Coach Rehab and Rescue Club

[MrsGAM]

Just finished my taupe Sidepack! I love the shape of this bag and how this Taupe color turned out; my taupe City is browner and my taupe Prairie and Station Bag are more faded. Forgot to take before pictures again!

The purse was in excellent condition, except for these gouges on the piping. I ended up not doing anything because the color came back after bathing and conditioning.
Here’s a pic of the piping from the listing:

 

[LunaSilver]

That would be an option. Maybe in a while if I get another burst of motivation I may try that. I think it would be easier to cover up a light spot than a dark one.

I do admit, I was not very good at letting the application dry very long before I was making a determination on acceptability. I think a big part of it was that the two bags sat over on the table too long. Since weekends are the only time I have to devote to them, they sat over there two or three weeks along with the mess of paint and paper plates and toothpicks and qtips and yes I did try cosmetic sponges cut up into different shapes and sizes, and I eventually got tired of it and got over the desire to fix them. I don't have a good workspace, and there is nowhere in my house that has good, even lighting. Other than temporary impatience, there is no rush to do anything. So I will take any and all suggestions and sit on them for awhile before deciding what to do!

Any photos of stain painting success stories would be great to see, as well as fun applique results too, for inspiration.

I successfully covered a dark spot on a green Murphy with mixed paint. It blended in so well . The problem was the bag had Renapur treatment prior and I didn't clean it off. After a day the paint was dry, I used CPR to condition again, and wiped off the painting completely. Lol.. Then I decided the small dark dot just character and better left alone.
Currently working on a red Carly, also have a bad ink stained courier on it's way, will post pictures when done.

 

[MrsGAM]

That would be an option. Maybe in a while if I get another burst of motivation I may try that. I think it would be easier to cover up a light spot than a dark one.

I do admit, I was not very good at letting the application dry very long before I was making a determination on acceptability. I think a big part of it was that the two bags sat over on the table too long. Since weekends are the only time I have to devote to them, they sat over there two or three weeks along with the mess of paint and paper plates and toothpicks and qtips and yes I did try cosmetic sponges cut up into different shapes and sizes, and I eventually got tired of it and got over the desire to fix them. I don't have a good workspace, and there is nowhere in my house that has good, even lighting. Other than temporary impatience, there is no rush to do anything. So I will take any and all suggestions and sit on them for awhile before deciding what to do!

Any photos of stain painting success stories would be great to see, as well as fun applique results too, for inspiration.

I have an orange Abbie that I basically completely recolored because it was mottled from, I’m guessing, mildew. This pic shows the before, after a bath & conditioning, and after recoloring.

I applied around half a dozen coats spread over a week using a combination of Angelus leather paint, Saphir Creme Surfine, and Leather CPR to get that final color. The feather sticker covers some pen marks.

 

[Catbird9]

Just finished my taupe Sidepack! I love the shape of this bag and how this Taupe color turned out; my taupe City is browner and my taupe Prairie and Station Bag are more faded. Forgot to take before pictures again!
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The purse was in excellent condition, except for these gouges on the piping. I ended up not doing anything because the color came back after bathing and conditioning.View attachment 4721074
Here’s a pic of the piping from the listing:
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Wow, that turned out great! I saw that bag and debated about it because of those gouges. I'm so glad you got it and made it beautiful again!

 

[katev]

Just finished my taupe Sidepack! I love the shape of this bag and how this Taupe color turned out; my taupe City is browner and my taupe Prairie and Station Bag are more faded. Forgot to take before pictures again!
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The purse was in excellent condition, except for these gouges on the piping. I ended up not doing anything because the color came back after bathing and conditioning.View attachment 4721074
Here’s a pic of the piping from the listing:
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A real beauty and an unusual color - nice job!

 

[artax two]

I have an orange Abbie that I basically completely recolored because it was mottled from, I’m guessing, mildew. This pic shows the before, after a bath & conditioning, and after recoloring.
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I applied around half a dozen coats spread over a week using a combination of Angelus leather paint, Saphir Creme Surfine, and Leather CPR to get that final color. The feather sticker covers some pen marks.

Wow. Excellent job! That's a result that looks very natural. Did you mix one large batch of paint and just try to get as close as you could and then go with it?

 

[MrsGAM]

Wow. Excellent job! That's a result that looks very natural. Did you mix one large batch of paint and just try to get as close as you could and then go with it?

Yes! That’s how I usually do it. I test a small area first in case I have to tweak the color.

 

[aerinha]

My Winnie came today. Very mushed yet seems more useable than my Derby.


Question: should that hang tag be glued together or is it supposed to be in 2 parts?

Dunking this next week

 

[Luvpurplepurses]

I was also surprised but the blue thread inside, that got me thinking that it might be Navy and the color had bled during washing, but the outside thread stayed white!

Yes, the turnlock had some kind of coating. I worked on it with Wenol to get that coating off and then I finished with Cape Cope cloths.

I am carrying my XL Ergo Tote right now and I love it!

Thanks for the information @katev, I will get those products and clean up the turnlock. It is a nice bag, I saw @Syren's post and knew I wanted one. I got mine for $30 + shipping!

 

[katev]

My Winnie came today. Very mushed yet seems more useable than my Derby.
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Question: should that hang tag be glued together or is it supposed to be in 2 parts?

Dunking this next week

It should be glued together. I rehab the hangtag with the bag so that they match when the job is done.

 

[aerinha]

It should be glued together. I rehab the hangtag with the bag so that they match when the job is done.

Thank you. After all my really old vintage bags with their one sided tags, I wasn’t sure what it was supposed to look like.

Just ordered more cpr as I made a spontaneous buy that I may regret.

 

[Aku_no_Hana]

Wanted to come back and show off my happy little metal tag convertible clutch. She was looking so sad but really didn't need much. Still need to replace the grommet on the one side but it can wait. She took about three coats of CPR and two coats of Blackrocks after the bath. I also put some clear coat on the metal tag to prevent further loss of the black.
Before pics here:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/vintage-coach-photos-chat.857690/page-1047#post-33718263

 

[Narnanz]

The plaza looks really nice in gray. I think it's my favorite out of this awesome lot. I can't wait to see it in its rehab glory.

its actually forest green...where I took the picture the light has washed it out...am taking befores this morning so I can show it colour better.

 

[Narnanz]

Wanted to come back and show off my happy little metal tag convertible clutch. She was looking so sad but really didn't need much. Still need to replace the grommet on the one side but it can wait. She took about three coats of CPR and two coats of Blackrocks after the bath. I also put some clear coat on the metal tag to prevent further loss of the black.
Before pics here:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/vintage-coach-photos-chat.857690/page-1047#post-33718263

wow that looks great...what a change. Almost wish I had got it myself...lol

 

[Narnanz]

Ok...the red precreed definitely had spue/speu/spew (sp).
Used the hairdryer method on it and you can see the difference. Am letting it sit for an hour then going back to give it another go over.