Coach Rehab and Rescue Club
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Heres a better picture of the colour. Very faded so I domt know how well its going to turn out. I expect a shadow to appear where you can see the colour change
Expect great things from that forest green, but also expect it to darken to “hefty bag” green. My Crosby is forest green and she came out beautifully after a dunk, condition and brushing. I love dark green bags in winter because they look so classy with all my black (as well has half my wardrobe) and I don’t even wear green really.
Oh yes much easier to see it's color. I bet it darkens up beautifully with Blackrock.
@Narnanz here is a comparison of my Crosby
Before: dry looking, scuffed and dull
After: glossy, darker and perfect
Before: dry looking, scuffed and dull
After: glossy, darker and perfect
If you don't have Cape Cod cloths then you should also order them, they do a great job on hardware.
https://www.amazon.com/Cape-Cod-Pol...s=brass+polishing+cloth&qid=1588383933&sr=8-7
Oh I have a bit of catching up to do with posts! And I got some Renapur. I got what I thought was a decent deal on eBay and I cannot below how fast it came. Have to read up on how peops here apply it.
I see the resemblance! How cute!
I have finished the rehab of my Oat Suede Dinky 86821 and I am really pleased with the results. One of the things I like about rehabbing is that sometimes it gives me the chance to own and wear expensive bags that are fun but probably a little too impractical or frivolous for my daily lifestyle, like some evening bags, summer straw bags, etc.
This little Suede Fringe Dinky fits into the expensive and frivolous category. It was released in Fall 2017 for $595 in Oat and Fern colors. My poor little bag is Oat and it has had a short but life. I got the bag for only $35 (including shipping) but it was very dirty, worn, and stained and missing parts.
It was missing the intertwined silver/leather chain strap and also the black/silver 1941 hangtag; and it had a big ugly wrinkle right across the front flap. Plus there was something wrong with the silver and black leather turnlock. There was a frayed thread coming out on one side and the tab was kind of loose and floppy; but the purchase price included 2 Dinky chain straps in Black Copper and Dark Gunmetal so that was a plus!
Normally I wouldn't even attempt to rehab a light-colored, damaged, suede bag but I was attracted to this fun, frivolous, bag; and I figured that if the rehab was a failure at least I would still have the 2 Dinky chain straps - because I am always looking for straps!
And at least this bag is made of genuine suede, if it had been made of the "Debil Nubuc" I wouldn't have even considered rehabbing it!
I did a lot of things to that poor little bag to clean it and try to eliminate that ugly wrinkle on the front flap, including bathing, laundering, ironing, weighting, and stretching! I will post some before and during rehab pics here and post the after photos in my next message.
Here are Before Pics of the Oat Suede Dinky 86821:
Black Copper and Dark Gunmetal Dinky Chain Straps that came with the bag:
Here are a couple of pics taken during the rehab to try and eliminate that nasty big wrinkle on the flap while that bag was drying. I really tortured this poor little bag!
See the next post for After Rehab photos.
This little Suede Fringe Dinky fits into the expensive and frivolous category. It was released in Fall 2017 for $595 in Oat and Fern colors. My poor little bag is Oat and it has had a short but life. I got the bag for only $35 (including shipping) but it was very dirty, worn, and stained and missing parts.
It was missing the intertwined silver/leather chain strap and also the black/silver 1941 hangtag; and it had a big ugly wrinkle right across the front flap. Plus there was something wrong with the silver and black leather turnlock. There was a frayed thread coming out on one side and the tab was kind of loose and floppy; but the purchase price included 2 Dinky chain straps in Black Copper and Dark Gunmetal so that was a plus!
Normally I wouldn't even attempt to rehab a light-colored, damaged, suede bag but I was attracted to this fun, frivolous, bag; and I figured that if the rehab was a failure at least I would still have the 2 Dinky chain straps - because I am always looking for straps!
And at least this bag is made of genuine suede, if it had been made of the "Debil Nubuc" I wouldn't have even considered rehabbing it!
I did a lot of things to that poor little bag to clean it and try to eliminate that ugly wrinkle on the front flap, including bathing, laundering, ironing, weighting, and stretching! I will post some before and during rehab pics here and post the after photos in my next message.
Here are Before Pics of the Oat Suede Dinky 86821:
Black Copper and Dark Gunmetal Dinky Chain Straps that came with the bag:
Here are a couple of pics taken during the rehab to try and eliminate that nasty big wrinkle on the flap while that bag was drying. I really tortured this poor little bag!
See the next post for After Rehab photos.
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Over the last year, I've been picking up some really nice finds at Goodwill, but haven't really jumped into the deep end of the rehabbing pool. At least not with results I'm willing to show yet! 
But I have finished this cute mahogany daypack that I'm really pleased with!
Before:
After dunking, CPR, Brasso, and Renapur:
But I have finished this cute mahogany daypack that I'm really pleased with!
Before:
After dunking, CPR, Brasso, and Renapur:
If the torture works!
edit...love what you used as your supports...lovely geodes
Here are the After Pictures of my Oat Suede Dinky 86821 that was authenticated by @BeenBurned. The bag was very dirty and wrinkled so I scrubbed it and gave it a bath in the sink but that only helped a little. So I spot-treated it, tied it up in a net laundry bag and put it through a laundry cycle with Leather Therapy Laundry Solution and Leather Therapy Laundry Conditioner and Rinse.
Then I stuffed it to dry and started working on ways to eliminate that ugly wrinkle across the front flap. I tried ironing with a press cloth, weighting it down with bookends, and even stretching it out with twine.
I discovered that this Dinky bag took a really long time to dry! I let it dry for days and whenever I thought it was dry I would put my hand inside and discover that it still felt damp. I think that the double-wall construction traps water between the layers. I finally put a hair dryer on "cool air" and stuck it inside the bag to dry it - and that finally worked.
This is the first modern style Dinky that I have rehabbed and I don't know if they are all constructed the same way, but I would hesitate to give one a bath unless it was really necessary. Unfortunately it really was necessary for this poor, beat-up, little bag. I am guessing that it how the wrinkle was created. Perhaps that bag got wet and was casually allowed to dry in a wrinkled state.
I have an old suede brush but I remembered that the Sales Associate at the Coach Outlet recently gave me a free Ralyn Suede Care Kit when I purchased a Wave Dreamer with suede inserts. I got it out and followed the directions and it really helped a lot! I rubbed the bar on the spots and soiled areas and then I went over all of the suede areas with the brush and it looked much better in my opinion.
I used Lexol on the smooth leather surfaces and Cape Cod Cloths on the hardware. I used Leather Glue on a toothpick to tuck the frayed thread back into the side of the turnlock tab and that also worked to make the lock tighter and not floppy.
I tried several chain straps before selecting the one I liked best. I had assumed that the Black Cooper Strap would be the best choice because it has a matte finish like the silver hardware, but it looked heavy and over-powering with the bag IMO.
A plain silver chain strap looked okay but a little boring, but I really liked the look of the Dark Gunmetal strap with the bag and I had a Dark Gunmetal Hangtag that I could easily pair with it.
See below for the After Pictures. The wrinkle isn't gone but I think it looks better and less noticeable. Also below is a picture of Drew Barrymore wearing the bag in Fall 2017, and a stock Coach photo of the Oat and Fern colors - so you can see what the original strap and hangtag were like.
Suede Fringe Dinky 86821 After Rehab:
Here are photos of Drew Barrymore carrying the 86821 Suede Fringe Dinky, and a Coach Stock Photo of the Oat and Fern colors:
Then I stuffed it to dry and started working on ways to eliminate that ugly wrinkle across the front flap. I tried ironing with a press cloth, weighting it down with bookends, and even stretching it out with twine.
I discovered that this Dinky bag took a really long time to dry! I let it dry for days and whenever I thought it was dry I would put my hand inside and discover that it still felt damp. I think that the double-wall construction traps water between the layers. I finally put a hair dryer on "cool air" and stuck it inside the bag to dry it - and that finally worked.
This is the first modern style Dinky that I have rehabbed and I don't know if they are all constructed the same way, but I would hesitate to give one a bath unless it was really necessary. Unfortunately it really was necessary for this poor, beat-up, little bag. I am guessing that it how the wrinkle was created. Perhaps that bag got wet and was casually allowed to dry in a wrinkled state.
I have an old suede brush but I remembered that the Sales Associate at the Coach Outlet recently gave me a free Ralyn Suede Care Kit when I purchased a Wave Dreamer with suede inserts. I got it out and followed the directions and it really helped a lot! I rubbed the bar on the spots and soiled areas and then I went over all of the suede areas with the brush and it looked much better in my opinion.
I used Lexol on the smooth leather surfaces and Cape Cod Cloths on the hardware. I used Leather Glue on a toothpick to tuck the frayed thread back into the side of the turnlock tab and that also worked to make the lock tighter and not floppy.
I tried several chain straps before selecting the one I liked best. I had assumed that the Black Cooper Strap would be the best choice because it has a matte finish like the silver hardware, but it looked heavy and over-powering with the bag IMO.
A plain silver chain strap looked okay but a little boring, but I really liked the look of the Dark Gunmetal strap with the bag and I had a Dark Gunmetal Hangtag that I could easily pair with it.
See below for the After Pictures. The wrinkle isn't gone but I think it looks better and less noticeable. Also below is a picture of Drew Barrymore wearing the bag in Fall 2017, and a stock Coach photo of the Oat and Fern colors - so you can see what the original strap and hangtag were like.
Suede Fringe Dinky 86821 After Rehab:
Here are photos of Drew Barrymore carrying the 86821 Suede Fringe Dinky, and a Coach Stock Photo of the Oat and Fern colors:
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