Coach Rehab and Rescue Club

[MaraudingMagpie]

I was hesitant to dunk my Saddle Pouch because she's a light color, was in very decent condition and I didn't want to lose the golden mystery stamp in the inside zipper pocket. In the end, I decided to bite the bullet for the clean feel, getting rid of some corner wear, and evening out the color as the flap was a little faded compared to the rest. Also for the bonding experience, lol.
I feel almost silly to call this a rehab and posting befores and afters. She looked good before and looks good now, and mystery stamp survived. I'm especially happy with the flap, it darkened a little and matches the body of the bag better, plus there was some unsightly bubbling due to air trapped between the two layers of leather that I managed to massage out. Here goes!

 

[Aku_no_Hana]

Late 60's to early 70's? That is a sexy bag. I hate waiting for rehab pics.

ETA: mid 70's? I don't know. I'll shut up now. The federal seal bags had a metal tag and those were made in 1972. The metal tag pre-dates the cartouche, so yours has to be early to mid 70's. Ignore me....I'm just thinking out loud. Somebody is gonna come school me any second. I hope. I have a cartouche Courier and now I can't remember how old it is! Again...ignore me.

I looked it up on here when I got my metal tag convertible clutch. I believe you're right, the metal tag was late 60s-early 70s and the stamped cartouche came right after. I was excited to have a bag my age as I was born in 1970.

 

[Coachaddict4020]

Yall are a bad influence because I keep adding colour to my collection lol!!!

Speaking of colour, I have a vintage coach bag on its way to me in the colour “bone” or maybe its “off white?” Not too sure. Anyways, can anyone who has rehabbed a bone coloured bag please explain the rehab process? Is it the same as any other colour coach bag? Also is there some sort of spray I can use on it to prevent denim and dye transfer that won’t damage the leather? Thank you in advance for any responses!!!

 

[katev]

Ah, no. I think washing and and CPR/BR-ing brought the balls and bag back to life enough for daily use. She's my 'big bag' for errands, etc. (my Waverly is my daily bag in summer, she's hanging behind the tote).
The only part I'd still like to fix is the frayed piping and big round stain on the bottom. I haven't really given her a once over since I rehabbed until I took these pics today and didn't notice just how bad it looked. I guess at this point I'd need to re-dunk, cement and paint those frayed areas but I don't think anything will work on that stain...

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That's great, I didn't think it would hold up on an area that gets a lot of wear.

 

[Crystalcoach]

Hi all! I recently got this army green (not sure of Coach's name for this color) Ergo that was dry as could be; I felt the need to oil the piping before I washed it to prevent further damage. Anyway, she had water spots on her, deep set from having gotten wet in her parched state, I'm assuming. I thought after dunking and conditioning, the spots would diminish... They haven't at all. Mind you, I'm only about 4 coats of Leather CPR in, but I'm beginning to think they won't go away and wondering if there's something I can/should do before just continuing to condition as it looks pretty bad.

Please forgive me if there's a thread about water marks already. I searched the forum and found a lot of interesting posts, but not quite what I was looking for since these marks are so bad they almost look like ink marks--I don't think they are though, and the seller said they were water marks (not that sellers are always truthful--haha) I've included pictures so you can see what I'm talking about.

 

[Luvpurplepurses]

Maybe a little drying inside to do a a buff but Im happy with her. You can still see a little bit of the fading on her sides and her strap has a slightly mottled colour to it in places.View attachment 4765036View attachment 4765037

Wow, you do such a great job on your rehabs! I love to see the before and after pictures!

 

[Lake Effect]

Wow, you do such a great job on your rehabs! I love to see the before and after pictures!

Agreed!

 

[mpd]

I did a little conditioner testing on this sad briefcase before I dunk it. This is its current state:


I tried some Leather Therapy and some CPR on the underside of the flap. LT is on the left side of the picture, CPR is on the right, and no conditioner in the middle:



This is about 10 min after application. Just like the Court I'm working on, it seems like the LT enhances and deepens the color on scratches and imperfections in the leather. The CPR looked like that too right after application but the darkness faded as it was absorbed.

Close up of the LT side:


and close up of the CPR side:


I'll post a follow up in a couple of days to see if there's any change as they dry. On the whole, I'm pretty convinced that CPR is the way to go, esp on these lighter leathers (this forum already knew that, but I had to SEE it!).

 

[NikkiTheVet]

Which one is your favorite? And why?

I think the black one from Turkey! The leather just seems perfect - not too stiff and not to floppy!

 

[aerinha]

My periwinkle lunch box just went in the sink. I couldn’t wait until Friday. The seller, whom I trust, already dunked it, but I am conducting an experiment on the faded trim so another bath was required. Next bag up is the red lunch box whose seller I do not believe actually washed and conditioned it as claimed, but it will be a week or so before it gets washed as I avoid have 2 bags damp at the same time.

I have also somewhat abandoned my “burgundy“ convertible clutch rehab. It needs more cpr and it is finished, but I just can’t motivate myself. The color is so disappointing.

 

[Lake Effect]

Yall are a bad influence because I keep adding colour to my collection lol!!!

Speaking of colour, I have a vintage coach bag on its way to me in the colour “bone” or maybe its “off white?” Not too sure. Anyways, can anyone who has rehabbed a bone coloured bag please explain the rehab process? Is it the same as any other colour coach bag? Also is there some sort of spray I can use on it to prevent denim and dye transfer that won’t damage the leather? Thank you in advance for any responses!!!

I have dunked what I believe to be a white NYC Dinky, and an Abbie and a Scooter I believe to off white, so I would guess bone. I put them all through my usual process. I did the Dinky and Abbie in the same sink and the Scooter separately because it was gross and didn't want to contaminate the other bags lol. I had not treated them with anything. Maybe others can help with that.

 

[CoachMaven]

So my bff is an animal! She actually dunked and rehabbed a STRAW Bleecker tote!! And it actually came out great! She had bought it second hand but it came to her with a very heavy perfume scent that nothing was getting it out. So she said screw it, and dunked this sucker in an OxyClean bath and set it outside to dry in the sun. Then she conditioned the leather trim. I have this same bag in the natural leather trim, so I know the straw is more flexible on this style, but I am pleased but also shocked at how well it came out.

 

[aerinha]

My currant Willis came with a dead on color match strap by Coach but not the original strap. It works but when I tried the bag loaded it dug in a little. I bought this custom star strap off Etsy. I like it although the clips are a little small to easily go on the rings.

 

[Coachaddict4020]

I have dunked what I believe to be a white NYC Dinky, and an Abbie and a Scooter I believe to off white, so I would guess bone. I put them all through my usual process. I did the Dinky and Abbie in the same sink and the Scooter separately because it was gross and didn't want to contaminate the other bags lol. I had not treated them with anything. Maybe others can help with that.

Thank you! Im gonna dunk like usual then

 

[Lake Effect]

Thank you! Im gonna dunk like usual then