Hello! I love seeing all of these beautiful vintage pieces brought back to life! I have a vintage court in black coming next week and am going to try my first dunk and conditioning! I've been reading your helpful posts about the process and have one question about restoring color to worn piping. I know that the conditioning process will go a long way, but I'm wondering if colored cream polish (like Kiwi) are okay to use for small color touch-ups. I've seen that shoe polish is a hard no - why is that? Could someone provide more information on that? Thanks for all of your help!
Coach Rehab and Rescue Club
- Thread starter greenpixie
- Start date
TPF may earn a commission from merchant affiliate
links, including eBay, Amazon, and others
It's been a few days since I logged in but none of my bookmarks work? I'll have to go back and see what happened that I missed. Anyway what success has anyone had replacing eyelets on shoulder straps? I have a Stewardess with a strap that is missing one of the eyelets or grommets. I tried measuring it and have ordered eyelets in three different sizes (6mm, 7mm, 8mm) and somehow the right size is still between those-- 7 is too small and 8 is too big. Any suggestions?
do you think the colour shows up ok...its a dark purple
Last edited:
That photo really makes me want one! Luckily I have one on the way!
We need to get our twin bags together...so Current Rambler, Purple pocket zip and what was the other one?
I have never dealt with this, but if I were you, I'd probably try to find an in between size, or take her to a cobbler in hopes they have more sizes available.
If it had to be one of the two sizes I'd go with the bigger one for a more secure fit and to ensure it working with the buckle. With the smaller size I'd be afraid it would easily rip out and damage the leather.
Other than that, I don't know about bookmarks, but the updated forum has been slow for me, especially reloading for updates, and I haven't found it easier to navigate on mobile whatsoever.
No the new format is awful. It is hard to navigate on my phone. iPad is a little better
One repair kind of done on my UA Stewardess. The zipper pull was gone as a result of the metal wearing through. I managed to close it from this
To this
But still a gap
this pull was sitting around the house so I used it but it may slip through at some point. The zipper still works great
To thisBut still a gap
this pull was sitting around the house so I used it but it may slip through at some point. The zipper still works great
I find that I have to put the page I want when I using my phone so thats going to cause issues at some point. And I have to use my tablet in landscape format to I can get to my watched thread without have to use the pulldown menu.
Cant seem to get my phone to go into landscape for this site.
I can’t answer why shoe cream is a hard no but I use Fiebing’s Resolene in black on my Faded edges and it blends right into the black leather. I purchased it off amazon for $9 cad. I apply it after the bag has dried from a dunk but before I start conditioning the bag. Make sure after you apply it, its dry. Ive attached a before and after of the edge of my recent CC rehab that I posted on this thread so you can see What the resolene did for my edges- hope this helps
oh and ps: you only need to do a couple thin coats (1 or 2).If you do too many coats, its gonna get rubbery in texture. Also, I believe the leather dye that a lot of rehabbers use on their vintage coach bags is the Sapphire brand one if I remember reading that correctly- so you can always use leather dye if you don’t wanna use the resolene
That looks great! Thanks for the tip!I can’t answer why shoe cream is a hard no but I use Fiebing’s Resolene in black on my Faded edges and it blends right into the black leather. I purchased it off amazon for $9 cad. I apply it after the bag has dried from a dunk but before I start conditioning the bag. Make sure after you apply it, its dry. Ive attached a before and after of the edge of my recent CC rehab that I posted on this thread so you can see What the resolene did for my edges- hope this helps
oh and ps: you only need to do a couple thin coats (1 or 2).If you do too many coats, its gonna get rubbery in texture. Also, I believe the leather dye that a lot of rehabbers use on their vintage coach bags is the Sapphire brand one if I remember reading that correctly- so you can always use leather dye if you don’t wanna use the resolene
View attachment 4754254
View attachment 4754255
Oh those edges look goodI can’t answer why shoe cream is a hard no but I use Fiebing’s Resolene in black on my Faded edges and it blends right into the black leather. I purchased it off amazon for $9 cad. I apply it after the bag has dried from a dunk but before I start conditioning the bag. Make sure after you apply it, its dry. Ive attached a before and after of the edge of my recent CC rehab that I posted on this thread so you can see What the resolene did for my edges- hope this helps
oh and ps: you only need to do a couple thin coats (1 or 2).If you do too many coats, its gonna get rubbery in texture. Also, I believe the leather dye that a lot of rehabbers use on their vintage coach bags is the Sapphire brand one if I remember reading that correctly- so you can always use leather dye if you don’t wanna use the resolene
View attachment 4754254
View attachment 4754255