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vickenator said:
You'd mentioned the D-rings facing backwards being a bothersome thing for you -- did you stuff the bag with towels after dunking it and leaving them there while it dried? That would have poofed out the sides a bit. It's also possible the heaviness of the towels you're using to reshape the handle are pulling the bag slightly backwards as a result. Do they still face backwards after the handle-shaper is removed?

I agree with @coach943 that the bag doesn't look particularly dry at this point and would probably be fine with a couple coats of CPR spaced out over a couple days or so. That's all I've been using on my two rehabs thus far and the bags seem to look pretty good. (I need to do a coat of Blackrocks on them both and will then post my pics!)
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I am wondering if the pictures shown, where taken before stuffing the bag itself, or if stuffed not enough to reshape those sides. I always stuff mine till there is no more room inside, then I press around the bottom where I see "bulges" not to stretch the leather any further, if the sides are supposed to go inwards or outwards is if course other consideration.

Funny I never have paid attention at how the D rings look like, maybe because they looked OK with the shape of the sides. I will pay more attention in the future.
 
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Minchanka said:
I dunked two geometric bags - an orange and a mahogany. No problems with reshaping.

Are you sure those were pen marks? I got out a purple stain once that looked like an ink leak in the pictures, but when I touched it, I realized that it’s definitely not ink.
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It looked like ink, but I’m not 100%. It got most of this unknown stain off as well which did behave much more like ink. The cleaner is worth a shot if your hopeless lol. I got a sample pack a while back on amazon.
 
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Catbird9 said:
Welcome! I love that color!

First, I would NOT recommend putting Vitamin E lotion on the bag! I'd only use Leather CPR or a conditioner formulated specifically for leather.

You can wash the bag following instructions on this thread.

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The dark spots might or might not come out. The ink probably will not come out.

I would not recommend dyeing the bag yourself.
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Ok, thanks for all the links. I have gone through and made methodical notes! I’m left with a couple questions. And yes I’m a huge nerd!
Does anyone use anything other than a soft toothbrush on the outside of the bag when cleaning while dunking? Something bigger but still soft?
 
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Busykitty said:
Ok, thanks for all the links. I have gone through and made methodical notes! I’m left with a couple questions. And yes I’m a huge nerd!
Does anyone use anything other than a soft toothbrush on the outside of the bag when cleaning while dunking? Something bigger but still soft?
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I scrub gently using a little nail brush with natural bristles:

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Busykitty said:
Ok, thanks for all the links. I have gone through and made methodical notes! I’m left with a couple questions. And yes I’m a huge nerd!
Does anyone use anything other than a soft toothbrush on the outside of the bag when cleaning while dunking? Something bigger but still soft?
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I have used a horsehair brush like kiwi makes to buff, in the bath. Turned out fine and much bigger. I find a toothbrush a little small but good to get into edges.
 
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Busykitty said:
Ok, thanks for all the links. I have gone through and made methodical notes! I’m left with a couple questions. And yes I’m a huge nerd!
Does anyone use anything other than a soft toothbrush on the outside of the bag when cleaning while dunking? Something bigger but still soft?
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I just use a soft cloth, but I have a nailbrush like Catbird's if I need it. Using a horsehair brush is a good alternative, too. Just make sure you are gentle because you can damage the leather. You don't want to scrub hard.
 
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coach943 said:
Are those stains from something splashed on the bag? Or is it mold damage? Either way, I don't think you're going to improve those spots if it still looks like that after dunking and conditioning. I'm not one to paint bags or use a leather refinisher, but that's probably the only thing you can do at this point.
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whateve said:
I think that looks like mold damage. If it is, it won't clean off.
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mrk2014 said:
I had a bag with similar "looking" type spotting and nothing I tried worked for it, it was on the front side as well. After giving up, I put it up for sale and someone bought it loving the spots, said that made the bag have "character", that it was unique.
Matter of "someone's trash is someone's treasure..." , not saying that yours is trash, LOL just that if not happy after you are done, may be someone will love it the way it is. :biggrin:
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Thanks for the feedback! The spots aren't pitted and it doesn't smell mildewy, but it could be mold damage. I'm going to use some leather oil to see if I can even out the color a bit more. Now I know.
 
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