Coach Rehab and Rescue Club
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I keep on looking to get one but the ones in my price range are black...sort of hanging out for a green one.
If you move the bag around a lot (like opening and closing it or even using it by putting stuff in and taking it out) and it has mold, the spores are what become air borne and they can spread to any object around. I have first hand experience dealing with mold in a bag and also on a base board in the basement of our house. If you don’t fix the problem and the bag isn’t properly stored away on its own, it spreads very quickly.
The good thing is, its easy to kill the mold and smell if you use mold spray (I use Concrobium that I have mentioned a few times before on various threads) but theres also home remedies that others have suggested that could work. Mold needs moisture to stay alive so I would also recommend buying a pack of silica gel packets (like the kind you find in a shoe box) and tossing them in your bags if you live somewhere humid. You can buy a big pack of them on Amazon.
I know you didn’t ask me, but Im pretty passionate about mold killing because it was such a pain to deal with and I don’t want others to have to go through it if it can be prevented.
The smell in your bag might be mildew- which also develops if theres a moisture source for it.
You just have to be patient. I paid too much for the two I have, but I found others at more reasonable prices.
Im on a serious bag ban for the next month to pay off my Bal...Ive cleared out the Bals from my watchlist and am going to do the coach as well to get temptation out of the way.
I’ve done the vinegar soak and have also tried putting it out open in the sun but the smell is still there. It’s definitely faded but I can still smell whiffs of it. I think I’m going to maybe try that mold spray and definitely quarantine that bag like it has Covid. Eek! And again I say, Eek!
The concrobium one I use was $10 cad at Home Depot. If you end up buying it, it works the best like this:
1) spray the insides of the bag carefully
2) leave the bag open to dry for a day in a well ventilated area (where theres good air flow but not near a vent- more like on a patio or someplace outdoors)
3) If it still smells, repeat the process, if the smell is gone, you’ve successfully destroyed the mold or mildew
^ these instructions are for the spray I use, they might not work with other brands of spray- also please verify whatever spray you buy is safe to use on clothes and bags- it will say on the back of the bottle.
Good luck and I hope it works for you
I did that. I'm thinking the second dunk did help the CPR to penetrate more thoroughly and trap in moisture.
I've finished rehabbing a Tangerine Geometric Bag (9043, 1997, USA); thank you to @whateve for authenticating the bag.
I bathed, shaped and conditioned it, replaced the missing portion of the turnlock, and polished the hardware. I think that the appearance of the bag has improved but I am a little disappointed that I couldn't eliminate some dark stains on one side near the top flap.
See below for before and after rehab pics and also a catalog image of the Geometric Bag collection.
Tangerine Geometric Bag 9043, Before:
Tangerine Geometric Bag 9043, After:
Coach Geometric Bag 9043 Colors, Catalog:
I bathed, shaped and conditioned it, replaced the missing portion of the turnlock, and polished the hardware. I think that the appearance of the bag has improved but I am a little disappointed that I couldn't eliminate some dark stains on one side near the top flap.
See below for before and after rehab pics and also a catalog image of the Geometric Bag collection.
Tangerine Geometric Bag 9043, Before:
Tangerine Geometric Bag 9043, After:
Coach Geometric Bag 9043 Colors, Catalog:
Absolutely gorgeous colour...and its shape is fabulous.
I almost bought one in Mahogany a while ago but went with something at the time.
Yes, you must respect the power of mold lol. There was one with a basement smell but no visible signs of mold that sat in a rehab bin for a few months, maybe more. I just happened to move some stuff around and noticed problems with nearby finished rehabs. I will be dunking everything right away now!
Did you vinegar yours like crazy in the rinse? Wipe with straight vinegar? Set out in sun? That’s for mold but there are a zillion solutions for odors on here.
If the smell is mildew, it would require the same method to remove as mold because it is a fungi. The smell of mildew is like wet snot- I don’t know how else to describe it lol
Sometimes it just takes more time. I often let things sit outside, in the shade, for a week.