Coach Rehab and Rescue Club

[MrsGAM]

Ya I was looking at the Edge Cote protect wondering if I wanted to pay for 4 oz when I need way way less than that. So you used acrylic paint on your edges? Did you seal that with Resolene? Speaking of, did you do Resolene after all your conditioning treatments so it was your last step? Is the bag able to take any conditioning after Resolene, or is it like after Resolene the bag is sealed up to anything absorbing through it?

The bag can take conditioner after resolene! I did blackrocks after resolene and it absorbed just fine. I'm actually amazed that it does! But I did do all the Leather CPR conditioning before the resolene.
I used acrylic paint on the edges and I didn't seal the acrylic paint with resolene. Definitely don't need Edge Cote. Acrylic paint works just as well!

 

[aerinha]

She looks great......you know...everyone is going to look out for one now.

In my incessant googling, mine seems to be one of 3 or 4 that have been out there. I saw another BT that had an outlet bulls eye stamp and a black one (sold by the same reseller I think) and then a possible navy one that might have been the black one before reseller man bought it and jacked up the price. All were long ago sold, but more are out there somewhere.

 

[aerinha]

For 5 seconds until they started sliding down? I loved them but could never get them to stay put.

Mine slipped too. My mom had a perm and wore a mane clip in the summer which looked something like Jaws’ mouth had a plastic baby with Geordi’s visor from Star Trek the Next Gen. She gave up the perm, but would probably still ise the man if they hadn’t all snapped years ago.

Yeah, that's a pretty disappointing rehab. You should sell it. To me.

ETA: I am totally kidding! Well, about the failed rehab part....

Not a fail, but I had hoped the bottom spot would be gone and the handle lighter. I should have take a pic of how the handle looked the day after the dunk because it was perfect, just super sand paper dry. I freaked and conditioned it, then thought about a pic. There is a dark part on the strap, she must have been carried by the handle with the strap held up by a lotion addict or a sweaty palm-er.

 

[artax two]

For 5 seconds until they started sliding down? I loved them but could never get them to stay put.

Yep if a person had fine hair, low density hair, or straightish hair it was hard to keep it in place. I had both fine and low density but at least my curls would keep it up somewhat. Hence all the Aquanet.

 

[Kneurotic]

So, what happens to rehab fails? Back of closet, donate, sell?

 

[Michelle1x]

Does anybody have advice on how to clean the green residue from brass off the leather ?
I looked back a few pages of posts on this thread and didn't see anything mentioned. This is a vintage Worth bag, already dunked and cleaned, I missed the green stain on the buckle holes. TIA

 

[Michelle1x]

Here she is after
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The leather glows now but not all the dark places cleaned up as much as I hoped v

I see you've got a water spot on the bottom of your beautifully cleaned up bag.
I've got a spot like that in a conspicuous location, is there nothing that can be done with those? I thought these spots would go away with the dunk.

 

[whateve]

So, what happens to rehab fails? Back of closet, donate, sell?

Most of mine are in the rehab pile, waiting for me to try again. It's hard for me to give up. I've sold and donated a few.

 

[aerinha]

I see you've got a water spot on the bottom of your beautifully cleaned up bag.
I've got a spot like that in a conspicuous location, is there nothing that can be done with those? I thought these spots would go away with the dunk.

I have had actual water marks vanish, I suspect the mark on mine is old and not water. Given how dark the handle on mine is, I think it was hand carried and maybe put down in something. I got a nasty mark out of my BT court bag by pretreating it with vinegar before washing it. I don’t know if doing that this time would have helped or not, honestly I thought it would vanish with just the wash.

 

[Aku_no_Hana]

For 5 seconds until they started sliding down? I loved them but could never get them to stay put.

Oh not me. My hair will entangle anything and keep it there. LOL

 

[Michelle1x]

I have had actual water marks vanish, I suspect the mark on mine is old and not water. Given how dark the handle on mine is, I think it was hand carried and maybe put down in something. I got a nasty mark out of my BT court bag by pretreating it with vinegar before washing it. I don’t know if doing that this time would have helped or not, honestly I thought it would vanish with just the wash.

yeah come to think of it, there is no way these are water spots. Mine is probably 30-year old residue of pen ink, or something like that, where the original chemical fades away leaving just the stain. I knew I had this mark when I dunked mine so I scrubbed it a little - which would have worked fine on a water stain.

 

[artax two]

So, what happens to rehab fails? Back of closet, donate, sell?

Most of mine are in the rehab pile, waiting for me to try again. It's hard for me to give up. I've sold and donated a few.

One I thought was a fail just needed a slighty deeper color of acrylic paint, so that one is now removed from the fail pile. The other I am in the process of dyeing black and should soon be removed also. So I refused to give up on both and I am going to end up having no fails, but both would have gone into the back of the closet otherwise.

Oh...well...and a third one is a recently realized fail that was a hard pill to swallow, so that one is getting replaced entirely and will most likely be donated.

 

[MrsGAM]

Does anybody have advice on how to clean the green residue from brass off the leather ?
I looked back a few pages of posts on this thread and didn't see anything mentioned. This is a vintage Worth bag, already dunked and cleaned, I missed the green stain on the buckle holes. TIA

I think the only thing you can really do is pick it off or use a nail file to lightly shave it off. I use my finger nails and tooth picks. Or the steel file thing that came with my leather hole puncher.

 

[Morgan_Bellini]

So, what happens to rehab fails? Back of closet, donate, sell?

I have one I'm going to have to paint. Shame, too. It's a pool blue Willis with nickel hardware.

 

[Narnanz]

Oh not me. My hair will entangle anything and keep it there. LOL

And she has fabulous curly hair that is rocking the wisdom highlights.