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houseof999 said:
Thanks! I really thought it would go bad as I have seen some splotchy dye jobs recently. I'm wondering if that person had just put dye on directly without prepping the bag first with a deglazer. I can't think of any other explanation.
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It looks great. Deglazer is a must when you dye a bag. I think it also helps when you aren't drastically changing colors.
 
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netlawyer said:
Hi Rehabbers! Wanted to share my current project - the Ocelot Haircalf Candace makeover. It isn't a rehab because she was just fine but I wanted to make her perfect for me.

I revealed her a couple of days ago - with her yellow tassels, zipper and tag. She was kind of slouchy and since her base is mahogany and she does't have feet scratches started showing up after carrying her for just a few days. :sad:
So, I am going to add some feet but I need nice ones in silver so that will be part 2.

Part one is her new liner and her new look. I made the liner out of Peltex interfacing and corset boning. It isn't very pretty (none of my purse liners look as good as the ones you can buy but they are lots cheaper and they work!) but it does match her lining and works great to keep her standing tall. I put a strip of balsa wood in the bottom to keep it flat - which will keep her bottom up once she has feet.

The yellow had to go. I don't wear yellow and I am not sure what it is with Coach having to add random colors to bags that would probably be best left alone - but I plan on carrying this bag when I am dressed up. The Madison clutch - which has black leather trim and a small cream colored tag is perfect - sophisticated and subdued. So now Ms Candace is much more sophisticated. I swapped out her tassels for matching mahogany, gave her a silver tag and dyed the zipper to match.

I also touched up the scratches on the bottom and she is ready to go. I'll report back once I do the feet.
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Wow! Impressive work! Very classy looking. She went from "teeny bopper" to sophisticated lady!
 
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netlawyer said:
I don't really use RIT - do you use it in the bottle? Diluted?That might work better on the zipper fabric. A long time ago I tried dying some jeans in my washer with RIT - so I don't have good memories of it.

It is soooo much more my style now. Really for such a nice bag, having the yellow zipper made it look confused - am I sophisticated or trendy?

I am glad we don't have this issue with the haircalf pocket Candace. (However she is probably getting feet too if it works out.)
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Sophistication never goes out of style! You might start a a trend though!:smile:
 
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My rehabs this weekend are my manor bag (take 2 as when I went down to put Blackrocks on it, the poor thing was on the ground and dirty. No one copped to it, but I think it was used as a shield in a Nerf gun fight.) I also found a rambler's legacy at GW yesterday in decent shape with soft leather, but it is flat as a pancake.
 
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