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#20,056
Morgan_Bellini said:
It is disgusting. I have no idea what it is but it's several small brown things squished into the bottom of the pocket. Could be chocolate but they are perfectly mouse poo sized. I'm going to use a germicide, Basic-G, to disinfect it. I hope it doesn't ruin the bag but I bought this bag to experiment on anyway.
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Wear gloves too. Walmart sells an 8 pack of surgical type gloves for $1. I bought some after the willis stained by fingers black. I will never just put my hand into a used bag pocket again after reading this.
 
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katev said:
There is a bundle of 4 Clip Hobo bags listed on Mercari for $66 at the link below (use Google Chrome if you can't see the listing or the pictures)
https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m19094815139/
All 4 bags have their hangtags in the pictures which is great, because they are unusual hangtags.

I think they are part of the Girlie line of bags from 2003. I have the red bag that is included in the bundle and it is made of very soft lamb nappa; you can see my bag at the link below. It has a replacement hangtag with black enamel:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/thanks-to-a-kind-coachie-my-bag-is-now-perfect.737123/

They look like my bag but I am not an authenticator!
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Somebody already bought them for only $58! I hope that somebody here got them!
 
#20,058
Morgan_Bellini said:
Thank you so much for this post! Looks like I'll be ordering some Folex! I just received a BT Manor bag full of ink and it's already stained through the leather to the outside. I knew this bag would be a rehab challenge but I was really hoping for no ink. And it might have mouse turds in the back slip pocket but I'm not getting any closer to it to investigate until it sits in a vinegar soak. Yuck. :sick::yucky::annoyed:
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You are brave! I hope you can get the ink and other surprises (eek!) out! Folex worked on the water based ink, but it probably won't help on ball point or other oil based inks. Others have good advice for that.

ETA: Folex comes in spray bottles and big refill jugs @ HD or Lowes etc. Once you try it, you won't want to be without it if you have carpet.
 
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#20,060
Morgan_Bellini said:
It is disgusting. I have no idea what it is but it's several small brown things squished into the bottom of the pocket. Could be chocolate but they are perfectly mouse poo sized. I'm going to use a germicide, Basic-G, to disinfect it. I hope it doesn't ruin the bag but I bought this bag to experiment on anyway.
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Is Basic-G the one that leaves a residue?
 
#20,063
tealocean said:
You are brave! I hope you can get the ink and other surprises (eek!) out! Folex worked on the water based ink, but it probably won't help on ball point or other oil based inks. Others have good advice for that.

ETA: Folex comes in spray bottles and big refill jugs @ HD or Lowes etc. Once you try it, you won't want to be without it if you have carpet.
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I guess I'll have to spend some more time here on the rehab thread to look for ink suggestions. Darn! :P
 
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tealocean said:
Is Basic-G the one that leaves a residue?
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I don't know, I was not able to find any mention of it in this thread so I'm not sure if anyone has ever used it on a handbag. It's supposedly a better disinfectant than bleach without the bleaching effect so I'm going to try it. I already have it on hand, I use it to clean my parrot cages because it's supposed to be safer than bleach as well. As long as it's thoroughly rinsed it should be fine, so I'll use it before the dunks. I'll report back! I just got a text that my weekend overtime got canceled so now I have time to work on my bags this weekend! Yay!!
 
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Eugooglizer said:
My Crosby bag arrived today after spending 11 days in transit (thanks USPS!), and I can't wait to get started on her. She looks a bit saggy and faded and smells kinda musty right now, but I don't think there's any issues that a good bath and lots of conditioning won't take care of. Someone just came to the door to let us know that there's a water leak down the street and they're turning off the water until possibly midnight, so her bath will have to wait until at least tomorrow.

My order of Obenauf's Leather Oil and Heavy Duty LP also arrived today, along with a horsehair brush, after a much shorter trip thanks to Amazon Prime lol. I'm definitely among the group of people that thinks Obenauf's smells amazing. I'm really into perfumes and perfume oils, and some of my favorites contain honey and/or beeswax as their main notes, so its scent is right up my alley. I have a mahogany Court bag that I've been working on that's had a bath, 2 coats of Apple conditioner, and 2 coats of Blackrock so far. I just applied a coat of Obenauf's LP and really like how it's made the leather look and feel so far. I'm looking forward to trying out the Leather Oil also, and plan to use it in place of the Apple conditioner when I start working on the Crosby.

I tried using the horsehair brush to buff the Court before applying the OLP and managed to make a small scratch on the piping in the process, I think from the edge of the wooden handle. So that experiment wasn't quite as successful lol--obviously I need to be more careful with it in the future.
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I'm super curious about the Crosby amd and can't wait to see how it turns out.

You mentioned perfume oils and I have to ask, are you a bpal fan?
 
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I dunked my dirty Manor this morning and I am astonished at how well it's looking so far. I got most of the ink out and prevented a large spread to the outside of the bag. I cleaned the turd looking things out of the back pocket and disinfected it. I think more imperfections will begin to show as the color lightens while the bag dries but I'm beginning to suspect that this might turn out to be a bag that I'll carry! The flap doesn't show any signs of warping, hopefully it will stay that way.
Here are before and after pics of the interior ink, exterior ink, turdy pocket, and the whole bag drying (the yellow towel is reflecting off of the bag in the lower right corner, that isn't discoloration of the bag iteslf):
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