When you get given a whole box of leather conditioner for furniture and wonder what it would do for bags.
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Yea it did leave a whitish residue on the fabric part of the interior zipper but its very faint and way better than the green gunk it used to be. As for the turnlock- there is some white dry residue on the leather around it but It just needs some conditioner since the brasso dried it out
Did you remove the turnlock? It is likely that there is verdigris under the turnlock so it will eventually come back.
No I didn’t !
Im gonna do it first thing tomorrow now. I completely forgot about removing it. Thanks for reminding me 
I need to look through my files tonight. I know I came across the color Bordeaux the def struck me as between red and burgundy.
Thanks for sharing on the ELP. Every week that passes that I do not buy a bag, I feel justified in purchasing a leather care product!
Haha! I hope you like it. Is it easy to get in the States? I suspect it is very comparable to Blackrock.
When my gray Willis arrived I was upset it had an undisclosed tear where the side panel was attached at the top
Never having sewn leather (so no supplies) and cobblers closed I tried a tip I got from a FB group. A woman there said she used pearl threading needles to restitch bags. Pearl needle are fine but very bendy so I wasn’t sure how it would work. But as I can thread pearls I had an old beat up needle to try.
For this, I got the existing loose thread through the eye of the needle and reseed through the existing holes.
Then I glued the thread tail down, then glued the edge of the bag back under the piping. It didn’t come out as clean as I would have liked but seems like it worked
Never having sewn leather (so no supplies) and cobblers closed I tried a tip I got from a FB group. A woman there said she used pearl threading needles to restitch bags. Pearl needle are fine but very bendy so I wasn’t sure how it would work. But as I can thread pearls I had an old beat up needle to try.
For this, I got the existing loose thread through the eye of the needle and reseed through the existing holes.
Then I glued the thread tail down, then glued the edge of the bag back under the piping. It didn’t come out as clean as I would have liked but seems like it worked
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Now for the whole she-bang.
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I have her stuffed because she is a Costa Rica bag and stayed fairly soft.
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I have her stuffed because she is a Costa Rica bag and stayed fairly soft.
That is a rare and beautiful bag, congratulations!
Looks great! I love that color. My Costa Rican Court had the same exact problem, too! I didn't have to do any sewing with that one, but gluing that part under the piping has held so far.
Looks great and a fab repair...can we send our repairs to you and Lunasilver?...you all seem to do them so well.
Not sure I want to do that again lol.
Such nice color especially with nickel hardware.