Coach Rehab and Rescue Club
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And was surprised a few days ago when my brother rang to give me a compliment on my rehabs. I never get compliments from him.
Need some advice of Coach Madison Carlyle bag just received yesterday. I had high hopes since it was made in Italy, picture seemed nice as well. In real person it is a thin, stiff, coated leather bag that almost feel like plastic. It was authenticated as authentic. I washed it with Down and shaped to dry, now how to condition the leather? The leather cpr applied seems just sat at the surface of bag without been absorbed. The leather is very stiff now from the dunk. Although I don't really like the bag, still don't want to ruin it. Any suggestions?
The picture is after drying.
The picture is after drying.
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I wish I could help but I don't own anything of that line and after your discription I daubt I ever will.
You just saved me from a costly purchase, I'm so glad I held of on a red carlyle that I had bin eyeing.
You just saved me from a costly purchase, I'm so glad I held of on a red carlyle that I had bin eyeing.
Definitely prefer the buttery glove-tanned vintage Coach leather that is made in United States, Costa Rica, or China.
Well that answers that question, before I had to ask it, thank you.
This N.Y.City black saddlery bag just came in with the original hangtag.
The most pizz poor packing job I have ever seen, concidering that I paid 15.00$ for shipping the seller crammed her in a padded envelope folded it in half then used a smaller envelope o shove her in then tape it shut.All this so he could make a few extra bucks out of shipping, postage stated eight dollars.
I have started asking sellers to use a big enough box to ship in so as not to ruin the structure of the bag. I apologize for asking but I mention I have had bad experience with some previous sellers.
Madison collection bags are specially coated so they won't absorp any conditioner. I think @katev had rehabbed one though.
Luna I dug up the post where katev lists all her Madison rehabs, scroll down the page to katev's second post there are several links listed how she did hers.
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/coach-rehab-and-rescue-club.624452/page-546#post-24073776
Thanks houseof999 I will keep that in mind from now on, I stupidly asumed that for the price I paid for shipping it would come in a box.
Thank you very much. Lots of great information there. Now I am wordering if something is wrong with me, why can't I find any love for this Italian leather Carlyle!
She is drying very quickly as its hot here at the moment. Her turnlock is a bit dodgy so Im going to swap it out with the Bottle green Citys turnlock that came today.
The city is a bit worse for wear...its got a few rubbed areas that arent going disappear but as the bag is for me Im ok with it. I will use the turnlock from the Pocket purse for the mean time until I can get a replacement.
The pocket purse must have been as dry as cause I seem to be rubbing cpr in every second...and it has a bit of colourloss but what do you expect from a 30 year plus old bag.
I've rehabbed several of the Italian Coach bags including the Carlyle. Most of them have just needed surface cleaning but I have dunked a few of them and they came out well, but they need a long time to dry. I don't use a creamy conditioner on them, I use "leather therapy restorer & conditioner" to condition and restore the shine.
Here's a picture of my first Italian Coach bag, the tiny Gracie bag in Beechnut color. I picked it up for only $2 at the Salvation Army Store. It was missing the strap so I use a Coach gold chain strap.
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...-carrying-today.913052/page-940#post-32544542
The shiny, pebbled leather is called "Caviar Leather" and it is very fine and difficult to make. These Italian Coach bags were originally made by Coach in imitation of the Hermes Kelly bag.
Here are pics of a recent acquisition, a small Coach bag that was hand-made in Italy in 2000. It is a limited-edition, numbered bag that is made from genuine Lizard with suede pigskin lining. I just surface-cleaned it and used reptile leather conditioner.
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...-hand-made-and-vintage.1017506/#post-33338212
I like the Italian coach bags from the mid/late 1990s, they are very well made and they always make me think of Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly, but it is not a style that appeals to everyone.
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I am now a big ball of anxiety. I made the mistake of adding some black colouring to the CPR to try and even out the flap on the pocket purse. Big mistake...Huge. It grabbed onto the faded places and went too dark a colour. So I had to try and clean the colour off and ended up cleaning the flap with soapy water again. It looked like a lot came off. Just waiting for it to dry to see how bad it looks.
Thank you Katev, lots of great information, and you did a fantastic job on all your Coach Italian collection. I will need to get some leather therapy conditioner for the Carlyle. As to the relationship between me and my Carlyle, it's not love at first sight, but she may grow on me over time...thanks again.