Thanks for the great tips, ink stains are always a challenge! Please post more often and show us some of your rehab projects!
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Thanks for the great tips, ink stains are always a challenge! Please post more often and show us some of your rehab projects!
Amazing find! I just bought a navy Willis today and I spent $35!!!!
But she was in excellent condition and still had all her parts (and I have given away my black and mahagony Willis bags) so I went for it. I hope she is authentic!
But your bag is the best Willis find ever!
Thanks for all the advice and moral support! I've posted rehab reveal pics of my little Cashin bag at the link below and she came out looking great!
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach/proof-50-yr-old-lady-can-still-beautiful-742282.html#post21501544
I got two of my new projects today. This one http://www.ebay.com/itm/280854593879?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_500wt_1167
is a New York City bag! I am so excited!!
Here are a few pics of my processes:
http://coachbagrehab.blogspot.com/
The ones I am working on today are first, including the NY one!!
is a New York City bag! I am so excited!!
Here are a few pics of my processes:
http://coachbagrehab.blogspot.com/
The ones I am working on today are first, including the NY one!!
Thanks for the tip. I worked very hard on the stained areas but so far they aren't budging. They are more noticeable when it is wet so I will have to wait until it dries to see if I should work on them some more.
The bag came with some of the original paperwork including instructions on "how to clean your Coach bag." It says "the simplest way to do this is with plain soap and water." It suggests using Ivory soap with a terrycloth rag, working up a lather, and then rinsing under running water. Then stuff with newspaper while drying. It doesn't mention using moisturizer. This was probably before they made their own. This is what it says, "After it has dried, the leather may appear to be a little stiff, but as COACH leather is rich in natural emollients, it will soon regain its characteristic suppleness."
Another piece of paper mentions that your bag will gradually take on an over-all burnished look "like a well-worn English saddle" which makes me wonder - do many people think that cleaning it up is a bad thing, like refinishing an antique?
The top of the creed slip pocket has come undone. On my newer bags, this part was sewn, but I don't see any stitches here. Should I glue it? What should I use? I could sew part of it but I wouldn't be able to get the entire thing under the sewing machine foot.
Ya know...I actually found a good deal on ebay. Initially, I just typed it as a google search, and it does come up that way, but I seemed to have found the one on ebay to be the most affordable at the time. I wish I'd have bought two
If you have been bitten by the rehab bug like me, you will love this stuff.. since the most affordable old bags are the ones that "seem" all banged up beyond hope....little do the sellers / thrift shops know what is hidden under all those scrapes and scuffs!!
I know and I'm not about to point it out to them.....I don't want them raising their prices any more than they already are!!! I went to my local goodwill just now and they are selling a station bag for $29.99, I was like I don't think so. Im still going to ravish in my find from yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh and thanks for the tip, I just ordered a jar of blackrocks off of ebay. it was $9.75 after everything. I hope I can get it to work for my bags. I remember the biggest tip is to use it sparingly and wipe with clean dry cloth in small areas. any other tips you have???Ya know...I actually found a good deal on ebay. Initially, I just typed it as a google search, and it does come up that way, but I seemed to have found the one on ebay to be the most affordable at the time. I wish I'd have bought two
If you have been bitten by the rehab bug like me, you will love this stuff.. since the most affordable old bags are the ones that "seem" all banged up beyond hope....little do the sellers / thrift shops know what is hidden under all those scrapes and scuffs!!
That navy willis bag that I bought today at savers was marked $50! But I got it for $35 because I had a coupon.
Even though it's a rare color and the bag is in pretty good shape, I think that's a lot of money for an old, used bag that might turn out to be a fake! Besides that she reeks of cigarette smoke, I hope a long soak in the bath will fix that!
Ohhh Im sure the Navy one is pretty, I love blue!!Amazing find! I just bought a navy Willis today and I spent $35!!!!
But she was in excellent condition and still had all her parts (and I have given away my black and mahagony Willis bags) so I went for it. I hope she is authentic!
But your bag is the best Willis find ever!
So Kate, how many of your vintage bags do you use yourself and do you use them often?? I notice you tend to give a lot of your rehabs as gifts to your friends and thats very special and thoughtful of you!
How many vintage finds do you have anyway?? You should totally have a vintage fashion show and show us ALL of your great thrift finds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this would be awesome
Ohhh Im sure the Navy one is pretty, I love blue!!
So Kate, how many of your vintage bags do you use yourself and do you use them often?? I notice you tend to give a lot of your rehabs as gifts to your friends and thats very special and thoughtful of you!
How many vintage finds do you have anyway?? You should totally have a vintage fashion show and show us ALL of your great thrift finds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this would be awesome
I haven't counted (I'm afraid to, and I have a lot more sitting waiting for attention!) I have given quite a few away and I do use them, although I use some more than others. My black stewardess bag is a frequent favorite.
I am eventually going to have to break down and start selling them because they are piling up!
I was surprised others found it hard to work with....it just "felt good" to me right away..not sure why. I initially only applied it to the most banged up bags --after a few coats of Leather CPR. (previously bathed bags). I literally just moisten the tips of my fingers with a small bit of it, and worked it into a section a few square inches at a time, and it just glides on for me. I imagine having it at room temp or even warmer wouldn't hurt. It will need to sit after you apply it for a bit. You might even think your bag feels "sticky"/tacky...but just walk away a few hours (or for me, overnight 'cuz I can't seem to stop playing with it otherwise.) Then, I took a soft piece of cotton cloth and buff it. It was amazing on my old flight bag rehab. You can do more than one coat if you stretch out the applications over time.
That's funny ...!! (again, I relate) I finally just sat down one night, and pulled out my box of vintage bags, to see WHAT I have, and decided to write their creed #'s and research their names...etc...the whole works! I had ..(no joke).... the FRONT AND BACK of a yellow legal pad filled out top to bottom. And, I've bought more SINCE THEN!! YIKES..but I have sold about 6 or so in the last few weeks.
I have a couple of NYC era bags doing the same thing. I probably will end up using a leather safe glue since it's in an out of the way spot and seems like it will be easy to do.
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