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calibaglover said:
Hi all, I just got this vintage bag in new/unused condition, but it does have a few scratches and dents from improper storage. I’m totally fine with this, but I was just curious if you all recommend I do anything, and if so, what products you recommend. I’ve never rehabbed a bag before but would be willing to try if it would help. Do dents even come out with dunking, conditioning, etc.? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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I have not had success with removing dents. Fortunately only one bag comes to mind.
When I got a red Pocket Bag in very good condition like yours, I gave mine a wipe down with a Lexol Cleaner solution followed by an app of Cadillac Supreme Leather conditioner.
 
#26,180
qwertie said:
Wow congratulations. I have been looking for one of these for a while now! Yours looks gorgeous!
About the dents - I think dunking and conditioning help a little bit in terms of appearance but in my experience they have never fully come out.
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Lake Effect said:
I have not had success with removing dents. Fortunately only one bag comes to mind.
When I got a red Pocket Bag in very good condition like yours, I gave mine a wipe down with a Lexol Cleaner solution followed by an app of Cadillac Supreme Leather conditioner.
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Thank you!
 
#26,182
katev said:
I can't recover catalog pages from the Wayback Machine but sometimes you can find captures of web pages with information of interest to you. My experiences with the Wayback have mostly been "trial and error" and with a lot of error. Other TPFers may be able to give you better advice and I would like to hear it too!

Here is the link to the archived Coach.com pages on the Wayback Machine. I have better luck with Google Chrome than with other browsers but your experience may be different.
http://web.archive.org/web/*/coach.com

To find the original Coach listing for my rehabbed Kira, first I noted that the serial number on the creed indicated that it had been made in 2009 - so it was probably originally released in 2009 or 2010.

Then I searched for the Kira style number here on TPF and found that it was originally released at the boutiques in late July 2009. You don't want the date when it starting showing up at the outlet, you want to find it on coach.com when it was originally released at the retail stores.

I opened the Wayback site and clicked on 2009 and looked for blue or green circles on dates in late July and early August 2009. The blue circles contain direct links to archived pages and the green circles contain redirects. The redirects take longer and sometimes you get detoured so I prefer the blue circles - but you may not have a choice.

I clicked on some green circles in late July 2009 and uploaded a page featuring the Tribecca style bags. I tried clicking on various links like "New at Coach" and "View All Handbags" and most of them were dead ends.

I tried another date in late July 2009 and "New Arrivals" but it didn't lead to a page with Kira, so thin I clicked on "Handbags" and it opened up a list of collections - but none of them were "Kira"; so I clicked on "Boutique Exclusives" and there was Kira in 3 different colors!

Sometimes you can get to the next page with expanded details for a specific bag but I wasn't able to open any of the detail pages for Kira bags. At least now I know when it was released, that it came in green, blue, and brown and that it retailed for $898. I took a couple of screenshots and posted the images here on TPF with rehab pics of the blue Kira.

So that's my Wayback method and it can be a lot of work to produce little (or no) information; but I do like finding the original listings for bags that I've rehabbed when possible. I suggest you try some experimentation, start clicking around and see what you find. Be patient because it can take awhile for pages to load. Good luck and please share any tips that you figure out!

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Thank you very much Katev for such a detailed explanation. Now I feel bad for taking too much time from you. I will definitely play around to see what I can get from Wayback Marchine. Seem as you I like to find the original catalog photos for my moderate Coach collections (mostly vintage). Thanks again and take care.
 
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#26,185
calibaglover said:
Hi all, I just got this vintage bag in new/unused condition, but it does have a few scratches and dents from improper storage. I’m totally fine with this, but I was just curious if you all recommend I do anything, and if so, what products you recommend. I’ve never rehabbed a bag before but would be willing to try if it would help. Do dents even come out with dunking, conditioning, etc.? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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One bag I rehabbed the creed nearly disappeared on me. If you want the dents out, it may work the same way.
I was trying to flatten the shape of of the back wall of bag after dunk. While it was still very wet, I put a folded hand towel inside the bag, and put a flat board about the same size of bag's back wall, then add some weight on the board (the bag was laying flat on the back on another hand towel). Then I forgot about it. 2 days later when I went to remove the weight etc, the back wall and zipped pocket were still quite damp, and the creed was nearly invisible after drying.
In my climate, mould usually not an issue. If you want to try this, please make sure the leather won't grow mold
 
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LunaSilver said:
Thank you very much Katev for such a detailed explanation. Now I feel bad for taking too much time from you. I will definitely play around to see what I can get from Wayback Marchine. Seem as you I like to find the original catalog photos for my moderate Coach collections (mostly vintage). Thanks again and take care.
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the wayback only goes back to 1997.
 
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