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TEETH!? Omg I thought it was popcorn
Yeah, I’m going with popcorn. I need to unsee that. I’m going to go surf eBay for a while.
Hello! I've been reading through this forum for a while and got inspired to try to rehab a couple bags of my own. I have this simple bag which is in great shape. It's very clean inside and out-looks almost unused. I'm thinking it doesn't need a bath, but I do want to try to reshape it. Will warm towels do the trick? Do the towels need to be dry or damp? Is one round enough, or do I need to do a couple rounds? How long do you typically leave them in? I think the spotting on the front will be taken care of with Leather CPR. Thanks in advance for the help!
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I don't have a lot of experience painting bags, but I do have experience color matching. I usually start with the color that seems to be the closest match, and it doesn't even need to be super close, but the closer it is, the less tweaking you will have to do.
Since its British tan, you might need to add yellow or orange (or maybe a tiny bit red) to your starting color and white or yellow if you need to lighten/brighten it up. If it ends up too vibrant, like the brown is too clear of brown, more of a crayola color (if that makes any sense) try a little black which will tone it down and grey it a little, or a tiny bit blue if its too orange (or purple if its too yellow), which will also bring down the color intensity but without greying it. Whenever I add a color opposite on the color wheel, like adding a red to a green for example, to get a green closer to a green on a leaf, it will look gross like you have messed up, but just keep mixing and comparing to the color you are trying to match.
Our eyes are weird, when it comes to color, and it takes a little trial and error to get there. Try to take your brain out of it and just keep comparing the colors of the bag and paint, and asking if the color of the bag is yellower, oranger, etc. compared to paint you have mixed. The hardest part for me is being patient.
If you post a pic of the bag with the paints I could try to give more specific suggestions color-wise, at least as much as I can over the inter webs.
Hope that helps!
Oops forgot to mention, try to do this in as natural light as possible. The color of indoor lighting will skew it, so it may look like a good match until you go outside.
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I would probably dunk the bag. It will plump up the leather, help it absorb the conditioners better, and probably even out the color. It will also allow you to do a much better job of reshaping it than you could do with just warm towels.
You could try the warm towels and CPR first, and dunk later if you decide to.
The towels can be dry or very slightly damp. Stuff lightly with the warm towels (for this bag, you'll probably only need one good-sized hand towel.) Apply conditioner to the outside of the bag, including the strap. You can stand the bag in a warm steamy bathroom or laundry room to help it along. I'd do several rounds, about 1 hour each time.
But really, if you dunk it, I think you'll be surprised at the difference.
Makes sense. I'll be dunking it tonight! Thanks for the advice.
Thank you so much, this is what I was hoping for. I will give it a try. I just needed to know what specific colors to mix with the brown I think is closer, and I had no clue if yellow, white or black.... LOL
Hi,
I recently started admiring vintage bags and purchased a few.. most of them are in like new condition.. my question was do I still dunk them ? Or just clean and condition them. Sorry if this question have been answered before. I read a lot in this forum but couldn't find the answer to my question.. Thank you
I recently started admiring vintage bags and purchased a few.. most of them are in like new condition.. my question was do I still dunk them ? Or just clean and condition them. Sorry if this question have been answered before. I read a lot in this forum but couldn't find the answer to my question.. Thank you
If you'd like to upload pictures of your bags, people here would probably be able to help you better.
Generally though, if a bag is like new, I'd personally think twice about dunking.
My personal rule (and the advice I give) is that it all depends on the particular bag. There is not a set of steps to follow, so posting pictures of the bags would be very helpful, to give you advice for each particular bag.
For example... I got bags "like in new condition", that a simple coat of moisturizer and buffing made them look perfect, and also I got bags that although in the same condition, they were stored very poorly and have lost the shape, had wrinkles or showed indentations from the handles... May be there is a way and I do not know it, but no matter how much I used to stuff those, or apply moisturizer, the only way to reshape them is to dunk it. For smaller areas like a bent strap, I heat the leather carefully with a hair dryer, wrap it in a towel and set a heavy weight on it. It works for me.
Just post away, LOL
Thank you .. you guys are awesome
I am going to post all the bag in one pic so not to flood the forum. I have a green court on it's way to me which will need TLC.
Except for the plaza and burgundy companion bag all are in like new condition. Inside super clean in all bags.
