Coach Rehab and Rescue Club

[GoStanford]

Holy shnikee! She's huge once she is post-dunk plumped up and stuffed!! Am so loving the Courier Pouch!

Sassy! Somebody a long time ago in this thread described a bathed plumped up bag as fat and sassy and I love it!!

 

[whateve]

As promised, here is my rehabbed optic Chelsea satchel. In the next post, I'll show the before pics.

 

[Esquared72]

Sassy! Somebody a long time ago in this thread described a bathed plumped up bag as fat and sassy and I love it!!

Love that! Fat and sassy indeed.

 

[Esquared72]

As promised, here is my rehabbed optic Chelsea satchel. In the next post, I'll show the before pics.

Ooh....pretty!!

 

[whateve]

Here are some before pics of the Chelsea optic satchel. The color was worn off the leather parts. I have never seen this on a newer bag.

 

[Porter4]

So...I might have over applied Leather Therapy Oil on the Colebrooke case I am working on. It was very clean, so I only used Lexol cleaner, then applied the Leather Therapy. 5 hours later the appearance is splotchy and uneven in color. Do I need to reclean her or does it just need more time?

 

[katev]

So...I might have over applied Leather Therapy Oil on the Colebrooke case I am working on. It was very clean, so I only used Lexol cleaner, then applied the Leather Therapy. 5 hours later the appearance is splotchy and uneven in color. Do I need to reclean her or does it just need more time?

When I have overdone the Leather Therapy it leaves a residue on the surface. I just let it dry and buff it off.

Sometimes conditioning a bag makes the flaws stand out more - but they usually fade again in a few days to a week.

Can you show us pics of what you mean by splotchy and uneven?

 

[katev]

My NYC Basic Bag is done! Can't find the before pic, but found this at an antique mall for about $18. Cleaned up purty nice!

Beautiful!

 

[gege vintagelvr]

As promised, here is my rehabbed optic Chelsea satchel. In the next post, I'll show the before pics.

She looks wonderful. Like new. Congratulations on another successful rehab.

 

[gege vintagelvr]

My NYC Basic Bag is done! Can't find the before pic, but found this at an antique mall for about $18. Cleaned up purty nice!

Beautiful result. It is wonderful to see these great bags brought back to life once again. And congratulations on the excellently priced find.

 

[Porter4]

Here is my colebrooke case, before all this she didn't have any discoloration or spottiness



She looked better before!

 

[katev]

Here is my colebrooke case, before all this she didn't have any discoloration or spottiness

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She looked better before!

Don't despair, give it a little time. Light-colored bags are notorious for looking worse before they look better while you are rehabbing them. If the color stays uneven after about a week, you could apply blackrocks to help even out the coloration.

 

[Porter4]

Don't despair, give it a little time. Light-colored bags are notorious for looking worse before they look better while you are rehabbing them. If the color stays uneven after about a week, you could apply blackrocks to help even out the coloration.

Ok, thanks for the feedback. I was just pretty surprised since she looked so good before! I will let her soak in her treatment and rest

 

[cavyart]

BT 1996 City bag - Purchased at goodwill for 12.75 (it was 15 but i get an employee discount

Before: Really squashed. Pretty nasty inside esp the back slip pocket as shown here. Also the back had a decent sized very dark greasy dirty looking splotch.

 

[cavyart]

So in the bath she went. Simply put her out to dry, and used LOTS of Leather CPR. I was relieved the dark nasty spot on the back completely dissolved and whatever was all stuck in the slip pocket also released completely.