realized! I'll be hitting some new places soon. If you haven't seen it, check it out. Maybe you'll find new stores you didn't know about, too.

http://www.thethriftshopper.com/

Thanks for posting!
 
Rambler said:
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.

To be honest I thought about trying this earlier, I uses to take nail polish off by painting over it with a color I hate and wiping it off right away. It takes the old paint off along with it...
I thought "maybe this would work with permanent marker?"
Katev-I have seen people use mr clean magic erasers to clean leather and it works well on dirt but not ink...if you're thinking about trying it NoTE: wet eraser, wring out, wipe over area IN ONE DIRECTION! Very important ;)
The eraser is so harsh so wipe gently... It also crumbles fast so I usually cut it in to little bricks and get a new one as necessary instead of trashing a whole eraser on a little part :)
 
NCBDTeam said:
To be honest I thought about trying this earlier, I uses to take nail polish off by painting over it with a color I hate and wiping it off right away. It takes the old paint off along with it...
I thought "maybe this would work with permanent marker?"
Katev-I have seen people use mr clean magic erasers to clean leather and it works well on dirt but not ink...if you're thinking about trying it NoTE: wet eraser, wring out, wipe over area IN ONE DIRECTION! Very important ;)
The eraser is so harsh so wipe gently... It also crumbles fast so I usually cut it in to little bricks and get a new one as necessary instead of trashing a whole eraser on a little part :)

Ok Warning!! The marker idea does not work hahahahaha I figured, I already have an ink stain so no harm no foul right?....
It doesn't work ladies lmbo!!!
 
To be honest I thought about trying this earlier, I uses to take nail polish off by painting over it with a color I hate and wiping it off right away. It takes the old paint off along with it...
I thought "maybe this would work with permanent marker?"
Katev-I have seen people use mr clean magic erasers to clean leather and it works well on dirt but not ink...if you're thinking about trying it NoTE: wet eraser, wring out, wipe over area IN ONE DIRECTION! Very important ;)
The eraser is so harsh so wipe gently... It also crumbles fast so I usually cut it in to little bricks and get a new one as necessary instead of trashing a whole eraser on a little part :)

Good advice, thanks I didn't know how to use it!
 
Thanks for posting!

Yvw. :smile1:

Does anyone have any information on how to rehab these bags? It's going to be a gift to one of my little nieces if I can fix it up properly. The corners are worn and there look to be a couple of very small melted (?) areas. I'd like to clean the inside too, of course. I'm just not sure what the outside material is so I have no idea how to proceed. Thanks for any advice you can give.
 

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I bought a tube of LeatherCPR this weekend, hoping to recondition a red Hamptons clip hobo. I used a makeup sponge to apply it in a circular motion. However, the color is rubbing off - is this normal? I didn't dare dunk it in case the color bled and this is confirming my suspicions. Any thoughts from more experienced rehabbers? Even after the first coat of LeatherCPR there is still more dirt that I would love to get out. Thanks!
 
I bought a tube of LeatherCPR this weekend, hoping to recondition a red Hamptons clip hobo. I used a makeup sponge to apply it in a circular motion. However, the color is rubbing off - is this normal? I didn't dare dunk it in case the color bled and this is confirming my suspicions. Any thoughts from more experienced rehabbers? Even after the first coat of LeatherCPR there is still more dirt that I would love to get out. Thanks!

I always get a little color release, whether I dunk the bag or just surface clean, it isn't usually a problem. How bad is it, do you notice the color loss, does the bag have a pale spot?

Does the bag have an irridescent sheen to it? That may mean that someone put shoe polish or something on it. When you try and clean a bag that has been coated with shoe polish it will bleed color!

Can you post pictures?
 
Yvw. :smile1:

Does anyone have any information on how to rehab these bags? It's going to be a gift to one of my little nieces if I can fix it up properly. The corners are worn and there look to be a couple of very small melted (?) areas. I'd like to clean the inside too, of course. I'm just not sure what the outside material is so I have no idea how to proceed. Thanks for any advice you can give.

I think it may be vinyl-coated fabric. I haven't had any experience rehabbing a bag like that.

My inclination is to cycle it through the washer inside a tied pillow case, but I have no idea how it would react to that treatment.

You might try surface washing it with a mild soap and water and doing the same to the lining and see how that works.

I have heard that Pledge works well at restoring the shine to vinyl-coated patent leather so it might work for your bag too (spot-test first in an obscure spot.)

Hopefully another TPFers will have better advice for you.

Cute bag, I hope you can fix it up, I am sure your neice will love it!
 
I think it may be vinyl-coated fabric. I haven't had any experience rehabbing a bag like that.

My inclination is to cycle it through the washer inside a tied pillow case, but I have no idea how it would react to that treatment.

You might try surface washing it with a mild soap and water and doing the same to the lining and see how that works.

I have heard that Pledge works well at restoring the shine to vinyl-coated patent leather so it might work for your bag too (spot-test first in an obscure spot.)

Hopefully another TPFers will have better advice for you.

Cute bag, I hope you can fix it up, I am sure your neice will love it!

Thanks! I think I will put it in the wash since I don't think those corners are going to be fixable, anyway.

I found another on Ebay I might try and purchase when/if it's authenticated.
 
Looks like I'll have some after pics of my Pocket Purse to share tomorrow. I'm thrilled with how she's turning out! After finding quite a few dry rot spots on her, I figured she'd be too much for this newbie to take on and I'd have to write her off. So glad I stuck with it! She has some of the thickest and softest leather I've ever felt (she's a pre-'94 US bag).

Just as a teaser...here's how she looked when I brought her home.
 

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I just found an odor remover product that actually works, without replacing the unwanted smell with something sweet. Zorb Odor remover is amazing it gets rid of the bad odor and replaces it with nothing.

I bought a used Carly, that the seller claimed had no smells. I guess that mean none except whatever the seller used to get rid of the previous odor. I used inside on the satin and outside on the leather, and the smells are gone, the leather looks great.

Best of all it costs $1.98 at Lowe's
 
katev said:
Guess what? I was at a garage sale on Saturday, sadly there were no great deals on bags but I found a brand new, still in the package pair of Cape Cod polishing gloves for $3! It's so funny, I had never even heard of CC cloths or gloves before you mentioned them and then I find a pair! I look forward to using it for my next hardware polishing job. Thanks for the info!

Hope they work well. I have only tried the cloths not the gloves. The cloths have been great for silver jewelry and brass hardware. I don't understand how one cloth can do all metals!
 
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