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Question for those of you who have dyed bags. I found a green one that leather wise looks great, but faded. It could use a re-dye. How does one even go about that? Is it worth it?
 
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Question for those of you who have dyed bags. I found a green one that leather wise looks great, but faded. It could use a re-dye. How does one even go about that? Is it worth it?

I have a faded green bag too. Im interested to hear about other people's experience as well.

I am reluctant to dye it. I think I'll experiment with my black bag first to gain some confidence. and then maybe attempt a brown one.

I recently tried to look for dye catalogs (saphir nuancier) but I will have to order the dye online. plus I will need a pretty accurate unfaded color reference but thats the tricky part. how to get that haha
 
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Pre creed crescent back from cobbler. His stitches weren’t as invisible as I had hoped but the bag won’t fall apart now. It cost $8.50 for the repair which is around the cost of the leather sewing kit I would have had to buy and I doubt my sewing would have been better.

meanwhile my NYC stewardess has been is use for less than a week and the piping on the tabs below where the buckles are attached is cracking with use. Put more CPR on both sides when I noticed but more hVe appeared.
 
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It depends on how faded it is. It might come back a lot with a rehab. I once dunked a bag in RIT to refresh the color.
Rit can be used for leather? Did you use the regular Rit or is there a leather version? And for how long did you dunk, and was there color transfer after? Sorry for all the questions, lol!
 
Hi,
I have Coach bags that I bought from stores and I was told Coach will clean them for me once a year?
I am just watching a YouTube video and one viewer commented that Coach will also clean their vintage bags too. Is that true? The comment said it took them an hour to do it.
Many thanks in advance. X
I have seen a poster here comment quite a while ago about her contemporary bag being cleaned on the spot by an associate and she was impressed with the result. Not too long ago, I was browsing in a retail store and an associate enthusiastally told me that conditioning for my vintage bag of the day was still being offered. I sincerely thanked her, but will not use it as I like to use different conditioners on a bag, depending on their need. At a factory store last year, when I mentioned I collected vintage, all I got was a hard sell on Coach conditioner from a manager, as according to him, my bag would need multiple applications. :shocked:

Hi all,
I've been reading and researching here for quite some time but finally worked up the nerve to start posting. (Frankly, I need to start selling some of these for space/money reasons and the talent and knowledge here is intimidating!)

That said, I'm embarrassed to ask because it seems like this is something I should have found but has anyone ever done a step by step/best practices/recommended tools for removing turn locks and hardware? I've found countless references to it being easy and suggestions that there are different ways to do it but for the life of me, I cannot find any specific recommendations.

Thanks!
Hi and welcome :wave: Don’t be shy lol. You would never guess by the quantity of my posts, but I was once a tentative newbie too :lol:
This topic comes up regularly . I would use the Search feature with the words cleaning, hardware, brass in this thread and that will bring up old posts. They are a great resource until someone answers.
Myself, I removed hardware once and it was such a pain, I have been getting away with using jewelry polishing cloths, done first, before any leather cleaning.
 
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I have seen a poster here comment quite a while ago about her contemporary bag being cleaned on the spot by an associate and she was impressed with the result. Not too long ago, I was browsing in a retail store and an associate enthusiastally told me that conditioning for my vintage bag of the day was still being offered. I sincerely thanked her, but will not use it as I like to use different conditioners on a bag, depending on their need. At a factory store last year, when I mentioned I collected vintage, all I got was a hard sell on Coach conditioner from a manager, as according to him, my bag would need multiple applications. :shocked:

Thank you Lake Effect. What you said make sense. I have some beeswax type leather polish that I can use on my first vintage Court bag. X


Hi and welcome :wave: Don’t be shy lol. You would never guess by the quantity of my posts, but I was once a tentative newbie too :lol:
This topic comes up regularly . I would use the Search feature with the words cleaning, hardware, brass in this thread and that will bring up old posts. They are a great resource until someone answers.
Myself, I removed hardware once and it was such a pain, I have been getting away with using jewelry polishing cloths, done first, before any leather cleaning.
 
I finished dyeing my Devon purple! There was a lot of trial and error, and there’s some uneven dyeing, but I’m pretty pleased with the results.
Here’s she is after I rehabbed her:
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I wasn’t pleased with all the discoloring and scratches on the tab. I only used her once then she sat on the shelf for 6 months.
Here she is after prepping her for dye:
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Only the 2nd time I’ve ever taken off the turnlock!
Here she is after 4 coats of dye, 4 coats of conditioner between the last couple dye layers, 1 coat of acrylic/conditioner mix to color some areas that weren’t taking dye, and 5 coats of 3:1 water resolene mix:
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I’ll have to take a pic in daylight tomorrow.
 
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Hi and welcome :wave: Don’t be shy lol. You would never guess by the quantity of my posts, but I was once a tentative newbie too :lol:
This topic comes up regularly . I would use the Search feature with the words cleaning, hardware, brass in this thread and that will bring up old posts. They are a great resource until someone answers.
Myself, I removed hardware once and it was such a pain, I have been getting away with using jewelry polishing cloths, done first, before any leather cleaning.

Thanks! You're too kind.

I've tried a lot of different variations of these terms and never found a suggested step by step, which makes me think folks are just kind of figuring it out? (Or I'm missing the obvious.) I've been doing polish/cloth and toothpicks, but I recently bought a few bags from a warehouse sale (Vintage Coach and Dooney by the pound :amazed:) that I suspect were stored somewhere damp based on the visible verdigris so I may have to do the same with some of the ones that are a bit more questionable than I thought since I wonder what may be growing under there. :shocked:
 
Thanks! You're too kind.

I've tried a lot of different variations of these terms and never found a suggested step by step, which makes me think folks are just kind of figuring it out? (Or I'm missing the obvious.) I've been doing polish/cloth and toothpicks, but I recently bought a few bags from a warehouse sale (Vintage Coach and Dooney by the pound :amazed:) that I suspect were stored somewhere damp based on the visible verdigris so I may have to do the same with some of the ones that are a bit more questionable than I thought since I wonder what may be growing under there. :shocked:
I know there are a few posts with more detail. There are some serious brass cleaners here! Try searching verdigris too. I know there have been posts suggesting using cuticle nippers and the blades of Exacto knives to slide under the prongs of hardware to lift them up. Here is what @Catbird9 does:
I soak them in vinegar first. I use very fine (000) steel wool, rubbing firmly and turning the steel wool when it gets compacted in one spot. Eventually the lacquer rubs off.

If they're not too bad, I don't remove them. I just mask off the surrounding leather and polish them in place.

It might be worth asking Coach to send you new ones. I read that someone was told they were no longer giving them out, but it couldn't hurt to ask.
And yes, I have cleaned ball and chains for hangtags by soaking in vinegar for 15 minutes, scrubbing with a toothbrush and finishing off with a polishing cloth.
 
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